Posted in Escambia County Pensacola Politics

FDLE report: State has lowest crime rate in 44 years

Florida Department of Law Enforcement released its 2014 Annual Crime in Florida report today. The report shows Florida’s crime rate dropped 4.9 percent compared to…

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Posted in Entertainment

PS Today: Mississippi Blues Trail and B.B. King

On Pensacola Today, Mary Margaret Miller, Bureau Manager, Creative Economy & Culture of Visit Mississippi, will revisit the show. We will talk about the late…

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Posted in Newpoint Investigation

Musing on the Newpoint saga

Carla Lovett presented last night Newpoint Education Partners’ improvement plan for Newpoint Pensacola High and Newpoint Academy. For the Escambia County School Board, the plan…

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Posted in Caring

Escambia County Hungry Games begin June 1

The end of the school year means that 24,000 children in Escambia County will be searching for food over the next two and a half…

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Posted in Business

Connally named regional chair for Florida Chamber

Stan Connally, president and CEO of Gulf Power Co., is the Florida Chamber’s new Central Panhandle Regional Chairman. He was appointed by Chamber Chairman Steve…

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Posted in Environment

Deepwater Horizon Draft Phase IV Early Restoration Projects released

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (Trustees) released a draft plan today that proposes 10 early restoration projects across the Gulf states at…

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Posted in Business

Property appraiser expects assessments to be up (updated)

Next week, Escambia County Property Appraiser Chris Jones will send out his projections on the property assessments to the city of Pensacola and Escambia County….

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Posted in Newpoint Investigation

Newpoint schools get the ax

The Escambia County School Board voted last night to terminate the charter contracts of Newpoint Pensacola High and Newpoint Academy, each by a 4-1 vote….

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Posted in Education

PS Today: Alachua County Education Compact

Today, we will interview Ian Fletcher, VP of Workforce Development at the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Alachua County Education Compact. We will discuss…

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Posted in Health Care Battle Politics

Groups file brief in Pensacola to support feds in LIP lawsuit

Pointing to their knowledge about Medicaid-related issues, three Florida groups Monday asked a judge to allow them to file a brief on behalf of the…

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Posted in Business

Hiring Our Heroes Job Fair, May 21

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation will host a job fair Thursday, May 21 for service members, veterans and military spouses at the Lou Ross…

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Posted in Health Health Care Battle Politics

HCA offers a solution to health care crisis

HCA, the for-profit health care system that Rick Scott once served as its CEO, has sent a letter to the governor offering a solution to…

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