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Candidates have to motivate millennial voters to improve election turnout

March 31, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer While research has shown that Blacks generally turnout in large numbers on election day, millennials still lag behind when it comes to getting to the polls. However, there is a consensus that the 18-37 age group will turn out if they’re motivated by

Coronavirus won’t shut churches

March 24, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Ray Mobly didn’t have any fear about attending his church on Sunday, while concern mounts about a coronavirus that has gotten worldwide attention. He was cautious, though, exercising social distance as best he could while attending church. “I still believe that caution is

Taylor is now fulltime president/CEO of Urban League

March 10, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Calling his appointment as president/CEO of the Tallahassee Urban League “the opportunity of a lifetime,” Curtis Taylor said he will intensify the organization’s effort on fighting crime. Bringing back the Urban League’s jobs program will be a good start, he said. “We’ve got

House backs school board term limits

March 3, 2020

By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida The Florida House last Thursday approved a proposed constitutional amendment that could lead to term limits for county school board members across the state. If the Senate goes along with the proposal, voters in November would decide whether to impose the eight-year term

Candidates find platform at Sister Girls Network conference

February 25, 2020

By Cilicia Anderson Outlook writer They came together to network and foster a growing sisterhood that eventually turned into a campaign kickoff for at least 11 of the women in the group of more than 50 that gathered at the Workforce Development Center on TCC campus. The get-together last Monday

Panel discussion on Black vote energizes town hall crowd

February 25, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Just about everyone who attended a two hall intended to get Blacks out to vote seemed rejuvenated by the lively conversation inside Lee Hall. The overwhelming concern, though, was whether the message will go far enough to impact the 2020 election. There is

Fried calls for statewide probe into Jacksonville shooting death

February 25, 2020

News Service of Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has joined others asking the state to investigate the shooting death of 22-year-old Jamee Johnson, who was killed by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop in Jacksonville on Dec. 14. In a letter last Friday to Florida Department of Law Enforcement

Black News Channel set to deliver 24-hour broadcast from Tallahassee

February 23, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer A little more than six hours after the Black News Channel went live on the air Monday, former Tallahassee Mayor John Marks was still brimming with excitement. Finally the 24-hour channel that will focus primarily on telling stories from the Black perspective is

Naming new headquarters site a relief for TPD chief

February 11, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Throughout his entire 30 year-career Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell reported to work in a building on Seventh Avenue that’s almost a century old. Revell nor his staff will have to endure the old building much longer than a few more years. The

Revival of Black History Month Festival honors Eva Mannings with essay contest

February 11, 2020

By Oldens Lafortune Outlook writer Eva Mannings was known for her passion to educate and mentor young people in Tallahassee so to have her name associated with an essay contest for children was only fitting. With Black history as the backdrop no less. Organizers of the Black History Month Festival