Gov. Scott: Naples Area Adds 5,000 New Jobs Over Year in July 2015 On August 21, 2015, in News Releases, by Staff NAPLES, Fla. — Today, Governor Rick Scott announced the Naples-Immokalee-Marco…
Scott announces Pensacola MSA has added 3,000 jobs in the past year
Press release: Governor Rick Scott recently announced the Pensacola area again experienced positive annual job growth over the year in July 2015 with 3,900 new jobs. The metro area’s unemployment rate declined…
A bad lip reading of the first GOP presidential debate (video)
The potential Republican candidates weigh in on a variety of issues. Like on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/badlipreading Follow on Twitter! http://twitter.com/badlipreading
Good news in Jacksonville, too
The Florida Times Union reports that Citi plans to hire an additional 500 on top of about 3,500 employees already working at its Jacksonville financial operations Here are a few other recent…
And do not forget the Inweekly Winners
I almost forgot. Here are our “Winners” from the Aug. 20 issue: P.C. Wu During the June 2015 Northwest Florida League of Cities board meeting, members voted unanimously to name the annual…
This blog has good news, too
Not to be left out on the wave of optimism and positivity sweeping across the city, Rick’s Blog also highlighted good news this week: Gulf Coast Kid’s House wins Ethics award Gulf…
Special session falls apart
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A special session called to redraw state congressional lines was derailed Friday, the latest sign of growing acrimony between Republican leaders of the House…
Pratt featured in MIT Technology Review
I found this nice article about Dr. Jerry Pratt, senior research scientist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. In October, he will be inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall…
Florida Senate reconvenes, votes to extend session
The Senate reconvened at 11:32 a.m., President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, presiding. Gardiner said the House declined to accept the Senate congressional redistricting offer. “It’s 11:32 and ticking,” Senate Reapportionment Chairman Bill Galvano,…
Council votes to vacate Bay Blvd
by Jeremy Morrison After hearing from a fairly evenly split gallery full of neighbors, the Pensacola City Council gave their unequivocal answer: half of the last real remaining open space along the…
Breaking news: Special Session could be at impasse
The Senate and House failed to agree Friday morning on a congressional redistricting plan, increasing the likelihood they will not finish a special legislative session by a noon deadline. Senate Reapportionment Chairman…
Backroom briefing: Scott leads cheers for more cash
By JIM TURNER AND JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Gov. Rick Scott says the state’s business-recruiting arm is running short of cash for incentives, and he wants to increase pressure…