April 2024 – Page 2 – Capital Outlook

CEO says Citizens always able to pay claims

April 24, 2024

Tim Cerio By Jim SaundersNews Service of Florida The chief executive of Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. pushed back against financial questions raised by the chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, saying the insurer “will always be able” to pay claims. Citizens President and CEO Tim Cerio released a

DeSantis signs major health care package

April 24, 2024

Joseph Ladapo By Jim SaundersNews Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a package of bills that supporters say will help improve access to health care, boost the number of doctors in Florida and address issues such as mental-health treatment. “What they (state leaders) are tackling right now are some

Justices urged to consider ‘unborn children’ issue

April 24, 2024

Justice Carlos Muniz By Jim SaundersNews Service of Florida With the Florida Supreme Court deciding whether an abortion-rights constitutional amendment should go on the November ballot, Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office and abortion opponents are urging justices to consider another part of the state Constitution that they say could apply

Florida permitting fight flares in Congress

April 24, 2024

U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., proposed an amendment to allow Florida to keep wetlands-permitting power. NSF photo/Colin Hackley By Jim SaundersNews Service of Florida As court battles continue, supporters of Florida keeping permitting authority for projects that affect wetlands are trying a different tack: Put it in federal law. U.S. Rep.

Montgomery calls for social justice activism during Woke speech at EWU

April 24, 2024

A $1,000 check was presented to establish a scholarship fund for student-athlete Kyana Johnson.Photos by J. West Former WNBA star guard Renee Montgomery delivered an inspiring speech to students at Edward Waters College.Photo by J. West By Cilicia Anderson Special to the Outlook At 5-foot-7, Renee Montgomery could have easily

Marcia Fudge is one in a short line of Black women cabinet leaders

April 24, 2024

Julianne Malveaux During this Women’s History Month, the Honorable Marcia Louise Fudge announced that she will be only the second of President Joe Biden’s original cabinet members to resign from her position. Her last day of work was March 22. Fudge has spent decades in public service as mayor of

No one likes to be taken for granted

April 24, 2024

David W. Marshall Realignment and transformation throughout our nation’s political landscape is not new. Our country will always be divided over who gets the political upper hand and the fight to keep it. With today’s polarization approaching Civil War levels, the division is no longer regional (North vs. South). It

A silent killer no more

April 24, 2024

Hamil R. Harris Political provocateurs are determined to stir up controversy over Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to tell President Biden about his treatment for prostate cancer. Yet, his desire to keep the matter private—and out of the public eye—is in line with what many men, particularly men of color,

What is the good news about the triumph at the tomb?

April 24, 2024

Ronald W. Holmes By Ronald W. Holmes, Ph.D.Special to the Outlook Extra, Extra read all about it. The good news is that Jesus Lives: He has triumphed over the tomb. This was the good news for Wednesday Night Bible Study at First Timothy Baptist Church on March 20. The good

Elder Chris A. Burney becomes eighth president of Florida State Primitive Baptist Convention

April 24, 2024

Elder Dr. Chris A. Burney Special to the Outlook A standing-room-only crowd inside the Old West Enrichment Center witnessed the installation of Elder Dr. Chris A. Burney as the eighth president of the Florida State Primitive Baptist Convention, Inc. In addition to Old Primitive Baptist members, the audience that packed