January 2023 – Page 3 – Capital Outlook

Our coaches can coach, too

January 6, 2023

Donal Ware There seems to be something against HBCU alums who are coaches. A stigma if you will. For the second year in a row in the Celebration Bowl, Jackson State presumably had a more talented team than its opponent. Last year, it was South Carolina State, coached by SCSU

State tax collections top projection

January 6, 2023

Brad O’Connor By Jim TurnerNews Service of Florida Hurricane recovery efforts helped November tax collections in Florida, as housing sales waned and people continued to dip into savings amid high inflation. A report recently released estimated that general-revenue collections were 14.1 percent higher than projected for November. The report by

Record number of people signed up for Obamacare during 2022

January 6, 2023

Millions of Americans on Obamacare will be able to save an average of $800 a year because of the Inflation Reduction Act.Photo submitted By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire SeniorNational Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia President Joe Biden said he promised to lower costs for families and ensure that all Americans have access to quality

10 big legal battles to watch in 2023

January 6, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether to take up a case about a Florida law that would place restrictions on large social-media companies.U.S. Supreme Court photo By Jim SaundersNews Service of Florida From abortion to Big Tech to guns, Florida heads into 2023 with courts weighing high-profile

New year brings lobbying restrictions, toll breaks

January 6, 2023

Starting this month, homeowners won’t be able to sign over claims to contractors, who pursue payments from insurers.Photo special to the Outlook By Jim TurnerNews Service of Florida Beefed up lobbying restrictions and breaks for motorists who frequently use toll roads are among state laws and other changes that will

Court overturns ruling in football player’s death

January 6, 2023

Nick Blakely By Jim SaundersNews Service of Florida A state appeals court sided with a family that filed a lawsuit against Stetson University over the death of a 19-year-old football player who collapsed on the sideline during a 2017 practice. A three-judge panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal

Thompson’s leadership is an extension of a lifelong mission to safeguard voting rights and racial justice

January 6, 2023

Marc Morial “This committee is nearing the end of its work. But as a country, we remain in strange and uncharted waters. We’ve never had a president of the United States stir up a violent attempt to block the transfer of power. I believe, nearly two years later, this is

Stop normalizing anti-Blackness

January 6, 2023

Julianne Malveaux Autumn Robeson Monahan is a 17-year-old Black girl attending high school in Slaton, Texas. The senior, who transferred to Slaton High School when her parents relocated there from Ohio, hoped to be her high school valedictorian based on her stellar grades. Instead, she was subjected to regular, vile,

Against the grain II

January 6, 2023

It’s time to lean on the Republican Party for our state Vaughn R. Wilson Florida Governor Ron DeSantis won re-election in a landslide. With that win, the Republican Party controls the Governor’s office, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. Florida is as red a

What brings me hope

January 6, 2023

Putting hope into action through the Practice of Hopeology Rosalind Tompkins and Margaret Franklin Founder of Franklin Academy School at this year’s Hope Immersion Retreat.Photo submitted We had a wonderful Hope for the Holidays Hope Immersion Retreat (HIR), and it could not have come at a better time for me