STATE CAPITAL BRIEFS (LUNCH EDITION): THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA FOSTER KIDS ADOPTION BILL HEADED TO SENATE FLOOR With backing from Senate President Andy Gardiner and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli,…
Judge tosses out prison whistleblower case
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by five Department of Corrections investigators who claimed they…
Pensacola Speaks podcast: Grover Robinson on FAC and Confederate flag
We had Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson on Pensacola Speaks earlier this week. He talked about the 2015 Florida Legislative Session and the flag controversy….
Pensacola Speaks podcast: Deanna Smith of Trauma Intervention Program
My interview with Deanna Smith of TIP of Northwest Florida. Pensacola Speaks is on News Talk 1370 WCOA weekdays from 5-6 p.m.
Ohio sues BP for $33.3 million
Ohio State Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Ohio Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release Compensation Board file a lawsuit on March 2 against BP –…
Florida Chamber poll shows voters more confident
Press release: Florida voters are increasingly more confident about the direction Florida is headed, yet remain significantly concerned about the federal government, according to the…
City of Five Flags was never official motto of Pensacola
Joe Vinson has written an informative column for Pensacola Today – “5 things to keep in mind about Pensacola’s five flags.” Vinson points out that…
NAACP offers ‘compromise’ on Confederate flag issue
The Pensacola branch of the NAACP has sent a letter to the Escambia Board of County Commissioners titled: “Economic Development Committee Flag Response and Proposed…
UWF celebrates gift to support Clinical Laboratory Sciences
The University of West Florida recently celebrated a transformational gift of $100,000 to UWF’s Clinical Lab Sciences program by Dr. Ranga Rao Krothapalli, in memory…
Swtizers donate $500,000 to new downtown Y
The donations continue to roll into YMCA of Northwest Florida for its new downtown facility. Today, the Switzer family–Bobby, Charlie and John–committed $500,000. “Our family…
Pensacola Speaks: Where do you stand on Five Flags issue
Call into Pensacola Speaks this afternoon at 5:12 pm and let us know what you think about Commissioner Grover Robinson’s proposal to bring back the…
Hayward hires new CIO
Mayor Ashton Hayward announced yesterday in a press release that he has hired a new Chief Information Officer, Steve Smith of Flower Mound, Texas. Smith,…
Pensacola City Council agenda has 49 items
The Pensacola City Council may have set a record for its March 9 Agenda Review. It has 49 items. The agenda packet is 1,032 pages….
International Women of Courage honoree Tabassum Adnan coming to Pensacola
We got this email from Jena Melancon of the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council: We’ve just been given permission to share information about the International…
Aero Sekur expanding to Pensacola, bringing more jobs to area
Aero Sekur, specialist in helicopter lift-raft and flotation systems, announces a relocation and expansion of its US subsidiary from Parsippany, New Jersey to larger premises…
Pensacola Speaks: Prison reform and Trauma intervention
On today’s show we will Allison DeFoor and Deanna Smith. Dr. DeFoor is a seventh-generation Floridian who is an attorney and Episcopal priest working in…
International Women of Courage Award Recipient to Speak in Pensacola
One of 10 women who will be honored this week as 2015 International Women of Courage Award recipients in Washington, D.C., will be the featured…
Gaetz Greyhound Protection bill passed unanimously by Florida Senate
The Florida Senate opened the 2015 legislative session with unanimous passage of bi-partisan legislation to better protect greyhounds by requiring more accountability from the greyhound…
UWF names head of UWF Center for Cybersecurity
The University of West Florida announces retired Navy Capt. Susan K. Cerovsky as Director of the Center for Cybersecurity, effective March 16, 2015. Cerovsky joins…
Mother pleads for daughter’s life
Gulf Breeze mother Holley Moseley spoke yesterday at a Florida Department of Health’s medical marijuana rule making workshop. She and her family were the driving…
