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 […]
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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 […]
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Bill Proposes Raise in High School Dropout Age
In many states, including Maryland, the school dropout age is 16. However, Sen. Catherine Pugh passed Senate Bill 239 to increase the age of compulsory school attendance to 18 by the 2011-2012 school year. Last school year, 7,500 Baltimore City students dropped out of school, down from 12,000 students the previous school year. The bill […]
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Preliminary Budget Lists ‘Devastating’ Cuts
As Baltimore City suffers from a $121 million budget deficit, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the city has three choices: do nothing, cut services or trim government expenses. None of the options are good, but the third alternative is the best way to move Baltimore City forward, she said in a statement released Wednesday. On that […]
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Kweisi Mfume to Head National Medical Association
Kweisi Mfume, former U.S. congressman and past president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was named chief executive officer of the National Medical Association (NMA) this week. The NMA is the nation’s oldest and largest medical association representing the interests of more than 30,000 African-American physicians and their […]