Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran won his fight with the Visit Florida over releasing documents concerning its contract with rapper Pitbull. We will talk about that issue and many others, including the…
Tag: Triumph Gulf Coast
Corcoran: Panhandle will get $300M of first BP settlement tranche [podcast]
The incoming Speaker of the House, Rep. Richard Corcoran (R-Pasco County), said yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks†that Northwest Florida can expect to receive 75-percent of the state’s share of the BP settlement–$300…
Podcast: Ingram on the future of Triumph Gulf Coast
On Tuesday, Greater Pensacola Chamber CEO and State Rep. Clay Ingram discussed on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks” the Greater Pensacola Chamber’s efforts to fight workers’ comp rate hike and the…
Can anyone stop BP funds going elsewhere?
As I reported over the weekend, $300 million of BP settlement funds intended for the Panhandle counties that were impacted the worst by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are at risk. Much…
Buzz: Florida House to deal Panhandle counties two big blows
The word out of Tallahassee is the House Appropriations chairman, Richard Corcoran, plans to delete from a Senate appropriations bill an amendment that would have allocated $300 million of the BP Deepwater…