September 2023 – Page 5 – Capital Outlook

Huff’s drive for greatness is very obvious

September 19, 2023

Taylor Huff By Chuck WalshSeminoles.com Florida State’s Taylor Huff is driven. She’s determined to be great in every aspect of her life. She lives a disciplined life which allows her to chase the exceptionally high goals she has set for herself. She’s an incredibly faithful and family-oriented person, two deeply

Simmons sees West Florida as ‘a quality opponent’

September 19, 2023

FAMU linebacker Isaiah Major takes down USF quarterback Byrum Brown for a sack in Saturday’s game.Kyrease Desseau/FAMU athletics By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer Since the football schedule was released earlier this year, there have been plenty of questions about why the FAMU football team is playing the West Florida

Budget in ‘good shape,’ but surpluses will dip

September 19, 2023

Farmers in the Big Bend are awaiting for money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help cover Hurricane Ian damage.Photo special to the Outlook By Jim TurnerNews Service of Florida State budget leaders expressed some caution that general-revenue surpluses are projected to decline over the next three years, and

Justices hear high-stakes abortion case

September 19, 2023

Abortion opponents gathered outside the Florida Supreme Court last Friday.Tom Urban/News Service of Florida By Dara KamNews Service of Florida In a case that could have a dramatic impact on women’s reproductive rights, the Florida Supreme Court heard arguments in a constitutional challenge to a 2022 state law that prevented

Tourism aid readied after Idalia

September 19, 2023

Areas in the Big Bend that were ravaged by Hurricane Idalia will soon be featured in Visit Florida advertising.Photo special to the Outlook By Jim TurnerNews Service of Florida Florida’s tourism-marketing agency is preparing to help rural and coastal areas recover from Hurricane Idalia. Visit Florida President and CEO Dana

We’ve celebrated the union difference and building tomorrow’s public service workforce

September 19, 2023

Lee Saunders As we celebrated Labor Day, it was an exciting a time as any in recent memory to be a part of a union. Working people are seeing what the union difference is all about, and they want to be a part of it. Unions are overwhelmingly popular as

Racist attacks can’t hide massive lawlessness on display in Fulton County, Georgia

September 19, 2023

Marc H. Morial “With Trump, you don’t need to look for a dog whistle. It’s a bull horn when it comes to race. And I do think that’s deliberate. We’ve seen the — I mean, slanderous attacks that he has put out against Fani Willis, you know, alleged things I

Power of the tongue

September 19, 2023

David W. Marshall As we endure one mass shooting crisis to the next, it illustrates the nation’s void in leadership. We look to our elected officials to fulfill their oaths of office to protect the public because a person is only as good as their word. Words also have consequences—good

The ‘Teaching Our Own History Task Force’ poised to write its own story

September 19, 2023

Rev. Carl JohnsonRev. RB HolmesLarry Rivers, Ph.DRev. James Wright, IIDr. Dana Thompson Dorsey, Ph.D “I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity

Oregon man is released after years on death row as his case highlights racial bias in a flawed legal system

September 19, 2023

Jesse Johnson By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire SeniorNational Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Jesse Johnson, a Black man wrongfully convicted for a 1998 murder, was released, following a reversal of his conviction by the Oregon Court of Appeals two years ago. The case highlighted longstanding racial bias within the justice system. The Oregon Innocence