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 […]
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New Senate Budget Raises Eyebrows
In a contentious, sometimes, emotional hearing on March 23, Maryland’s state senators wrangled over the state’s budget, trying to strike the delicate balance between funding programs and cutting the state’s deficit. However, for Prince George’s County, the hearing proved to be beneficial. Contention over the formula the state uses in calculating net-taxable income for the […]
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Group Launches Campaign Against Poverty in the District
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 […]
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Community Organization Assists Pr. George’s Poor
With Prince George’s County facing unprecedented economic struggles, it has turned to United Communities against Poverty (UCAP) to help serve its most desperate citizens. “What makes UCAP really unique is that it has so many avenues where it can help the client,” said Caprise Coppedge, former housing counselor with UCAP. Created in 1964, UCAP has […]
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Juvenile Therapy Program Expansion to be Tested in Prince George’s
In Prince George’s County, the need for further supervision of juveniles has led Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services (DJS) to expand its multisystemic therapy program — an intensive , family-based intervention project designed to address adjudicated youths and derelict behavior. While there were only five slots available for the program, a study conducted by the […]
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Several States Plan Lawsuits over Health Care Reform
In the wake of the massive health care reform bill passed by the House of Representatives on March 21 and signed into law by President Obama, more than a dozen states have joined in a lawsuit against the U.S. government. Attorneys general in 12 states have joined a lawsuit filed March 23 by Florida Attorney […]
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Ex-Baltimore Mayor Dixon Working for Minority Contractors Association
Former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is reportedly close to landing a new full-time job with the Maryland Minority Contractors Association, nearly two months after she resigned her post as the city’s executive. Dixon has been helping the association with marketing efforts recently, according to an Associated Press report, and is working out a permanent position […]
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Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Height Remains in Serious but Stable Condition
As of 10:30 a.m. today, April 19, Dr. Dorothy Height, chairman and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women, remained in serious but stable condition at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Prominent civil rights leader Dorothy Height, chairman emeritus of the National Council of Negro Women, remained hospitalized in serious but stable […]
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Wizards’ Arenas Sentenced to Month in Halfway House, Probation
Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was sentenced on March 26 to a month in a halfway house and two years probation for violating Washington, D.C. gun laws late last year. ?Despite federal prosecutors requesting at least a three-month jail sentence for Arenas, D.C. Superior Court Judge Robert B. Morin instead ordered Arenas to spend 30 […]
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‘AFRO’ Honors NFL All-Pro Lenny Moore
During the 1950s, the Baltimore Colts were one of the leading teams in the National Football League. Lenny Moore, flanker/halfback, contributed to much of the team’s success. A product of Penn State University, Moore was a first-round draft pick of the Colts in 1956. Proving his worth from the start, he became Rookie of the […]
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City, State Officials Prepare for Census Day
While results of a new Zogby Interactive poll show that 87 percent of American adults intend to complete their census form, state and local government officials hope that Baltimore City residents are among those who plan to comply. At New Shiloh Baptist Church on Monday, Sen. Ben Cardin and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake spoke of the […]
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State Leaders Prepare to Implement Federal Health Care Reform
ANNAPOLIS – Federal legislators are expected to finish their work on health care legislation this week, but for state officials, the work is just beginning. Even though health care reform passed in Washington, it’s states that will have to set up insurance exchanges and expand Medicaid rolls, among other tasks. The health care reform bill […]