April 2020 – Capital Outlook

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus

April 30, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Thursday, April 30, 2020 Are you determined to run on to see what the end will be? A person of destiny will find his or her identity in Christ. We can’t find eternal security when our identity is misplaced and

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus

April 29, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Wednesday, April 29, 2020 My devotionals this week are about the significance of identity, destiny and legacy. I took a brieftour back to West Africa, Senegal, the deadly island of Goree, where ‘perhaps millions of our ancestorswere tortured and packed

No tax day fanfare during coronavirus

April 28, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer April 15, the dreaded tax day for millions around the country came and went without much fanfare. The Postal Service didn’t have extended hours with cars crawling around the facility – at least not in Tallahassee at the Adams Street location where the

Students circulate petition for housing relief

April 28, 2020

By Cilicia Anderson Outlook Writer College students that live off campus in Tallahassee want Gov. Ron DeSantis to intervene by helping them get some relief with the cost of housing. Students from FSU, FAMU and TCC have indicated through a petition that they need the governor’s help because of financial

Groups call for state attorney to halt incarceration during COVID-19 pandemic

April 28, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Jonathon Williams’ case is one that exemplifies why 10 organizations have turned to state attorney Jack Campbell to release inmates with minor charges in an attempt to stem the spread of coronavirus in jail. Williams has been jailed for six months on a

Earl Graves Sr., Black Enterprise founder dies

April 28, 2020

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Tributes have poured in for Black Enterprise founder Earl G. Graves Sr., who died two weeks ago at the age of 85. “At 9:22 p.m. this evening, April 6, my father and hero, Earl Graves Sr., the founder of Black Enterprise,

First General Motors-Ventec Critical Care V+Pro ventilators ready for delivery

April 28, 2020

By National Newspaper Publishers Association OKOMO, Ind. – General Motors Co. began mass production of the Ventec Life Systems V+Pro critical care ventilator under contract to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “Thousands of men and women at GM, Ventec, our suppliers and the Kokomo community have rallied to

Trump points the finger of blame at another Black man for COVID-19

April 28, 2020

By Frederick H. Lowe NorthStarNewsToday.com Special to the Trice Edney News Wire President Trump has found a Black man other than former President Barack Obama to point the finger at for his and his administration’s failings. Trump is now attacking Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Ethiopian-born head of the World

Students to learn from home for remainder of school year

April 28, 2020

By Christine Sexton and Jim Turner News Service of Florida Florida schools will remain closed through the end of the school year, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced last Saturday. DeSantis also announced the state would release the names of long-term care facilities where residents or employees tested positive for COVID-19, reversing course

Few unemployment checks have gone out the door

April 28, 2020

By Jim Turner News Service of Florida Payments have been made to roughly 4 percent of the more than 800,000 people who have filed jobless claims since the novel coronavirus started closing businesses across the state. Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters last Thursday that checks have been sent to 33,623