May 2021 – Page 4 – Capital Outlook

Lawmakers dodge delay on athlete pay

May 14, 2021

FSU football coach Mike Norvell urged legislators to “do the right thing” by making it legal for state college athletes to be compensated for use of their names and likeness.Photo special to the Outlook By Ryan DaileyNews Service of Florida With minutes left in the 2021 legislative session, lawmakers reversed

Legislators revive, pass transgender athlete ban

May 14, 2021

Sen. Victor Torres By Dara KamNews Service of Florida With Democrats decrying the “eleventh-hour” move, the Florida House and Senate last Wednesday revived and passed a controversial plan that would ban transgender female athletes from competing on high-school girls’ and college women’s sports teams. The House tucked the transgender athlete

Montgomery makes history in purchasing WNBA’s Atlanta Dream

May 14, 2021

Renee Montgomery By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Renee Montgomery, a two-time WNBA champion and vice president of the Atlanta Dream, has purchased a stake in the franchise and is now co-owner. Montgomery is the first retired player to own and serve as an executive of a WNBA

Biden tackles Black maternal health with new executive orders

May 14, 2021

As part of a plan to deal with maternal health disparities, President Joe Biden announced $12 Million in additional funds for maternal obstetric care in rural communities.Photo special to the Outlook By Stacy M. BrownNNPA NewswireSenior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have announced actions to

Analysis

May 14, 2021

Key factors in your budget that will affect your retirement Not enough Americans are taking the long view of their retirement, according to John Smallwood, president of Smallwood Wealth Management.Photo special to the Outlook John L. SmallwoodSpecial to the Outlook COVID-19 prompted many people to restructure their monthly budget just

The new face of poverty and the mass incarceration of America’s children

May 14, 2021

Many children with special needs are pushed out of their schools and homes into the juvenile justice or adult criminal justice systems.Photo special to the Outlook By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia The number of children arrested and incarcerated has declined over the past decade, primarily due to

Senate Democratic leader ousted

May 14, 2021

Sen. Gary Farmer By Ryan DaileyNews Service of Florida Florida Senate Democrats voted to oust Minority Leader Gary Farmer just days before the end of the legislative session, deciding to replace him with Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation. Less than six months after Farmer, D-Lighthouse Point, formally took the leadership post

Hospitals fight new state rules

May 14, 2021

Tampa General Hospital joined with Adventist Health System to file challenges to the proposed organ-transplant rule.Photo special to the Outlook By Christine SextonNews Service of Florida Some of Florida’s largest health-care systems and children’s hospitals are challenging two proposed state rules, alleging that facilities could get shut out of the

FAMU outgoing SGA president McClinton recognized by U.S. Attorney for Northern District of Florida

May 14, 2021

Xavier McClinton By Brian J. Howard FAMU Office of Communications FAMU outgoing Student Government Association (SGA) President Xavier McClinton was recognized for his leadership role in the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida Office’s community outreach program. McClinton, who recently received his bachelor’s in economics during one of

First Black Supreme Court justice dies at 88

May 14, 2021

Judge Joseph Hatchett By Jim SaundersNews Service of Florida Joseph Hatchett, whose groundbreaking career included becoming the first Black justice on the Florida Supreme Court, died last Friday at age 88. Hatchett was appointed to the Supreme Court by Gov. Reubin Askew in 1975 and served until 1979, when President