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WEEKLY ROUNDUP – NOT SO LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA After the merciful end of the special session…

Late Friday night, the mayor’s office sent out its latest “Upwords.” Mayor Ashton Hayward said that Governor Scott’s veto of $3 million for Pensacola International…

The managing editor of the Washington Examiner opposes flying the Confederate flag because it hurts the conservatives fight for states’ rights: “The invocation of “states…

The Daily News reports two petition have been started urging the removal of the Confederate flag from the Walton County Courthouse lawn and from the…

The county attorney sent this email to the Escambia County Commissioners: Commissioners~ Please be aware that this afternoon, the Mayor of the City of Pensacola…

The mayor’s office issued this statement from Mayor Ashton Hayward today: Today, I directed City staff to remove the Confederate Flag from display at all…

Press Release: Seville Quarter will be going Smoke Free inside its premises effective August 1, 2015. Wilmer Mitchell, Rosie O’ Grady’s, Inc. President, and family…

State Senator Don Gaetz will be on at 5:05 pm. We will discuss the 2016 budget, the line-item vetoes and his candidacy for Congress. At…

Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” I interviewed Dr. David Joyner, the new executive director of the Andrews Institute, and Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill. Joyner on…

The Escambia County Animal Shelter will host a public animal adoption event, “Clear the Kennels,” on Friday, June 26 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.,…

By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Former Sen. Durell Peaden, a soft-spoken Panhandle doctor who helped shepherd state health policy and funding, has…

Escambia County Tax Collector Janet Holley has filed suit in Atlanta, Georgia alleging the previous owners of the Skyview Atlanta Ferris wheel owe back taxes….

Politico.org published an article on the behind the scenes of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s decision to call for the removal of the Confederate flag…

South Carolina, Mississippi and several states are reconsidering the wisdom of flying the Confederate flag on government property and whether they should even allow it…

Last week, former Pensacola City Administrator Bill Reynolds was sworn in as the city manager for the City of Shakopee, Minn. He started work on…

The City of Pensacola’s fiscal year 2016 budget, totaling $211,183,000, has been uploaded to the city’s website. As we reported earlier, Escambia County Property Appraiser…

By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA After months of wrangling about the issue, a top federal official Tuesday outlined a deal to continue…

The list of line-item vetoes by Gov. Rick Scott has been released the cuts total $461,387,164 –$220 million of which is from General Revenues. Northwest…

Today Escambia County Deputy Kerem Suhi will be awarded the Governor’s Medal of Heroism by Governor Rick Scott in Tallahassee. In March 2013, Deputy Suhi pulled…

WJHG TV reports that Carla Lovett, vice president of Curriculum for Newpoint Education Partners and Cambridge Education Group, has severed her ties with NEP for…