January 2019 – Capital Outlook

Safety panel says schools need ‘cultural change’

January 3, 2019

By Dara Kam The News Service of Florida Safe corners in classrooms, locked or staffed doors and gates and “Code Red” policies are some of the basics recommended by a state panel created to investigate the Broward County school shooting this year that left 14 students and three faculty

Panel targets lower health cost, improved care

January 3, 2019

By Christine Sexton The News Service of Florida He may not have campaigned heavily on health care, but incoming Gov. Ron DeSantis is promising to make it a priority now. Lt. Gov.-elect Jeanette Nunez last Wednesday told members of DeSantis’ Transition Committee on Health and Wellness that the panel

Former House speaker, FSU president Wetherell dies

January 3, 2019

By Jim Saunders The News Service of Florida T.K. Wetherell, a former state House speaker who went on to become president of his alma mater, Florida State University, died Dec. 16 after a long battle with cancer, the university announced. He was 72. Wetherell, a Daytona Beach native,

Scott appoints first Black appellate judge

January 3, 2019

The News Service of Florida Gov. Rick Scott recently appointed Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Eric Hendon to a seat on the 3rd District Court of Appeal in South Florida. Hendon, a circuit judge since 2012, is the first African-American judge Scott has appointed to a state appellate court

Hazing conviction upheld in FAMU band death

January 3, 2019

By Jim Saunders The News Service of Florida More than seven years after the death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion, the state Supreme Court recently upheld the conviction of a fellow band member and rejected arguments that a hazing

Cosby attorneys list 11 problematic rulings for Appeals Court

January 3, 2019

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent Bill Cosby’s attorneys are confident that there are significant legal (and more importantly, appealable) issues stemming from his trial last spring on aggravated sexual assault. The responsibility for what they believe to be problematic rulings and errors and oversight rest squarely on

Punter Faddoul earns AP All-America first team

January 3, 2019

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer As punter Chris Faddoul was flipping the field on FAMU’s opponents, he didn’t think of his work as anything more than taking care of his responsibilities on special teams. All the time, since the season began, he worked his way to being the

Quiet leader

January 3, 2019

Washington asserts himself as TCC’s top scorer By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer What TCC fans saw from Richard Washington against Pasco-Hernando in a recent home game wasn’t typical of the Eagles’ sophomore guard. Washington, the team’s leading scorer, didn’t hit a field goal until midway through the

County court is the Little Engine That Could

January 3, 2019

Ask Judge Smith By Layne Smith Special to the Outlook When I was a small child, my mother read me stories with morals, and one of my favorites was “The Little Engine That Could.” In the story, a determined little engine pulls a heavy-laden train up a mountain to deliver food

Transformation: The 2018 Outlook Persons of the Year

January 3, 2019

By Rev. R.B. Holmes Jr President and Publisher Each year, the Capital Outlook has identified extraordinary persons and organizations in the community who have distinguished themselves in leadership, service, and community engagement. We are very pleased to present another exceptional group of individuals and organizationaa who are undeniably worthy