June 2022 – Page 6 – Capital Outlook

Demings files paperwork to challenge Rubio

June 13, 2022

NSF Staff Report Democratic Congresswoman Val Demings formally filed paperwork in her bid to unseat two-term U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. Speaking to reporters before turning in qualifying papers in Tallahassee last Tuesday, Demings said Rubio’s politics are out of touch with Floridians and that he has taken the wrong

Justices stay out of fight on DeSantis redistricting plan

June 13, 2022

Representative Al Lawson says he intends to run in the midterm elections to represent District 5.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By Jim SaundersNews Service of Florida The Florida Supreme Court declined to jump into a congressional redistricting fight, leaving in place a lower-court decision that would clear the way for

First session of the White House Internship Program will pay participants for the first time in history

June 13, 2022

Participants in the White House Internship Program will support the White House Office and the Office of the Vice President.White House photo submitted By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire SeniorNational Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have announced the launch of the White House Internship Program and that,

With in-patient psychiatric services in short supply, America’s teen mental health emergency deepens

June 13, 2022

Hospital emergency departments have become boarding wards for teenagers whose mental state poses a risk to themselves or others to go home.NNPA photo submitted By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire SeniorNational Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide rates among teenagers rose almost 60 percent from 2007

DeSantis nixes mask punishment for schools

June 13, 2022

Fifty-five school districts did not require students and staff members to wear masks.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By Ryan DaileyNews Service of Florida Breaking from the Legislature’s efforts to punish school districts that imposed mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday directed Florida’s new education commissioner

Contractors challenge new insurance law

June 13, 2022

Homeowners in Florida have been losing coverage and seeing spiraling premiums.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By Jim SaundersNews Service of Florida Less than a week after Florida lawmakers rushed to make property-insurance changes, a contractors group filed a constitutional challenge that targets a new restriction on attorney fees in lawsuits

To be equal

June 13, 2022

Biden’s executive order on policing is a necessary step forward Marc H. Morial “Our criminal justice system must respect the dignity and rights of all persons and adhere to our fundamental obligation to ensure fair and impartial justice for all. This is imperative — not only to live up to

U.S. gun statistics are absolutely staggering

June 13, 2022

Vaughn Wilson Just days after a horrific targeting of Blacks by a gunman in Buffalo, N.Y., another gunman walked into an elementary school and killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas. The unfathomable has become common as far as gun violence and mass shootings in America. There have

Summer vacation, reconsidered

June 13, 2022

Julianne Malveaux Students everywhere are anticipating, or already experiencing, their summer vacation. It means freedom from daily classes and the opportunity to break, “chill,” and perhaps attend a summer program for many. We know, however, that there is knowledge erosion over the summer, especially for students who don’t continue to

FAMU’s annual campaign raises a record $23.1 million

June 13, 2022

Larry Robinson By Andrew J. SkerrittFAMU Office of Communications Florida A&M University’s 2021-2022 annual giving campaign raised a record $23.1 million so far, a 70 percent increase over a year ago. President Larry Robinson, who was credited with being the annual campaign’s chief fundraiser, said the phenomenal increase in annual