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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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By Kevin Derby
A movie director, a congressman with the same name as a famous baseball manager and a professional wrestler turned governor walk into a bar or better yet, CNNs Larry King Live.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, national incident commander for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, has told British Petroleum America CEO Tony Hayward in a letter that the oil giant needs to give the National Incident Command [NIC] better access to its claims payment process and records.
By Kevin Derby
New gubernatorial candidate Bud Chiles was in Pensacola yesterday and the independent taking on both the Democrats and the Republicans was not impressed with the efforts of both BP and the federal government to combat the Gulf oil spill -- so he is calling for local empowerment to manage the disaster.
By Kevin Derby
President Obama is planning to visit Florida and other oil-impacted Gulf states early next week.
The president will be making the rounds in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida Monday and Tuesday. Exactly when he will set foot in our state, where tar balls have started to wash up on North Florida beaches, has yet to be decided.
By Kevin Derby
Attorney General Bill McCollums gubernatorial campaign team is ripping into Rick Scott who is also running for the Republican nomination.
With the Scott campaign sending out campaign mail describing their candidate as a pro-life leader, Matt Williams, McCollums campaign manager, blasted Scotts conservative credentials on abortion.
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Delays in the compilation and release of FCAT results have Florida Education Commissioner Eric Smith hopping mad.
The lack of performance by the states new testing contractor, NCS Pearson, is absolutely unacceptable, and the delays we have encountered in the reporting of this years FCAT results are not indicative of the smooth, expertly-managed experience they promised as a part of the contract procurement process," Smith said today in a statement.
By Kevin Derby
Former Rep. Loranne Ausley, the front-runner for the Democratic state CFO nomination, just announced that she is being backed by the Florida Police Benevolent Association (PBA), a group with more than 36,000 members across the state.
By Kevin Derby
State CFO Alex Sinks gubernatorial candidate just released a letter from legendary Democratic political strategist James Carville.
I'm from Louisiana, wrote Carville. And I've seen firsthand the damage this oil spill has caused, and how unacceptable BP's response has been. As oil hovered just miles away and tar balls started washing up on Pensacola beaches last week, BP's CEO wasn't there to help. Do you know who was? Alex Sink.
By Kevin Derby
I don't know how iconic this photo might be for the BP spill but I can appreciate the irony of it.
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