August 2023 – Page 5 – Capital Outlook

Law enforcement looks to night out, relationships to help solve crime

August 21, 2023

Tallahassee Police Department’s bomb squad was out explaining how it uses remote technology to detect a bomb.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer One of the tenets of the annual National Night Out is to let criminals know that neighborhoods are siding with law enforcement in

Summer heat

August 21, 2023

Marginalized communities feel the high cost of surviving in dangerous heat Chris UejioDarryl Hall Andrew Riley, Operations Director who oversees Public Works Operation crews, show a multi-colored spread sheet that he works from.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer There is a segment of communities in

FSU’s Mudge among nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year honor

August 5, 2023

Kaley Mudge is 619 student-athletes nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year award.NCAA photo Special to the Outlook Florida State softball standout Kaley Mudge has been nominated for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year. The nomination was announced by the NCAA in a news release. Mudge is one

SWAC preseason pick favors Rattlers to lead division

August 5, 2023

Quarterback Jeremy Moussa was named the SWAC’s Offensive Player of the Year.Photo courtesy FAMU athletics Special to the Outlook BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –– FAMU was an overwhelming choice for many of the voters at the Southwestern Athletic Conference Media Day. Ten Rattlers were named to the all-conference preseason team, while the

College athlete pay continues to evolve

August 5, 2023

Florida State University softball catcher Michaela Edenfield discusses athlete pay during an event held by the Economic Club of Florida.Economic Club of Florida photo By Ryan DaileyNews Service of Florida A Florida law that took effect in February allowed colleges and universities to help steer endorsement deals toward student-athletes and

Estate planning workshop enlightens attendees

August 5, 2023

Facilitators of last weekend’s workshop hosted by the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund were (from left) Khyla Morgan, Tamara Veal, Marc Michael, Dayleen Chery, and LyTanya N. Brown. By Felicia S.W. ThomasSpecial to the Outlook Matters related to estate planning are so vital that a recent workshop at the

State reaches settlement in Medicaid class action

August 5, 2023

Judge Marcia Morales Howard By Jim SaundersNews Service of Florida The state Agency for Health Care Administration has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit that is expected to lead to the Medicaid program providing incontinence supplies to adults with disabilities, according to court documents. Lawyers for the state, two

State cites nursing shortage in kids care fight

August 5, 2023

Judge Donald Middlebrooks By Jim SaundersNews Service of Florida The state wants a federal judge to put on hold a ruling aimed at keeping children with complex medical conditions out of nursing homes, saying a shortage of nurses would make it “impossible” to comply with a key part of the

Honoring our past and looking towards the future

August 5, 2023

James E. Clyburn In 2019, my daughter Jennifer and I took part in a Congressional Delegation to Ghana that included my good friend, the late Congressman John Lewis. Our visit was to commemorate the 400 years since Blacks were forcibly taken from the continent of Africa and enslaved in America.

Clarence Thomas hates Black people

August 5, 2023

Julianne Malveaux As a child in Pinpoint, Ga., Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was hazed by his classmates with the moniker “America’s Blackest Child.” Such hazing may have had long-term effects, rendering Thomas incapable of transcending his background. It may have given him an inferiority complex that expresses itself