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It’s been two years in the making, and on Wednesday President Obama and Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez announced the finalization of the Department of Labor’s rule updating overtime regulations.  The new rule will potentially affect 4.2 million white-collar workers.

The Gulf Breeze Area Chamber announced Tuesday its Business of the Month for May is Gulf Coast Community Bank.

The humidity is almost thick enough to cut with a knife on a Thursday morning at Oak Haven Ranch and Rescue off Bob Tolbert Road in Holley.

The Gulf Breeze Area Chamber is pleased to announce Innisfree Hotels as the Chamber’s Business of the Month for April 2016.

Tallahassee – In a major ruling, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday said that a state law limiting attorney’s fees in workers-compensation insurance cases is unconstitutional.

By its own definition, esprit means lively and vivacious, so it was only fitting that Paul Rollins and his son Patrick name their first distilled spirit Esprit de Krewe vodka.  The flavor of the vodka unparalleled. The name given by the father and son duo distillers pays homage to Paul’s military career as well as what they see as the spirit of the Gulf Coast.  The two own and operate a hidden gem in Gulf Breeze known as Rollins Distillery, the first licensed distillery in the Florida Panhandle.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A new Florida law requires life insurance companies annually check to see if policy holders have died and then try to track down beneficiaries when they have.

Laurie Gallup, a high-profile member of the watchdog, volunteer Tourist Development Council has resigned, citing frustration with Santa Rosa’s government bureaucracy.

Jacksonville, Fla. (AP) — Two men ousted from top executive positions at Wounded Warrior Project say their leadership upheld the intent of donors who contributed millions to one of the nation’s largest veteran support groups.

Eleven local students demonstrated their business plans to a panel of judges representing some of the area’s leading businesses last Tuesday at the Pensacola Little Theater.