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Scott PowersOctober 18, 2016

Former President Bill Clinton will run a bus tour from Orlando to Pensacola on Friday and Saturday. The tour, promoting his wife Hillary Clinton‘s Democratic run for president, will have RSVP-only public events in Jacksonville on Friday and in Bay County and Pensacola on Saturday. Exact times and locations have not yet been announced. Though the bus tour begins […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 29, 2016

Sen. Tim Kaine, the Democratic nominee for vice president, will be in Florida Thursday and Friday, according to the Hillary Clinton campaign. Kaine will swing through Pensacola, Panama City, and Jacksonville — the first high-profile action for the Clinton/Kaine ticket in Jacksonville since Bill Clinton came through in July. Sen. Kaine has been deployed to Florida often in recent weeks, […]

Jim RosicaAugust 22, 2016

An appeals court has decided not to revive a lawsuit filed after a man was hurt by a collapsing movie theater seat in Pensacola. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal Monday unanimously agreed a lower court was right to grant summary judgment against Isaac Simmons. Summary judgments allow parties to win a case without a trial. Simmons had filed […]

Peter SchorschJuly 14, 2016

National Ice Cream Day is Sunday, but ride-hailing service Uber announced it would celebrate the holiday a couple of days early in Florida with #UberIceCream. The company said between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, users can open their app, set their location and request “ICE CREAM” at the bottom. A few minutes later, users […]

Guest AuthorMay 16, 2016

Religious liberty is a foundational right in the United States of America. Its pursuit brought the pilgrims to the New World in 1620. Our Founding Fathers enshrined the right to religious freedom in the Constitution. And yet today, we find religious freedom under assault. From political correctness dissuading businesses from saying “merry Christmas” to Obamacare […]

Shannon NickinsonApril 19, 2016

We began compiling the responses to Quint and Rishy Studer’s “Be the Bulb” challenge, which will see the couple give away $50,000 in total for ideas that aim to improve early learning. I’ve been through them all. With several days left in the challenge, I don’t want to reveal too much about the hundreds of […]

Ryan RayApril 18, 2016

Sen. Greg Evers is running for Florida’s 1st Congressional District seat left vacant by retiring U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller. Evers filed his candidacy paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Monday. He had made a formal announcement in Milton. Evers’ move to jump into the race for the deep-red Northwest Florida seat sets up a contentious GOP […]

Associated PressMarch 28, 2016

Some residents of the Florida Panhandle who sustained damage during two tornadoes that touched down in February will not receive individual assistance through FEMA. The Pensacola News Journal reported that the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied the state’s request for individual assistance for residents, including low-interest loans, grants and temporary housing assistance. Florida officials have […]

Martin DyckmanMarch 14, 2016

Florida has a new death-sentencing law to replace what the U.S. Supreme Court threw out two months ago. On balance, it’s an improvement. Jurors must now identify, unanimously, any of the reasons — what the law calls aggravating circumstances — why a person they have convicted of a capital crime should die rather than serve […]

Steve SchaleMarch 3, 2016

For the first time in a while, the Florida Democratic Primary will mean something. For Bernie Sanders, it is a chance to prove he can win a big diverse state. For Hillary Clinton, it is a chance to solidify her position as the party’s standard-bearer. And unless something dramatic changes, Clinton will win Florida and firmly […]

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Mike Johnson. Image via AP.

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Dem VP nominee Tim Kaine to visit the Panhandle, Jacksonville this week

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Matt Gaetz: Protect Bayview’s Cross

Shannon Nickinson: Ideas to improve early learning in Escambia County

Greg Evers launches congressional bid in CD 1, will challenge Matt Gaetz

Panhandle residents denied FEMA assistance

Martin Dyckman: Despite new law, Florida’s death penalty process flawed

Steve Schale: Hillary Clinton should easily defeat Bernie Sanders in Florida