The Obama administration has reversed a rule that would have included end-of-life counseling in annual Medicare checkups under the new Affordable Health Care law. According to the New York Times, the change came just days after the new policy took effect on Jan. 1. Under the health care reform legislation passed by Congress last year, […]
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District’s Era Under Gray Officially Begins
In an applause-laden message of hope, unity and even courage, Vincent Gray took the oath of office this week to become the sixth mayor—since Home Rule—of the District of Columbia. But during the 10-minute speech before a beaming crowd of 3,500 well-wishers, who gathered for a slate of inaugural festivities Jan. 2 at the Washington […]
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D.C. Homicide Continues Downward Spiral
D. C. police have recorded their first homicides of the new year. As of early this week, the homicide division of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was still investigating the fatal shooting 16-year-old Bryant Morillo, which occurred Jan. 2 in the 4500 block of New Hampshire, N.W. Morillo lived in Hyattsville, Md. According to an […]
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Meyer Elementary Opens as Relocation Site for Takoma Education Campus
About 300 students who attended classes at the Takoma Education Campus in Northwest Washington which was gutted by a fire over the holidays, will temporarily resume their studies Jan. 3 at Meyer Elementary School, according to an announcement by District of Columbia Public Schools interim chancellor, Kaya Henderson. Henderson said that while other options were […]
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Child Protection Advocates Seek Open Records, Proceedings
Cases of the 12-year-old girl that had been in the custody of a man who turned her into a prostitute and the murder of two girls killed by their adopted mother are prime examples of how the sealing of information from public scrutiny can be detrimental to children placed in foster care, according to two […]
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Former S.C. Senate Candidate Alvin Greene Files for House Seat
The former Senate hopeful from South Carolina, who suggested during his previous bid that making action figures of him would help create jobs, has tossed his hat back into a political arena, this time for a seat in the House of Representatives. According to the Associated Press, Alvin Greene, who gained national attention this year […]
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Amid Criticism, D.C. Schools Administrator Takes N.C. Post
Andrew Tata, who served 19 months under former District of Columbia Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and whose career track has mainly been aligned with the military, was recently selected to lead the Wake County, N.C. public school system. The choice drew criticism in that community. Skeptics claim the 51-year-old generally lacks the educational background, […]
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Workforce Development Report Offers Unemployment Solutions
At-large Councilmember Michael Brown, chairman of the Committee on Housing and Workforce Development, has provided a report to his Council peers that details system-wide problems related to the District’s high rate of unemployment. According to Brown, who presented the “Special Report on the State of the District’s Workforce Programs,” various problems related to the city’s […]
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Gray Announces New Appointees
Mayor-elect Vincent Gray has named five persons to positions in education and other areas of the new administration that takes over Jan. 2. During a Dec. 22 press conference, Gray announced his choices for two education posts—Hosanna Mahaley, as state superintendent of education, and De’Shawn Wright as deputy mayor for education. Mahaley has worked for […]
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District Sees a Year of Change
The District of Columbia is a town known for being front and center when it comes to a good front page story. And to outsiders not accustomed to what it’s really like to live and work in the nation’s capital, things in this cosmopolitan enclave can be downright confusing and even comical, as evidenced by […]
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Census Results Reveal Blacks Leaving Large Cities
Black residents are increasingly departing large U.S. cities, a shift that could affect African-American political power according to data from the first results of the U.S. Census Bureau’s population census. The population of the nation’s capital now exceeds 600,000 residents, 53 percent of whom are African American, and there has been a gain of nearly […]
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Pepco Deals with Demands for Improvement
Ward 3 Councilwoman Mary Cheh said recently that the best way to get Pepco to comply with demands for improved services is to bring the Public Service Commission into the picture. According to Cheh, who has taken the giant utility to task in the past, “Pepco has failed D.C. ratepayers this failure is part of […]