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A Leon County judge this week determined the summary of a property tax cut ballot measure passed by the Legislature is filled with political rhetoric and is misleading.

The Santa Rosa Press Gazette has been named Business of the Month by the Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce, an honor the chamber says is largely attributed to the newspaper’s five decades of chamber membership.

Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Shane Forsman starts his day with coffee and a walk of the fence line.

He checks the gates. He looks for anyone who shouldn’t be there. Then the buses pull in at Bennett C. Russell Elementary School, the doors open, and for the next several minutes he is handing out high-fives and good mornings to a share of the school’s roughly 900 students.

“They trust me with their lives day in and day out, so I take that very seriously,” he said.

Santa Rosa County School Board member Linda Sanborn says her case for a third term comes down to one rule: Pay teachers and staff as much as the district can afford, and cut elsewhere when money falls short.

A citywide, year-round curfew for anyone under 17 will go before the Pensacola City Council, with Mayor D.C. Reeves pushing back on the assumption that the proposal is a response to a recent downtown shooting.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners is set to meet twice next week as it discusses possible loans to a local fire district, sets the upcoming mosquito control budget and approves a contract to resurface a county road in rural Santa Rosa.

Here are three things you need to know ahead of the meetings.

Santa Rosa County District Schools is awaiting a judge’s order to see if it can fire a suspended employee accused of inappropriate communication with Central School students in 2024 and 2025.

The Florida Division of Administrative Hearings (DOAH) is hearing a case between the school district and Keith Elliott, an IT professional who was suspended by the district last September.

A portion of Benny Russell Park has been closed as crews begin to replace playground equipment, with the project expected to be finished by mid-November, the county announced Aug. 6.

Milton Police Chief Jennifer Frank brought members of her staff to Milton’s first budget workshop on Aug. 1, asking the City Council to consider raising wages for dispatchers and officers who help city residents in times of need.

The City of Milton announced that those interested in running for City Council can qualify for the upcoming November election until Aug. 10.