City Council not serious about jobs

We hear it everywhere: The number one priority for this community is jobs. Nearly every city council member will tell you that. However, the City…

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Fight to keep downtown Post Office

Yesterday, American Postal Workers Union members stood outside the Downtown U.S. Postal Service Office on Palafox Place with a petition board to save the 30-plus-year-old…

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Three 2008 developments never happened

Jan. 1, 2008, Carlton Proctor wrote in the daily newspaper about six commercial and residential projects under way in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties should…

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Steel jobs in Mobile

ThyssenKrupp announced Jan. 4 that it is accepting applications for professional jobs at the projected $3.7 billion steel mill that the company is building in…

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Mobile job market bright

From Mobile Press Register Mobile area employers expect 2008 to start much stronger than 2007 in terms of hiring, according to the results of the…

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Web helps you get that raise

I’m not sure how accurate the pay ranges are, but check the websites out and let me know what you think. From the NY Times:…

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SG hires five more

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Studer Group® welcomes five new partner relations coordinators to the company: Kenda Hilleke, Rachael Johnson, Carey King, Laura Koontz and Christine Morrison….

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Okaloosa Co. makes MSN Top 15 places for jobs

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, Fla. Unemployment rate: 2.5 percent Mean annual wage: $32,430 Industry with largest percentage of workforce (Fort Walton Beach): Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation…

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Priorities

Let’s assume, as the daily newspaper has, that Escambia County and Pensacola have the reserves and/or revenue sources to pay a significant portion of the…

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