Posted in Education

Alachua County leaders join together for better public education

The Alachua County School District has been a “C” district for the past two years. Yesterday, Alachua County community leaders, educators and elected officials signed…

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Posted in Politics

Gaetz reports on his bills: what did or did not make it to the governor

From State Sen. Don Gaetz: What happened during the Regular Session: Overall, 1,755 bills were introduced in the Senate this year. Two hundred twenty passed….

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Posted in Newpoint Investigation

Will Newpoint pay its teachers?

Tonight the Escambia County School Board will vote on whether the district should send 90-day termination notices to the three charter schools run by Newpoint…

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Posted in Entertainment Escambia County

PS Today: SaintPetersBlog.com

Peter Schorsch, creator of SaintPetersBlog.com, will be on the show today. He has been watching the Jeff Miller situation: If Jeff Miller runs for Senate,…

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Posted in Newpoint Investigation

PS Podcast: Charter schools cashing in on kids

On Pensacola Speaks, I spoke with Miami Herald investigative reporter Kathleen McGrory on her coverage on charter schools. She and Scott Hiaasen worked together in…

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Posted in Caring

Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic opens today

The Barbara Grice Memorial Spay & Neuter Clinic at the Pensacola Humane Society opened today. Executive Director Sarah Humlie stated that the project was the…

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Posted in Caring

League elects new state president

The League of Women Voters over the weekend elected a new leader – Pamela Goodman, a former Palm Beach County League President and businesswoman. She…

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Posted in 2016 Election News

CLC strongly considering Senate bid

By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera (CLC) publicly confirmed Saturday that he is “strongly considering” a U.S. Senate bid…

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Posted in News

Appears Hovind trial will not begin today

As the daily newspaper reports today, the retrial of Kent Hovind and Paul John Hansen on fraud and conspiracy charges was scheduled to commence on…

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Posted in Newpoint Investigation

Evidence against Newpoint schools compelling

For an hour and 45 minutes, Escambia County School District staff went over evidence at Friday’s school board workshop that documented the district’s case to…

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Posted in 2016 Election

Miller courts support at RPOF quarterly meeting

The odds of Congressman Jeff Miller running for U.S. Senate got a little better Friday night. The U.S. representative from Chumuckla attended the quarterly meeting…

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Posted in Environment News

County shuts down Rolling Hills

Press Release: Update on the Status of Rolling Hills Construction and Demolition Debris Landfill Friday, May 15, 2015 – 3:15pm Escambia County regrets to announce…

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