January 2022 – Page 7 – Capital Outlook

Honoring an educator

January 6, 2022

Rickards High School names science building for Lewis-Butler Several educators and elected officials joined Maggie Lewis-Butler for a ribbon cutting to mark the naming of Rickards High School science building in her honor on Monday.Photo by St. Clair Murraine Maggie Lewis-Butler (second from right) is joined by school board member

Leon County selected to host NAIA Cross Country Championships

January 6, 2022

Apalachee Regional Park has been the site for several major events, including the National Junior College Athletic Association National Championships and the Florida High School Athletic Association state meet.Visit Tallahassee photo Special to the Outlook Sports tourism in Leon County has gotten a major boost. County officials last Thursday announce

FAMU partners with the Estée Lauder to build the next generation of Black beauty leaders in travel retail

January 6, 2022

Representatives from FAMU and Estée Lauder (from left) Tiffani Davis, Israel Assa and Alessia Wheeler participated in a recent donor recognition ceremony.FAMU photo submitted By Andrew J. Skerritt FAMU Office of Communications Florida A&M University and The Estée Lauder Companies announced a partnership to create a new talent and development

University system eyes money to fix aging buildings

January 6, 2022

An aging Paddyfote Complex on FAMU campus was demolished during this past summer.Photo courtesy the FAMUAN By Ryan DaileyNews Service of Florida Pointing to aging classroom buildings, the state university system’s Board of Governors is in talks to request $800 million from state lawmakers for projects intended to fix facility

TCC named as finalist for 2022 Bellwether Award

January 6, 2022

Kimberly Moore Special to the Outlook Tallahassee Community College’s Division of Workforce Development has been selected as a finalist for the 2022 Bellwether Award established by the Bellwether College Consortium. Thirty community colleges were named as finalists in three categories. TCC is one of 10 finalists in the Workforce Development

A veteran’s story

January 6, 2022

Washing dishes wasn’t my cup of tea Tifany Hill, who grew up on Tallahassee’s Southside, won several military honors.Photo submitted By Tifany HillSpecial to the Outlook As a child growing up in low-income housing, no one could’ve told me that I would be a soldier. In fact, I was one

Senate Republicans block this generation’s voting rights act: Will President Biden meet the challenge?

January 6, 2022

Ben Jealous Across the country, Republican state legislators have been busy imposing new voting restrictions and devising corrupt redistricting schemes to give their party more power than they could win under a fair system. Republicans in the U.S. Senate protected that wrongdoing again in October by using filibuster rules to

Money off the backs of Black and brown people just keeps rolling into FSU

January 6, 2022

Dr. Edward Holifield Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this column are those of the writer and not Live Communications or any of its entities, including the Capital Outlook. First there was the $20 million regressive Blueprint sales tax money stolen from Black, brown, and poor people for tax exempt

Against the Grain II

January 6, 2022

The Democratic Party is underperforming Vaughn R. Wilson Virginia flipped its gubernatorial affiliation on Nov. 2. The state went with Republican Glenn Youngkin in an upset of incumbent Democrat Terry McAuliffe. Across the country, in off-year elections, Republicans gained political ground. What is abundantly clear is that Democrats are not

Anniversary of the USS Tallahassee’s launch recognized

January 6, 2022

The 320-pound bronze bell that hangs in front of City Hall was once aboard the USS Tallahassee.City of Tallahassee photo Special to the Outlook As a prelude to the celebration of Veterans Day, the City of Tallahassee last Friday join U.S. Navy officials in recognizing the 120th anniversary of the