Florida TaxWatch assesses educational attainment in Florida, Presents benefits of postsecondary learning and training
June 14, 2022
Today, Florida TaxWatch (FTW) is releasing a new report entitled The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Education and Training Beyond High School in Florida, which assesses the rate of educational attain…
Self-control
June 8, 2022
I put guns, muscle cars, most motorcycles, powerful car sound systems, personal watercraft, oversized riding lawn mowers, off-road vehicles, and personal use fireworks in the same category.
Saving our kids from themselves
June 7, 2022
Once again, our newspaper is addressing the topic of suicide, specifically athletes.
We find ourselves talking about this way too often, or maybe not enough, or perhaps only when it happens.
Achieving food security for all Floridians requires a year-round commitment
May 31, 2022
When the pandemic began the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) extended free meals to school-age children all year long, including the summer months.
The program will no longer be available a…
Infrastructure must be priority one
May 17, 2022
In every city and in every state, there is a conflict between builders building and the infrastructure, or lack thereof. Navarre is no exception.
While we would hope the county commissioners woul…
Reporting on our government
May 10, 2022
Last week, this week and perhaps next week we are featuring a Q&A with Matt Gaetz, our United States representative for the 1st District of Florida.
We have received compliments as well as p…
Give Navarre a voice – Incorporate
May 5, 2022
Last week, Julie White, director of the Tourist Development Office (TDC), asked the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) to approve a policy that would ban “Fun Runs” on Navarre Beach from March 1 t…
The value of community newspaperss
May 3, 2022
As many of our readers know, Sandpaper Publishing, the parent company of Navarre Press, purchased two additional community newspapers in January: Santa Rosa’s Press Gazette and Crestview News Bullet…
The power of humor: The Fifth Estate
April 26, 2022
Who would have thought that a comedian with no political experience would become the president of Ukraine, a country with a population of more than 44 million? But he did. And he is.
If the polit…
Too expensive to rent: Florida’s rental market and eviction moratorium
April 19, 2022
Rising food and gas prices are a daily reminder that even though Florida’s economy is in a much better place than it was in March 2020, the economy is decidedly more expensive two years later in Mar…