VoterGuru, a New York-based tech startup that matches users with declared presidential candidates, announced today the launch of its Web platform. The company has raised capital via Horizon Media’s Incubator program to…
Facebook page for Pensacola Parking Study is live
In coordination with the City of Pensacola, West Florida Regional Planning Council has launched the Pensacola Parking Strategies as a Catalyst to Economic Development Facebook page. This page is for the community…
Panhandle for Bernie opens Pensacola campaign office
This Saturday, March 5, Panhandle for Bernie will have the Grand Opening Ceremony and open house from noon to 3 p.m. The headquarters is 4595 Spanish Trail Rd. Suite 211. From the…
Pensacola Fire Chiefs investigation enters second month
A month of ago, City Administrator Eric Olson placed Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover on paid administrative leave pending an investigation of undefined issues (Read more). The…
CollectorSolutions merges with JetPay
CollectorSolutions, Inc., the debit and credit card processing company started in 1999 by former Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino, has signed a merger agreement with the JetPay Corporation, Berwyn, PA-based provider of…
D.W. McMillan Foundation endows UWF nursing program
Yesterday, the University of West Florida Foundation announced a gift commitment by the D.W. McMillan Foundation to the University’s BSN Nursing Program. The $250,000 gift will provide program support to UWF’s undergraduate…
Florida Senate grapples with medical marijuana bill
By JIM SAUNDERS AND DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA After a tense debate, a Senate committee Monday backed a bill that calls for allowing terminally ill patients to have access…
Buzz: Evers for AG Commissioner
State Sen. Greg Evers is being mentioned in Tallahassee as a possible candidate for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture in 2018. Adam Putnam, the current commissioner, is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination…
Traders predict Trump to win big on Super Tuesday
PredictIt traders are projecting that Donald Trump will win 10 of 11 states in the GOP Super Tuesday markets. Trump’s largest margins are in Alabama, Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Vermont, where he outpaces…
Can anyone stop BP funds going elsewhere?
As I reported over the weekend, $300 million of BP settlement funds intended for the Panhandle counties that were impacted the worst by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are at risk. Much…
Scott requests President Obama to issue Emergency Declaration
On Feb. 29, Governor Rick Scott requested that President Barack Obama issue an emergency declaration, after touring damage in the Panhandle last week caused by severe storms. The declaration would provide federal…
Pensacola Speaks: Lt. Governor today
On News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks,” I will talk with Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera who has been urging the Florida Legislature to take action on a controversial practice known as…
Pensacola Energy brings relief and lunch to tornado-affected service areas
Pensacola Energy is providing relief to tornado-affected neighborhoods in their service area by bringing lunch to the most affected areas and offering special rebates to help offset the cost of replacing appliances….
Sunshine Law training set to begin online March 1
Exceptions to Florida’s Sunshine Law have increased from 250 to more than 1,000 and it has Barbara Peterson upset. The Florida Legislature makes its own rules and Gov. Rick Scott blatantly disregards…
UWF College of Business seeks nominations for ethics awards
The University of West Florida College of Business, in partnership with the Combined Rotary Clubs of Pensacola, is accepting nominations for the 2016 Combined Rotary of Pensacola Ethics in Business Award. “We…
Greater Pensacola Chamber endorses three RESTORE projects
The Greater Pensacola Chamber has endorsed three projects for Resources, Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities and Revived Economies (RESTORE). The following projects are currently being ranked by the RESTORE Advisory Committee and will…
Pensacola Fire and Pensacola Energy knew of tornado damage
Residents on Lansing Drive are saying that both Pensacola Fire and Pensacola Energy were in their neighborhood within an hour after the tornado passed on Tuesday night. “Trees were down, the residents…
Manatee homebuilder enters U.S. Senate race
Manatee businessman Carlos Beruff formally announced today that he is running for the United States Senate as a Republican. At Miami mainstay Vicky’s Bakery, close to where he grew up after his…
Looking of local Environmental heroes
Inweekly is looking for local “Environmental Heroes” – persons, organizations, and businesses that take “living green” seriously. Some names may easily come to mind, but we also want a few unsung heroes….
Buzz: Florida House to deal Panhandle counties two big blows
The word out of Tallahassee is the House Appropriations chairman, Richard Corcoran, plans to delete from a Senate appropriations bill an amendment that would have allocated $300 million of the BP Deepwater…