Author Archives: DorothyRowley

A federal judge has upheld limitations on gun ownership in the District that were green-lighted following a 2008 Supreme Court decision overturning the city’s 32-year ban on handguns. Last week’s ruling came on the heels of a landmark case in which District resident Anthony Heller challenged the new regulations. In doing so, Heller claimed that […]

City Council Chairman Vincent Gray, citing the need for additional leadership in the District, has formally tossed his hat in the 2010 mayoral race. While it had been rumored since early last year that Gray would be the chief contestant against incumbent Mayor Adrian Fenty, the former had kept a relatively low profile about his […]

One in five residents in the District of Columbia lives in poverty and many earn less than $11 an hour on their jobs. As a result of the recession, the gap between the haves and the have-nots has widened, which has only led to increased instances of abject poverty among the city’s 600,000 residents. Those […]

Now that the District has given its nod to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, for those individuals that stand to benefit there’s one more hurdle to overcome: the ability to grow the drug in their own back yards. Under the new law which passed in January – more than 10 years after District […]

Now that President Barack Obama has signed a law into effect that finalizes his health care overhaul, the next step is to determine how soon implementation — beginning at the state and local levels — will take place. But with legal challenges, including a slew of lawsuits already lining up in many jurisdictions, several of […]

About 1,000 people were expected to attend but the “Envision  Prince George’s  21st Century  Town Meeting,” by the end of the event, at least 2,000 more had shown up, setting a milestone in Prince George’s history. Residents, concerned about the growth and well-being of their communities, eagerly participated in the free event that was open […]

When it comes to accounting for the performance of District of Columbia Public Schools, Chancellor Michelle Rhee officially reports to the mayor. But that was hardly the case earlier this week as she patiently acquiesced to the City Council members, who pummeled her in an hours-long hearing about the state of the city’s 123 schools. […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of Ward 8 residents have joined forces with Councilman Marion Barry in denouncing the stalled renovations of three schools that have been closed since 2008. According to Barry who convened a press conference Tuesday at Anita J. Turner Elementary School in Southeast Washington, parents and community stakeholders are upset over […]

In the wake District of Columbia Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s startling revelation late last year that she’d fired  teachers for having sex with students, Councilman Kwame Brown has proposed a bill that would make it a criminal offense for a public school teacher to become sexually involved with a student –  regardless of the pupil’s […]