Posted in Politics

State Capital Briefs: Pot Petitions, Redistricting

From: THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA MARIJUANA INITIATIVE HEADED TOWARD COURT REVIEW Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana appear to have…

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Posted in Environment

350 Pensacola: What are legal and policy responses to climate change

Press release: Florida’s coastline is slowly drowning as a warming planet pushes seas higher, and all levels of government are taking steps to plan for…

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Posted in Pensacola

State Attorney: City needs to rewrite federal email policy

Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson has to rethink his policy on how city employees  handle emails from federal accounts after the State Attorney’s office notified…

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Posted in Environment

Only 30 days remain to submit RESTORE project ideas

Press release: Escambia County is reminding citizens who wish to submit their ideas for Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies (RESTORE) projects…

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Posted in Entertainment

StudioAmped begins recording Sept. 28

WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast, has moved the taping of “StudioAmped” from spring to fall. Now the free Amos Studio concert series is happening…

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Posted in Business

New battle over crematory inside city limits

On July 15, the city of Pensacola posted a notice of code violation on the building at 4020 N. Davis Highway. Family Funeral and Cremation…

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Posted in Business

FloridaWest and Summit Bank honor four nationally ranked businesses

Press release: FloridaWest EDA and Summit Bank honored four local businesses that were named in Inc. Magazine’s 2015 list of the 5,000 fastest- growing private…

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Posted in Education

Superintendent calls for investigation of dump truck owner

WUWF is reporting that Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas wants an investigation into the fleet of vehicles, maintenance program and practices, and operator hiring…

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Posted in Entertainment News

Springfest seeks to sell 3,000 tickets in 30 days

Press release: The community spoke, believers listened and have been working behind the scenes to bring back a music festival centered around Spring Street in…

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Posted in 2016 Election

DeSantis’ military background appeals to Northwest Florida

Last week, I had Congressman Ron DeSantis on “Pensacola Speaks.” The Republican is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated next year by presidential…

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Posted in Business

IHMC to celebrate robotics challenge performance at open house, Sept 3

Press Release: Innovation Coast and the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition will hold an open house event Thursday, Sept. 3, to celebrate the IHMC…

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Posted in Business

State panel moves forward with medical pot licenses

BY DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA State health officials have named the three members of a panel that will choose five nurseries to…

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