August 2020 – Capital Outlook

Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on the Anniversary of Ax Handle Saturday

August 27, 2020

Sixty years ago today, a group of young leaders from the Jacksonville Youth Council NAACP staged a sit-in at segregated lunch counters in Jacksonville, Florida, where they were met by an angry white mob wielding ax handles and baseball bats. This tragic event, now known as Ax Handle Saturday, leaves

Mixed results

August 26, 2020

By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer Candidates running for municipal and constitutional offices pushed through challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a primary election that produced at least one major upset and pushed two to a runoff in November. The biggest shakeup after Tuesday’s primary election was in the

City salvages youth summer jobs program on line

August 26, 2020

By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer By the middle of spring, COVID-19 was already taking a toll on the economy. Employers were laying off workers and summer jobs didn’t seem to be in the offering for teenagers. Deputy city manager Cynthia Barber refused to see it that way, though. Having

Family sees reprieve in Leon Cares funds possibility

August 26, 2020

St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer They didn’t know whether they’d qualify for the Leon Cares individual assistance program, but news that applicants could get financial help with meeting some essential needs brought a sense of relief for Alex and LaShaunba Patrick. Their lives as a couple living on Tallahassee’s

FAMU Board of Trustees approves $374.7M budget

August 26, 2020

By Andrew J. Skerritt Office of Communications FAMU’s Board of Trustees last Friday approved a $374.7 million operating budget for the 2020/2021 fiscal year. Meeting virtually, FAMU Trustees approved the spending plan which takes into consideration impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic such as the suspension of fall sports by the

Superintendents ask state to address COVID-19 testing issue

August 26, 2020

By Ana CeballosNews Service of Florida As Florida schools reopen this month, district superintendents are calling on state officials to address two major challenges: the need for rapid testing for COVID-19 and a statewide plan to handle students and staff members who test positive. Florida Association of District School Superintendents

Postal officials warn of mail-in ballot problems

August 26, 2020

Dara KamNews Service of Florida With millions of Floridians seeking to vote by mail amid the coronavirus pandemic, postal officials have warned Secretary of State Laurel Lee that the state is at risk of having ballots go uncounted in the November presidential election. Florida, a battleground in the election, is

Biden makes history by choosing Sen. Kamala Harris as vice presidential running mate

August 26, 2020

By Hazel Trice EdneyTriceEdneyWire.com Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has announced his selection of U. S. Sen. Kamala D. Harris as his vice-presidential running mate, bringing an automatic sizzle to the ticket, which now becomes history-making. A 55-year-old Black woman with Indian and Jamaican ancestry, Harris becomes the first woman

Fair housing still a distant journey for Black America

August 26, 2020

By Charlene CrowellTriceEdneyWire.com Public pressure to restore a key HUD rule has united civil rights, public and private sector stakeholders in a swelling and nearly daily drumbeat of concern calling for fair housing to be supported and HUD’s replacement rule be rescinded. On July 23, the rule known as Affirmatively

Coleman brings backpack giveaway to Bond Elementary School

August 26, 2020

By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer James Coleman, a former football player at Florida High who parlayed his talent to FSU and later in the NFL, could hardly believe what he was seeing. A long line of automobiles snaked around Bond Elementary School and through the parking lot. They came