January 2024 – Page 12 – Capital Outlook

Nation’s credit card debt passes $1 trillion

January 16, 2024

A new credit card report by the CFPB found that many cardholders with subprime scores paid 30 to 40 cents in interest and fees per dollar borrowed each year.Photo submitted By Charlene CrowellTriceEdneyWire.com For the first time since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau began collecting credit card data, the nation’s related

Mississippi leaders unite in plea to honor Medgar Evers with Medal of Freedom

January 16, 2024

Medgar Wiley Evers By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire SeniorNational Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Mississippi’s congressional delegation has called on President Joe Biden to posthumously award civil rights icon Medgar Wiley Evers with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, alongside Representatives Bennie Thompson, Trent Kelly, Michael Guest, and Mike

Homeowners get more than upgrades with new houses

January 16, 2024

Clair Surgeont-Moorer (left) was greeted by county officials during a housewarming ceremony.Photo courtesy Leon County government Michael and Mary Jane Allaman (center) moved into their new home last week.Photo courtesy Leon County government Melissa McGriff (at podium) and her family have a new house through the county’s Home Replacement Program.Photo

Minority chamber helps to prepare potential Amazon employees

January 16, 2024

Laurice Thomas is director of Development for the Big Bend Minority Chamber of Commerce.Photo by St. Clair Murraine Thais Wilson explained the importance of having soft skills. By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer It wasn’t until awhile after a lunch break that participants at a job matchmaking fair got a

Officially registered

January 16, 2024

Supporters stand with Ervin as she registers to vote Supporters of Marsha Ervin surrounded her after she registered to vote.Photo by St. Clair Murraine Marsha Ervin completes her voter registration form at Ian V. Sancho Leon County Election Center.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer Sixty-nine-year-old

Simmons living his best FAMU life as Lincoln comes to town

January 16, 2024

Athletic director Tiffani-Dawn Sykes (left) celebrated FAMU’s winning of the SWAC East Division Trophy with coach Willie Simmons after Saturday’s win in Alabama.Photo by Kyrease Desseau By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer Before clinching a 42-28 victory over Alabama A&M, the FAMU football team squandered an early three score lead.

Watkins growing comfortable in garnet and gold

January 16, 2024

Jamir Watkins has proven his ability in his first start as a Seminole.Photo by FSU athletics By Chuck WalshSeminoles.com Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton has a unique way of announcing who is going to be in the starting lineup for each of the Seminoles’ games. There’s no fanfare, no big

Win over Pitt puts FSU in ACC title game

January 16, 2024

Members of the FSU defensive unit take down Pitt’s ball carrier Rodney Hammond Jr. during Saturday’s game.Photo by Charles LeClaire Seminoles.com PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Florida State scored two third-quarter touchdowns in less than two minutes to break open a defensive battle on the way to scoring a 24-7 win over

Ex-U.S. attorneys general back Worrell ouster

January 16, 2024

Monique Worrell has denied allegations that she did not properly carry out her job.Photo special to the Outlook NSF Staff Report Four former U.S. attorneys general filed a brief at the Florida Supreme Court backing Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to suspend Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell. The friend-of-the-court brief, filed

Religion

January 16, 2024

What is the promise of the Passover? Dr. Ronald Holmes By Ronald W. Holmes, Ph.D.Special to the Outlook The Lord has made countless promises to humankind. One of the promises is “whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10: 13). In Wednesday Night Bible