At least one person thought my GOP Debate Playoff was a good idea. Peter Schorsch picked it for his daily newsletter “Sunburn”: BEST IDEA OF THE DAY – “Replace GOP presidential debates…
Navy Federal: Best Place to Work for Millennials
Navy Federal Credit Union announced today it has been recognized as a “Best Place to Work for Millennials†by The Center for Generational Kinetics, a global leader in researching and understanding Millennials….
Americans for Prosperity attack Senate LIP plan
Americans for Prosperity, conservative political advocacy groups established by David and Charles Koch, released a new ad today to fight the Florida Senate’s plan to provide health care to low-income, uninsured Floridians….
Rolling Hills landfill on fire
This morning, Inweekly received a phone call that the Rolling Hills landfill had caught fire. When we arrived Rolling Hills workers were spraying the smoldering embers with water. Wedgwood residents were standing…
Baptist, Sacred Heart and Santa Rosa Medical will lose nearly $2.5 million under Scott LIP replacement plan
Governor Rick Scott is still going after hospitals. Of Pensacola’s three hospitals, West Florida Hospital is the only one that will benefit from his proposed plan to replace Low Income Pool (LIP)…
League asks state lawmakers to give up their health insurance until statewide plan approved
The League of Women Voters of Florida State president Pamela Goodman yesterday challenged Florida lawmakers to suspend their state-paid subsidized health care coverage–for which they pay $180 a month for the family…
Replace GOP presidential debates with a playoff system
The 2016 Republican presidential field continues to grow. Yesterday Rick Santorum announced. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to announce next week. People are concerned how the Republican Party can do…
DOH releases official statement on Charlotte’s Web ruling
The Florida Department of Health released the following statement today upon the announcement of the Administrative Law Judge’s ruling on the challenge to the low-THC cannabis rule. “Today’s ruling allows the department…
Breaking News: Judge throws out last Charlotte’s Web challenge
Judge W. David Watkins has thrown out the last challenge against the rules established by the Florida Department of Health for Charlotte’s Web. The application period for the five licenses allowing nurseries…
DBPR, FICPA encourage accounting students to apply for Clay Ford Scholarship
Press Release: The Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s (DBPR) Division of Certified Public Accounting and the Florida Institute of CPAs (FICPA) are encouraging minority accounting students statewide to apply for this…
Amended Senate health care plan for the uninsured not welcomed by Scott and House
The Florida Senate’s FHIX (Florida Health Insurance Affordability Exchange) is not getting much praise from Gov. Rick Scott and Florida House Speaker Steve Crisafulli. Senate President Andy Gardiner has pitched FHIX as…
D.C. Buzz: Gaetz vs. Hayward for Congress
The talk from Washington, D.C. is Rep. Jeff Miller will run U.S. Senate. I was told it’s a 85 percentage chance he will jump in the race. Who do Beltway insiders think…
Charter school problems Jacksonville and Orlando
The Florida Times-Union reports on the abrupt closure of Acclaim Academy and other schools run by Dennis Mope. Acclaim’s teachers are left without their June and July paychecks. Parents of 229 students…
Florida Senate offers health care compromise
Senate President Andy Gardiner sent out today a press release on an amended Florida Health Insurance Affordability Exchange – a key component of the Senate’s plan to cover uninsured, low-income families. “These…
UWF signs memorandum of understanding with Space Florida
Space Florida, the state’s aerospace and spaceport development authority, has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with the University of West Florida Center for Research and Economic Opportunity to further develop Florida’s…
Scott spins mediocre Pensacola labor numbers
The latest statistics from the Florida Department of Employment Opportunity show that Escambia County added more 22 jobs in April 2015 than the county had in April 2014. Santa Rosa County added…
Federal LIP offer may help impasse
A day after receiving word that Florida likely will receive about $1 billion next year for a key health-care program, House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island, said that the information could help…
Kickoff Summer in SOGO
Press Release: There is no denying the warm weather is here to stay. The SOGO area of downtown Pensacola wants you to kick off the sunny season with Kickoff Summer in SOGO….
Blue Wahoos win ‘Best Seat’ poll
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos stadium won MiLB.com’s first-ever “Best Seat in the House” contest after fans across the nation voted the view from the Double-A club’s field the best in the Minors….
Once again City of Pensacola receives award for budget presentation
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) once again has given the City of Pensacola its Distinguished Budget Presentation Award. According to budgets posted on the city’s…