May 2020 – Page 2 – Capital Outlook

Governor, doctors urge people to get needed care

May 26, 2020

By Christine Sexton News Service of Florida Essential health care. It’s the moniker given to procedures that doctors were allowed to continue performing as the COVID-19 crisis spread across the state because they saved life and limb. But after Gov. Ron DeSantis began allowing health-care providers to reopen for

Nursing home legal battles loom

May 26, 2020

By Christine Sexton News Service of Florida One of Florida’s best-known law firms said it is preparing to file lawsuits against two nursing homes related to the deaths of at least three residents from COVID-19. The move last Thursday by the firm Morgan & Morgan comes amid an unsettled legal

No sunshine in sequestration?

May 26, 2020

By Judge Layne Smith Q. Judge Smith, I was a witness in a criminal case. The morning of the trial, the judge told me to leave the courtroom and return when it was time for me to testify. I spent the next two hours waiting in the hallway before being

Ida B’s Pulitzer – both too late and right on time

May 26, 2020

By Julianne Malveaux Exactly one hundred and thirty-six years to the day after Ida B. Wells was thrown off a Chesapeake and Ohio railroad train, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation for her “outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans in the

We shouldn’t try to hold Biden hostage on this one

May 26, 2020

By Annette M. Alston Seven prominent Black women activists have made a strong case, and a bit of stir, in a Washington Post op-ed: “Biden still needs Black women. Here are 3 things he needs to do.” Tiffany Cross, Lotosha Cross, and Sunny Hostin were among the writers who strongly

Recordbreakerz developing talent through 7-on-7 football

May 26, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Entering into his high school years as a football player didn’t look too promising for Jayden Bodison. He struggled with his grades and fractures on both feet made it hard for him to focus on the sport. It cost him two years before

DeSantis wants teams to restart games in Florida

May 26, 2020

By Jim Turner News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said it’s time for professional sports teams to play ball again in Florida. DeSantis, who is still rolling out the first phase of the state’s economic recovery effort amid the coronavirus pandemic, said Wednesday he will lift restrictions so teams

Woodville’s Olson is far from done with judo

May 26, 2020

By Florida Sports Foundation Brian Olson’s Olympic journey began in Woodville, a North Florida rural town, with literally one traffic light, on the main highway leading south to the coast. Luckily, for Olson, and judo in the United States, the Leon County Judo Club held their workouts, a short distance to

CARES Act provides funding for low-income housing

May 19, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Within a few weeks residents of low-income housing could begin to benefit from two waves of HUD funding that is allocated to help families during the coronavirus pandemic. The money, which is part of the CARES Act, total $726.067. Just how the money

Holmes calls on DeSantis to resolve felon voting rights, Medicaid and unemployment issues

May 19, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer A letter that’s seemingly intended to make sure that two major concerns aren’t overlooked amid the COVID-19 pandemic was sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis asking for his intervention. In the letter dated April 29, Rev. RB Holmes asked DeSantis to increase the state’s