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STATE CAPITAL BRIEFS (EVENING EDITION): TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015 THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA MARIJUANA AMENDMENT REACHES 400K SIGNATURES Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment…

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Health advisory for Bayou Texar

Press release: Health Advisory for Bayou Texar at Bayview Park Tuesday, December 15, 2015 – 3:30pm Effective immediately, in response to bacteriological sampling, the Florida…

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PSC hosts Fill a Bowl for Manna Jan. 16

Press release: Warm up your January with a bowl of steaming soup at the ninth annual Fill a Bowl for Manna event from 1-3 p.m….

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Town Hall meeting on Bayou Chico dredging

Emeraldcoastkeeper Laurie Murphy is hosting a meeting to discuss the proposed dredging of Bayou Chico. “As you know, there is currently a very controversial and…

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Olson: Deepflex concerns, FEMA appeal, City Hall security tightens

At the end of last week’s five-hour Pensacola City Council meeting, City Administrator Eric Olson gave his monthly verbal report to the council. Olson said…

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Palmer explains NAIOP position and responds to Underhill

Yesterday, attorney Raymond Palmer, the legislative affairs chair for the Northwest Florida chapter of NAIOP, came on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks” to talk…

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Pot licenses face several challenges

By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Nurseries have filed more than a dozen challenges to the medical-marijuana licenses granted by Florida health officials,…

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Commissioner responds to NAIOP

Over the weekend, NAIOP, the association of developers and commercial real estate brokers, sent a white paper to the Escambia Board of County Commissioners asking…

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Volunteers needed for U-Count 2016 Homeless Service Day

EscaRosa Coalition on the Homeless is seeking volunteers for the annual Point In Time (PIT) count of the homeless and U-Count Services day. The events…

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Three local projects get RESTORE funding

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council recently approved the initial Funded Priorities List, or FPL, of projects to be funded pursuant to the RESTORE Act during a…

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Clarity on Future Land Use Plan

We have had a few comments and emails about the Future Land Use Plan and Comprehensive Plan so we went into the City of Pensacola’s…

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Pensacola City Council missed opportunity to stop radio tower completion

In February, Councilman Brian Spencer tried to add to the agenda for the next council meeting a discussion of the radio tower being built in…

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