City Council Agenda missing a few items
The agenda for next week’s Pensacola City Council meeting is missing a few items: CBRE update on Maritime Park and the proposed hotel and condo…
Fish hatchery delayed 2-3 years
The $18-million fish hatchery that Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward pushed through the Pensacola City Council two years ago may not be completed until early 2018,…
Legislature reaches agreement on juvenile detention dispute
The funding of juvenile detention has been an issued we’ve covered. We will have Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson on the show today at 5…
Sacred Heart unveils redesigned lobby at its Children’s Hospital
Press release: A redesign of the lobby at The Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart now means a peaceful and more welcoming arrival to the hospital…
Feds asks Judge Rodgers to reject mediation in LIP lawsuit
A day after Gov. Rick Scott sought mediation in a lawsuit about health-care funding, attorneys for the federal government asked a judge Tuesday to reject…
Judge Rodgers orders White House to respond
Chief Judge Casey Rodgers has ordered the Obama administration to respond to Florida’s request to have its dispute with the federal government over the continuation…
Women’s Civic Forum: Archaeologist author to speak on lost cemeteries as historic record and sacred space
Press Release: What happens when a real estate developer’s backhoe unexpectedly pulls up human remains? What is the responsibility of the living toward the resting…
Four Panhandle hospitals make top 50 list of highest charging hospitals
Health Affairs published yesterday a study that lists the 50 U.S. hospitals that charge the most. The study used 2012 Medicare data to examine hospitals…
Questions raised as children moved out of health program
By MARGIE MENZEL THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The state last month removed about 2,000 children from a specialized program that provides services to medically…
The rest of the Standard & Poor’s rating story
Last week, the mayor’s office let the public know that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services had revised its outlook on Pensacola, Fla.’s airport revenue bonds…
IP helps Florida win Silver Shovel award
Governor Rick Scott yesterday announced that Area Development magazine awarded Florida, through its principal economic development organization Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI), the Silver Shovel award…
House, Senate agree on LIP total
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA After months of federal negotiations and proposals floated by Gov. Rick Scott, the House and the Senate,…
Chamber to Host Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Seminar
Press Release: It can be difficult for businesses to fully recover after a natural disaster strikes. In an effort to help local businesses prepare for…
Judge Rodgers to hear Scott LIP lawsuit
Chief U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers will hear arguments June 19 in a lawsuit filed by Gov. Rick Scott against the federal government in…
Deja vu: House set to defeat Senate Health Plan
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Despite several changes made in recent days to assuage the concerns of the Republican majority, the Florida…
Newpoint board knew NEP was pulling out May 22, but kept news from teachers and district
Last night the 21st Century Academy of Pensacola board voted 4-0, with Tracy Adcock absent, not to appeal the notices of termination from the district…
The mystery man behind Newpoint Education Partners
When you go to Newpoint Education Partners’ website, you will find under “Leadership Team” the names: Mr. David Stiles, Vice President, Operations and Development; Carla…
Pensacola Speaks today – latest developments on Newpoint Education Partners
Is the charter school empire built by Marcus May about to collapse? There are definitely cracks showing on the walls. I will share on News…
No doubt Medicaid expansion will help low-income families
Gov. Rick Scott and his Agency for Health Care Administration might not know if the Senate’s FHIX and Medicaid expansion will help provide health care…
NC State Board of Education places hold on Newpoint charter schools
NC Policy Watch reports today that the North Carolina State Board of Education voted to temporarily put the brakes on allowing that Newpoint Education Partners…
