October 2019 – Capital Outlook

Task force touts progress on racial covenant removal

October 29, 2019

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer After months of working to find the best approach to do away with decades-old racial covenants in the city, a task force has completed the first phase of an effort that it hopes will result in legislative action to wipe out the language

Commissioners settle on two final sites for TPD headquarters

October 29, 2019

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Supporters for building the next Tallahassee Police Department headquarters on the Southside made one last unsuccessful pitch to convert a shopping plaza before they found out it wasn’t being considered any longer. In fact, the new TPD headquarters will be located on city-owned

Congressman Elijah Cummings dies at 68

October 29, 2019

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and a titan of the U.S. Congress, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD-7), died last Thursday. He was 68. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, the congressman’s wife and chairman of the Maryland Democratic Committee, said Cummings

Environmental justice advocates say climate change isn’t a ‘White thing’

October 29, 2019

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The climate crisis is real. From the devastating extreme weather events made worse by climate change to the public health implications of increased pollution like heightened asthma attacks, communities are feeling the impacts of this crisis first and worst. Experts said real

Tallahassee will be home for Black News Channel TV

October 29, 2019

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In a joint teleconference broadcast live from the Four Season’s Hotel in New York’s Financial District, the Black News Channel (BNC) and the National Newspaper Publishers Association recently announced the official launch date and time for the nation’s first 24-hour, seven-days a

House looks for ways to boost teacher pay

October 29, 2019

By Ana Ceballos News Service of Florida A House education panel last Thursday began delving into the issue of raising teacher pay, with a key lawmaker saying that while “everything is on the table,” the panel still needs to figure out where the money would come from. Rep. Chris Latvala,

Judge gives partial victory to felons in voting fight

October 29, 2019

By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida In a battle about a constitutional amendment passed last November, a federal judge said last Friday that Florida cannot deny the right to vote to felons who have served their sentences but are “genuinely unable” to pay legal financial obligations. The ruling, however,

Youth vaping increases as tobacco use drops

October 29, 2019

By Christina Sexton New Service of Florida The use of tobacco products among Florida’s youth is at an all-time low, but that good news is offset by significant increases in the number of children who vape, a state advisory panel was told last Thursday. The results of the 2019 Florida

Simmons: OT win doesn’t define FAMU season

October 29, 2019

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Everything about FAMU’s 34-31 victory over North Carolina A&T says it’s the kind of win that could turn out to define a football season. The Rattlers overcame so many adversities, starting with Tropical Storm Nestor pushing back the game from Saturday to last

Florida Blue extends Florida Classic title sponsorship through 2022

October 29, 2019

By FAMU Sports Information ORLANDO — Florida Blue has reached an agreement with the Florida Classic Consortium to extend its title sponsorship of the Florida Blue Florida Classic. The agreement was announced last Wednesday by Bethune-Cookman University President E. LaBrent Chrite and Florida A&M University President Larry Robinson. The deal,