February 2020 – Page 3 – Capital Outlook

Black America’s housing crisis: More renters than homeowners

February 23, 2020

By Charlene Crowell NNPA Newswire Contributor No matter who you are, or where you live, there’s a central concern that links consumers all over the country: the ever-rising cost of living. For many consumers, the combined costs of housing, transportation, food, and utilities leave room for little else from take-home pay.

Former NAACP chief and Congressional Black Caucus chair Kweisi Mfume wins primary for Cummings seat

February 23, 2020

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor Former NAACP President and five-term Congressman Kweisi Mfume won big in a Democratic primary contest to replace the late Congressman Elijah Cummings who passed away last October. Mfume’s primary challenger in Maryland’s 7th Congressional District was Cummings’ widow, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings. But the contest

Understand the ABCs of paying attorney fees

February 23, 2020

Judge Layne Smith This is the first of two chapters about attorney fees. This chapter will cover who is responsible for paying attorney fees. Next chapter, I’ll explain how “reasonable attorney fees” are determined. Q. Judge Smith, under what circumstances can one party be forced to pay the opposing party’s

20/20 vision

February 23, 2020

Dr. E. Faye Williams For some reason whenever I go to the eye doctor, I expect to get a good report on my vision. Sometimes I get one. Sometimes I don’t, but I am always hopeful. This year, I am truly hopeful that our leaders will have 20/20 vision so

Commemorating our past starts with cementing our present-day legacy

February 23, 2020

Derrick Johnson We find ourselves at the beginning of a new Black History Month in a distinctive decade during one of the most polarizing times of our lives. Our collective journey to this moment has undoubtedly been challenging. Still, we’ve been victorious on many fronts to advance our culture, agendas,

QB battle expected to unfold after FAMU’s signing day success

February 23, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Coach Willie Simmons knows what makes a winning football program and he doesn’t intend to digress from it. The main ingredient is having competitive players, including the 17 that the FAMU football team recruited on National Signing Day last week. Since last year’s

FAMU’s Wiggins to leave coaching at end of season

February 23, 2020

By FAMU Sports Information Florida A&M University head softball coach Veronica Wiggins will put down her clipboard at the conclusion of the 2020 softball season. In doing so, she leaves a legacy unlike any other. On Monday, FAMU announced her decision to retire. The records, the accolades, and the championships

Athlete pay plan might get ‘morality clause’

February 23, 2020

By Jim Turner News Service of Florida Strip clubs, casinos, breweries and cigarette makers could be benched from a proposal that would let Florida college athletes market themselves off the field. The House Education Committee last Thursday approved a bill (HB 7051) that would allow athletes to get paid for

Naming new headquarters site a relief for TPD chief

February 11, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Throughout his entire 30 year-career Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell reported to work in a building on Seventh Avenue that’s almost a century old. Revell nor his staff will have to endure the old building much longer than a few more years. The

Revival of Black History Month Festival honors Eva Mannings with essay contest

February 11, 2020

By Oldens Lafortune Outlook writer Eva Mannings was known for her passion to educate and mentor young people in Tallahassee so to have her name associated with an essay contest for children was only fitting. With Black history as the backdrop no less. Organizers of the Black History Month Festival