1. Pensacola Becomes US Sailing Capital
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves and American Magic Skipper Terry Hutchison signed the lease, making the Port of Pensacola the home of American Magic for the next 10 years. Read more.
2. Local Women Speak Out on Alabama Supreme Court IVF Ruling
Bryant Liggett and Erin Attaway, co-founders of The Fertility Resort in Pensacola, have already seen an impact on their clients because Mobile has been a large provider of IVF treatments along the Gulf Coast. Read more.
Note: On Friday, the Republican-led Alabama House and Senate overwhelmingly voted to approve legal protections to health care entities that provide in vitro fertilization services.
3. Probable Cause Hearing – Bergosh Texts
On March 8, the Florida Commission on Ethics will consider the probable cause finding regarding a complaint against former County Commissioner Doug Underhill’s aide, Jonathan Owens. Read more.
4. House Unanimously Passes Dozier Bill
The Florida House on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that would provide $20 million to compensate victims of abuse at the shuttered Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna. Read more.
5. Beck Partners Sold
Lousiana-based Stirling has acquired Beck Partners, the regional commercial real estate firm founded by Gregg Beck in 1981. Read more.
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PNJ had a different top five: Rehash of its Dr. Brown story; County vs. Childers civil trial that ended with judge asking for written closing arguments; county employee dies when boom lift falls on him; Pensacon claims 30k attendees (3 times more than McGuire’s Run*, really? Show us the ticket sales); Grover’s Wings has new location.
*2023 McGuires crowd was 16, 915 .