Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed over a billion dollars from next year’s budget, including $750,000 for a transportation project for The Bluffs in Cantonment, an industrial park expected to have up to 60 industrial and manufacturing companies and more than 15,000 jobs. The $750,000 would have funded an entrance near New Chemstrand Road. The 1,700…… MORE
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PRISON VISITATION BAN EXTENDED
The Florida Department of Corrections says the suspension of visitation at Florida prisons has been extended again, at least until July 15th. Inmates will continue to have access to their loved ones through mail, phone calls and video visitation and visits by attorneys will not be affected. As of Monday, 24 Florida inmates have died…… MORE
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON CANCELLED
The 2020 Minor League Baseball season has been canceled. The announcement was made after Major League Baseball informed the minor league they will not be providing players for teams. The Blue Wahoos said while it is unfortunate there will be no games this season, the health and safety of the community is the number one…… MORE
FSU STATUE REMOVAL DEMANDED
An effort is underway to convince Florida State University’s administration to remove a statue of Francis Eppes from the campus and his name from the building housing the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Eppes – the grandson of President Thomas Jefferson – was a former Tallahassee mayor and a major slave owner during the…… MORE
MASK WEARING RECOMMENDED
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson is recommending that Escambia and Santa Rosa counties require the use of masks by customers and employees of businesses outside the city limits of Pensacola, Milton and Gulf Breeze. All three cities are now requiring the use of masks inside of businesses. Escambia County District 4 Commissioner Robert Bender said he…… MORE
PETS PROTECTED IN COURT ORDERS
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law that includes family pets in domestic violence protective orders. That means Floridians fleeing households because of domestic violence can now request restraining orders that protect both themselves and their animals from their abusers. According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,…… MORE
STATE WORKERS GET PAY RAISE
Florida’s 90,000 state workers are getting a pay raise. The 249 million dollar pay-raise package covers all state workers, and also covers a 7% increase in health insurance premiums and pension contributions. The pay raise survived the over one billion dollars that Governor Ron DeSantis cut from next year’s state budget before he signed it…… MORE
FLORIDA GAS PRICES
Florida gas prices increased by a penny last week, but a surge in COVID-19 cases is expected to keep prices down. The Triple “A” Auto Group says at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic fuel demand was down as much as 80 percent in some Florida metro areas. Since reopening, the deficit is now down…… MORE
DIVING ACCIDENT
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a 40-year-old man from Warner Robins, Georgia, was hospitalized over the weekend after diving off a pontoon boat on Crab Island in Destin. He was pulled from the water unconscious and CPR was performed. The man told them he could not feel his arms and he was transported to…… MORE
NEW FIRE ENGINE
The Fort Walton Beach Fire Department has a new fire engine. City officials used $530,000 in half-cent sales tax money to pay for the new engine, which can pump 1,500 gallons of water per minute and carries a full complement of firefighting, rescue and emergency medical tools and equipment. A public celebration for the engine…… MORE
