May 2021 – Capital Outlook

Giving back

May 28, 2021

Former Lincoln, FSU player set to mentor youths in football camp Patrick Watkins By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer Outside of his high school and college football coaches, Patrick Watkins didn’t hear many voices telling him his future would be in the NFL. There was also the stereotype that being

TCC receives $100,000 for the ‘Raising Our Game’ athletics campaign

May 28, 2021

The Eagle Dome is one of the most popular athletic facilities on TCC campus.Photo special to the Outlook Special to the Outlook Wayne and Betty Edwards have made a gift of $100,000 to support the Raising Our Game, a fund-raising campaign for athletics at Tallahassee Community College. The college made

N.C. Central ends FAMU’s season in MEAC tournament elimination game

May 28, 2021

Robert Robinson led the Rattlers’ hitting at 3 for 3 in 14-13 win over Delaware State at the MEAC Tournament last weekend.MEAC photo by Nick Sutton Special to the Outlook NORFOLK, Va. – FAMU’s baseball season came to an end after two close games that followed an opening loss in

Consumer groundswell calls for end to predatory loans that target Blacks and other people of color

May 28, 2021

Rev. Frederick Haynes By Charlene CrowellTriceEdneyWire.com Last October during the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic and its rippling economic downturns, a key federal financial regulator adopted a rule that blesses the “rent-a-bank” scheme where predatory lenders partner with banks to evade state interest rate limits. Known as the “True Lender”

New award named after six-time NBA champion and civil rights activist

May 28, 2021

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar NNPA staff report NEW YORK – The NBA announced the creation of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award, a new annual honor that will recognize a current NBA player for pursuing social justice and upholding the league’s decades-long values of equality, diversity and inclusion. The award is

McCullough selected next president of FSU

May 28, 2021

Richard McCullough The Florida State University Board of Trustees on Monday selected Richard McCullough, vice provost for research at Harvard University, to serve as the university’s 16th president. McCullough will succeed John Thrasher, who will retire later this summer after serving as president since 2014. The appointment is subject to

Black pastors have faith in medical marijuana treatment

May 28, 2021

Dr. Erta C. Livingston Jr.Pastor Leo StoneyDr. Lonnie Davis Wesley III Editor’s note: This commentary is provided by the Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative (MMERI) of Florida A&M University. Marijuana has long been a target of condemnation in Black churches. And for good reason: Pastors have seen how the

Active hurricane season expected

May 28, 2021

Three to five of the hurricanes predicted for this season could be classified as major hurricanes storms.Photo by Sr. Clair Murraine News Service of Florida Staff report Another above-normal Atlantic hurricane season is being predicted after what was the most-active year for storms. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last

Restraining order denied for protest law

May 28, 2021

Judge Paul Byron A federal judge rejected a request for a temporary restraining order against a controversial new law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to crack down on violent protests. U.S. District Judge Paul Byron issued a six-page order last Tuesday denying a temporary restraining order sought by plaintiffs in

Florida will see three tax holidays

May 28, 2021

Chris Sprowls By Jim TurnerNews Service of Florida Floridians preparing for the looming hurricane season can avoid paying sales taxes on many types of disaster gear starting this week, after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $196.3 million tax package. Appearing at a Home Depot in Pensacola last Friday, DeSantis said