Rick Outzen: (we don’t) color on the dog

Rick provides live election coverage with the help of Former Escambia Commissioner Jeff Bergosh, Political wonk Jeff DeWeese, Communications Expert Sena Maddison, Ballard Partners' Dan McFaul and DIB Executive Director Walker Wilson.

Early voting is over, and Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender joins Rick Outzen to break down record turnout, why vote by mail is down 30%, and what to expect when polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday. He also covers the relocated Precinct 35, the 7 p.m. deadline for mail ballots, and when results will start posting. #EscambiaCounty #Pensacola #ElectionDay #VoteFlorida #EarlyVoting #Inweekly #PensacolaPolitics

In May 2017, I interviewed then-State Senator Doug Broxson on the importance of ensuring Triumph Gulf Coast stayed in Northwest Florida.

Guests: Allyson Amderson, Keith Leonard, Samantha Abell, Steve Nissim and Mimi Bass.

Escambia County Superintendent Keith Leonard joins Rick Outzen to discuss the official October enrollment count of 33,065, the SAZAC review of Lincoln Park and Warrington elementary schools, a Cook-style arts school for the west side, Pensacola High’s IB middle school program and the status of The Devil’s Arithmetic. #EscambiaCounty #Pensacola #PublicEducation #SchoolChoice #LincolnPark #SAZAC #EscambiaSchools

Next month, the SS United States will become the world’s largest artificial reef off Okaloosa County. Coastal Conservation Association Florida’s Mimi Bass explains CCA’s $500,000 gift, what anglers and divers can expect, and why the Pensacola banquet on December 9 matters. #SSUnitedStates #CCAFlorida #Pensacola #ArtificialReef

Three weeks after the hurricane, Gulf Breeze City Manager Samantha Abell tells Rick Outzen what the city prepared for, what the storm delivered instead, and how a natural gas failure tested its recovery. #GulfBreeze #Pensacola #HurricaneRecovery #LocalNews #RicksBlogLive

A new state report shows Escambia’s region seeing fewer infant deaths. However, a Black or brown baby's infant mortality rate is nearly three times as high as that of a white baby.

Healthy Start’s Allyson Anderson explains the numbers, the safe sleep and car seat help available to families, and a new doula program funded by the Escambia Children’s Trust. #Pensacola #HealthyStart #MaternalHealth #EscambiaCounty #Doula

Steve Nissim’s grandparents and four of their children were murdered at Auschwitz. His father, who fled Greece alone at 13, and an uncle survived. After a citizen at an Escambia County School Board meeting suggested “The Devil’s Arithmetic” was propaganda and not accurate, Nissim talks with Rick about his family’s story, what he tells students, and why he says Holocaust denial is dangerous. #Pensacola #EscambiaCounty #EscambiaSchools #Holocaust #NeverForget #DevilsArithmetic #RicksBlogLive

Rick Outzen interviews Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore, Ascension Sacred Heart CEO Rick Metzger, Milton City Manager Ed Spears, Port Director Lance Scott and Foo Foo Festival Past Chair Therese McKenize.