By AFRO Staff President Trump on July 27 launched the latest in a series of attacks against lawmakers of color. In a Saturday morning Twitter tirade, Trump called Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., who is African American, a “brutal bully” and denigrated his Baltimore district as a “rodent infested mess” and “the worst in the USA.” […]
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Harrison Announces BPD Crime Plan
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com On July 24, Baltimore had reported 182 homicides, a grisly pace, which could lead to the eclipse of the record of 343 murders in 2017 and the fifth year in a row of 300 homicides. In the midst of another year of prolific violence last week, the AFRO asked the […]
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Brown Leads Bills Benefitting State, Military, HBCUs
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Maryland’s 4th District United States Congressman Anthony Brown, in his role as House Armed Services Committee Vice-Chairman, led fellow Democrats in voting for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Department of Defense (DOD) has been authorized $733 billion in spending for national defense and overseas operations. The […]
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RELEASE: Cummings Statement Condemning President’s Racist Remarks Against House Colleagues
Cummings Statement Condemning President’s Racist Remarks Against House Colleagues Washington, DC (July 16, 2019) — Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) submitted the following statement into the Congressional Record in support of H.Res. 489, a resolution condemning President Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of Congress: “I rise to condemn the racist statements made by […]
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Upper Marlboro Mayor Resigns
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com The County seat of Prince George’s County will be looking for new leadership after the resignation of Upper Marlboro Mayor and President of the Board of Commissioners Tonga Y. Turner which takes effect June 30. Turner is the first Black mayor in the town’s history and made the […]
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Alsobrooks Delivers First State of the County Address
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@aftro.com Boldly proclaiming to remember the past while building towards the future, Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks delivered her first “State of the County Address,” by confidently charting her plans for the future. On June 11 at the Hotel at the University of Maryland, in a speech that […]
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McCray Takes Scott’s Former Seat
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com When she was a little girl Danielle McCray was part of what was once a ubiquitous Baltimore tradition. Her great grandmother lived at 1612 Gilmor Street in West Baltimore and McCray and her siblings used to scrub the white marble steps of her great grandmother’s home. “It taught us how […]
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New Maryland City Councilman Stopped in “Driving While Black” Incident
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor “This shouldn’t be our truth but sadly it is,” wrote Jotaka Eaddy, a friend of Will Jawando, a member of the Montgomery City Council in Maryland. The new Councilman was stopped by police in Maryland on the morning of June 8, a Saturday, as he drove to meet […]
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Brown Opposes Hogan’s Toll Road Proposal
By Mark Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Just prior to the Memorial Day weekend traffic jam, Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD) continued urging Maryland Governor, Larry Hogan to reconsider his proposal to try and ease traffic congestion by widening and tolling the Capital Beltway before his town hall meeting in Landover. In his letter to Governor Hogan […]
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Proposed Bill Honors Parren Mitchell Legacy
By Afro Staff Last week Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07) introduced the Parren Mitchell Minority Business Education and Empowerment Act of 2019. The Parren Mitchell Minority Business Education and Empowerment Act will facilitate federal partnerships between the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The bill requires that the SBA distribute […]
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New Law Enables SAO to Pursue “Justice Over Convictions”
By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO The State’s Attorney office of Baltimore City (SAO) is celebrating a victory with the passing of a “much needed” vacatur law earlier this week on Tuesday. “We are extremely pleased this much needed legislation will finally become law, giving prosecutors across the state the procedural right to […]
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Legislatively Mandated Transit Fare Increase
Single-Trip Fares to Increase by 10 Cents on Local Bus, Light RailLink, Metro SubwayLink and MobilityLink BALTIMORE, MD (May 14, 2019) – As required by the Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013, the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA) will increase transit fares effective Sunday, June 23. The legislatively mandated increase will […]