Fordham University has a group of students studying the environmental and health issues in the Wedgwood community. We will have Sarah Baldwin who will talk about their work this week. Then State…
Panhandle Tiger Bay Club hear about ‘The Middle Class Squeeze’
Jennifer Erickson, Director of Competitiveness and Economic Growth at the Center for American Progress, will be speaking at the Panhandle Tiger Bay Club on “The Middle Class Squeeze†Friday, March 20. In…
PSC Presents Kamerman Piano Series Concert with Arthur Greene March 22
The Sid and Jeannie Kamerman Piano Series at Pensacola State College presents classical pianist Arthur Greene at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 22, in the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the…
FDOH: Wedgewood air identified as public health hazard
Yesterday the Florida Department of Health, Public Health Toxicology, mailed the community update to about 650 property owners near the Rolling Hills Landfill. This update summarizes the Department’s draft health consultation report,…
PS podcast: Clay Ingram and battling dinosaurs
Yesterday on Pensacola Speaks, I talked with State Rep. Clay Ingram about the growing friction between the Florida House and Senate. Everyone, Rep. Ingram included, believed that this session would be a…
Florida House proposes $17.9 million to save citrus industry
The fight against a disease infecting Florida’s oranges would get a hefty boost from a House spending proposal (Read “Citrus Crisis“). The House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee included $17.9 million…
PS podcast: The Rabbit Hole
Keith Hoffert has a kickstarter project, The Rabbit Hole. He wants to create music and art incubator, rental space for bands, artists, teachers and students to rehearse, practice and co-create. We had…
Quint Studer named one of the most interesting entrepreneurs in healthcare today
The Becker Hospital Review has published its list of the nine most interesting and intelligent entrepreneurs in healthcare today. Quint Studer, founder of Studer Group, is second on the list. Quint Studer…
Pensacola Speaks Podcasts now available on iTunes
We received notification last night that Apple has accepted our podcasts. You can now listen to them on iTunes.
LIP money, or lack of it, creating havoc on 2016 budget
The federal government has made it clear that its Low Income Pool program will end this June. LIP provides Florida $2 billion annually for health care for low income families and the…
PS podcast: Rusty Branch on Gulf Coast Enterprises and LeaP
I had senior moment and introduced Rusty Branch as Rusty Wells, but he recovered nicely. We talked about Gulf Coast Enterprises, the largest private employer of persons with disabilities in Northwest Florida…
PS: Rep. Clay Ingram gives latest updates on the Florida House
The Florida Legislature is shaping the 2016 state budget. Rep. Clay Ingram will call in to share the latest developments. Pensacola Speaks airs on News Talk 1370 WCOA Monday-Friday from 5 p.m….
Billings murder documentary on Investigation Discovery channel tonight @ 9 pm
The Investigation Discovery series “See No Evil” covers the July 9, 2009 murders of Bud and Melanie Billings. Here is the synopsis: Mansion Murder Cam In Pensacola Florida, two loving parents are…
PS Podcast: Patty Hightower on school safety
On Pensacola Speaks, Patty Hightower, president of the Florida School Board Association and Escambia Co. School Board chairperson discussed HB 19, a measure that would allow school employees to carry guns in…
DOC woes: State to reopen fatal case of inmate gassing
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Rommell Johnson, an inmate at a Florida Panhandle prison who had chronic asthma, couldn’t breathe on June 3, 2010. Less than five hours after…
BP spin machine called out
In a news statement released yesterday, BP claims that the “…Gulf environment (is) returning to pre-spill conditions†although the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA Trustees) are still…
Another blow dealt to Rolling Hills landfill
On Friday, March 13, Special Magistrate with the Office of Environmental Enforcement R. Todd Harris ruled against the management of the Rolling Hills Construction and Demolition Debris Landfill, located at 6990 Rolling…
Letters on Sacred Heart breach went out Friday
Yesterday Sacred Heart Health System announced that hackers had gained access to the confidential data on approximately 14,000 patient by gaining access to the computer system of a third-party billing vendor. According…
PS podcast: Nathan Monk on panhandling and homeless programs
On Pensacola Speaks, we discussed with Nathan Monk the city and county panhandling ordinances, programs that can help the homeless, and the pilot shelter that he ran this past winter. Pensacola Speaks…
Viewpoint: To Rick Scott, open government is a closed book
By Lucy Morgan, Context FLorida Some governors are slow learners. Gov. Rick Scott is beyond slow. He doesn’t learn. He doesn’t appear to care about public access to records, meetings and information…