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Real News: Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023

Sheriff Chip Simmons discusses how the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office engages with the community – ESCO Foundation, Battle of Pensacola Kickball Game and Dream Big….

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Posted in Health Pensacola State & National News

Daily Outtakes: Baptist bailout might hit snag

Tallahassee insiders have shared that Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves’ effort to get the state to help bailout Baptist Hospital by putting up $18 million to…

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Santa Rosa Moms for Liberty tells School Board to drop American Library Association ties

Santa Rosa County’s Moms for Liberty executive board passed as resolution requesting the Santa Rosa County School Board to sever ties with the American Library…

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Daily Outtakes: New Parking App coming

Downtown Parking Changes Mayor D.C. Reeves praised the downtown parking report but said he might not recommend following the recommended timeline that would raise hourly…

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Real News: Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves discusses the Downtown Parking Study and the Active Transportation Plan. UWF student Tris Weeks, the lead singer/songwriter of her band, Goldmine,…

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Presser takeaways

Bay Bluff Park Mayor Reeves has talked with Conversation Florida. “They are very excited about this idea. Obviously this is our initial meeting, nothing formalized…

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Can we keep Post Office downtown?

Mayor D.C. Reeves is trying to find a solution to keep the post office downtown. “I had a call with our local postmaster about the…

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Daily Outtakes: VPK, Childcare needed

I’ve written about the need to fix the voluntary pre-kindergarten (VPK) system in Escambia. We have nearly 25% of our VPK classrooms empty – even…

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Real News: Monday, Oct. 23, 2023

Commissioner Robert Bender reviews the Board of County Commissioners meeting on Oct. 19. Christian Wagley weighs in on the Active Transportation Plan. Attorney Alex Andrade…

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Posted in Pensacola

Downtown Parking recommendations – higher rate, longer hours

Today, Olive Tree Consulting will present its parking report to the Pensacola City Council. The consultant will recommend expanding the on-street paid parking hours from…

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Daily Outtakes: IMPACT makes impact

IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area selected 11 grant recipients at its annual membership meeting yesterday. “Again, this year, hundreds of IMPACT 100 members participated in…

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Mayor Reeves gets appointment

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Ryan Goertzen and Darcy “D.C.” Reeves and the reappointment of Joe Marino, Melvin “Mel”…

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