March 2020 – Page 5 – Capital Outlook

Attorney Cummings announces bid for County Commission seat

March 17, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Attorney Carolyn Cummings has served on several civic organizations, positively touching people’s lives. Now she is taking her advocacy up a notch by entering into a crowded field that is bidding for the at-large seat on the Leon County Commission. Mary Ann Lindley,

Coronavirus scare

March 17, 2020

Global Information Network TriceEdneyWire.com The coronavirus is spreading fast beyond its China borders, with cases now rising in parts of Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the U. S. More than 90,000 people have been infected in over 65 countries and at least 3,000 worldwide have died of Covid-19; including

Congress passes historic anti-lynching legislation

March 17, 2020

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Sixty-five years after the horrific lynching of teenager Emmett Till, the U.S. House of Representatives have finally passed H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act. The legislation would make lynching a crime under federal law. “Today, under the leadership of Representative

19 teenagers complete Beautillion program with white tie ceremony

March 17, 2020

By Jeffrey Baptiste Outlook writer After completing a nine-week program that started with a green coat ceremony, 19 teenage boys can say they’ve arrived. Their milestone was celebrated this past Sunday with White Tie event at the Lawson Center. The event essentially mark their transition from boyhood to manhood. It

States back DeSantis in felons’ voting right

March 17, 2020

By Dara Kam News Service of Florida The legal wrangling over a 2019 Florida law about restoring voting rights to felons continues to draw national attention, as 10 states and two conservative groups have filed briefs backing Gov. Ron DeSantis. The states and the election-centered organizations support DeSantis’ request that

Checks, balances and the flag burning example

March 17, 2020

Judge Layne Smith Our Founding Fathers loathed tyrants, so they worked hard to create a better functioning national government that protected the rights of the people and the sovereignty of the states. Their solution was to separate the powers of government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches so no

No, President Trump, the never-ending war in Afghanistan is not ending

March 17, 2020

Jesse Jackson Don’t fall for the hype. That is the one lesson that we all should have learned about President Donald Trump. He’s a salesman, not a statesman. He offers up fantasies, not facts. The most recent agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan is a clear example of this. In

Russia is back: Congress must defy Trump and stop foreign election tampering

March 17, 2020

Marc Morial Since at least 2014, known and unknown individuals, operating as part of a broader Russian effort known as ‘Project Lakhta,’ have engaged in political and electoral interference operations targeting populations within the Russian Federation and in various other countries, including, but not limited to, the United States, members

Health insurers get direction on coronavirus

March 17, 2020

News Service of Florida Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier last Friday sent a memo to health insurers advising them to consider “all practical options to reduce the barriers of cost-sharing for testing and treatment” of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. “Consumers may seek a variety of forms of healthcare in

University merger plan ‘abandoned’

March 17, 2020

Ana Ceballos News Service of Florida A short-lived, yet high-profile, fight to merge New College of Florida and Florida Polytechnic University into the University of Florida died last Friday in the state House. House Speaker Jose Oliva told reporters the chamber “abandoned” the proposal after the Senate refused to go