Author Archives: George Barnette

After a scare due to a delay in the state’s budgeting process, the Prince George’s County Council adopted a $2.7 billion budget on May 24. “As One Prince George’s County, we made sacrifices, adjusted expectations, and focused sound financial management decisions on the services citizens expect and deserve, and we achieved a FY 2013 County […]

Residents of Prince George’s continued to be at the mercy of the Maryland General Assembly as Gov. Martin O’Malley and leaders of both the Senate and House of Delegates have commissioned a work group to decide whether or not to place a casino in the county. “It became evident in the 2012 legislative session that […]

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley found himself defending a recently approved tax hike for high-earners after the {Wall Street Journal} blasted him in an editorial. O’Malley’s tax plan increased the tax burden on people, who earn over $100,000 and households that earn over $150,000 by about $250 per year. O’Malley has continuously said it was done […]

Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks and Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot have announced indictments in an investigation surrounding seven Prince George’s nightclubs. Puzzles Event Center in Suitland, De La Swan Event Atrium in Hyattsville, Let’s Chat in Suitland, Crossroads in Bladensburg, Plaza 23 and Black Amethyst in Temple Hills and CFE Club in Forestville […]

Amid budget uncertainty in Annapolis, the Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties came together last week to set the fiscal year 2013 budgets for the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC). The two councils voted to approve a near $1.5 billion budget for the water utility company. That price tag will include a 7.5 percent rate increase […]

The Prince George’s County Council and the Prince George’s County Police Civilian Employees Association (PCEA) have reached a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement. In another example of how the county is streamlining the way it does business. PCEA President Arthur Emery praised the council on how swiftly the two bodies were able to […]

While Prince George’s and state officials wrangle over whether or not a casino will be built in the county, there’s one local business owner who feels he’s been left out of the process. Charles Hopkins wants in the deal. He says now is the time for the state to make good on its goal to […]

Prince George’s County’s budgetary issues has it seeking new means of tax income from attracting more businesses to perhaps building a new casino. The latest idea to come from Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker is to raise a tax on home sales. The recordation tax would be raised to generate more income for the […]

Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) student Tia Holmes has been appointed to USA TODAY’s All-USA Community College Academic Team. “The USA TODAY award was a really big deal because I worked so hard on the application,” Holmes said. “I was actually surprised by it. Dr. Dukes announced it and I immediately started crying.” Holmes, a […]

A 22-year-old man accused of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend was on home confinement stemming from an incident involving her stepfather. Nathan Cedric Rogers of District Heights has been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of 23-year-old Jasmine Nichelle Moss. On April 27, police responded to the 7100 block of Mason Street in District Heights […]