Category: Washington D.C. News

D.C. Council member Mary Cheh (D) introduced hiring practice legislation to limit, vet and screen executive appointees. The bill, introduced Tuesday as the Council’s fall session began, was a result of a five-month probe—led by Cheh—which concluded that Mayor Vincent Gray’s top aides engaged in cronyism and improperly gave money to another candidate during the […]

Spending nearly eight years laboring inside the Beltway as a communication strategist, Melanie N. Roussell has reached a critical position that could make or break the reelection chances of President Barak Obama. As chief spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the former press secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing must carefully craft messages […]

D.C. collected a total of $976, 341 in revenue within the first month of the DMV Ticket Amnesty Program, which started Aug. 1 and continues through Jan. 27, 2012. The program was launched to collect photo-enforced, moving violation and parking tickets in the District issued before Jan. 1, 2000. Under the amnesty, penalties are waived […]

In an effort to help close a budget gap for fiscal year 2012, the District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will hike its fees for many of its routine transactions, including duplicate licenses and temporary ID cards. Beginning Oct. 1, District residents will pay more than double for a duplicate driver’s license or […]

Twenty years ago, Troy Anthony Davis was sentenced to death row in Georgia for the fatal shooting of a Caucasian police officer, Mark MacPhail in Savannah. On Monday, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles in Georgia will hold a clemency hearing for Davis, who faces execution by legal injection on Wednesday. The fight for […]

Whether they drive luxury cars or clunkers, motorists around the world are supposed to give up their wheels Sept. 22 for alternative transportation during World Car Free Day. Apparently the move toward sustainability has garnered a pledge by more than 8,000 D.C. residents who will opt for walking, biking or public transportation for their daily […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Actress Hayden Panettiere was born and raised in upstate New York, lives in Los Angeles and has no roots in the nation’s capital. But she’s passionate about securing full representation in Congress for District of Columbia residents. That’s what led Panettiere to the John A. Wilson Building, the district’s city hall, where […]

A commemorative event to honor the District’s victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, evolved into a peace movement, as well as an effort to ensure that the slain are never forgotten. Betty Carter, grandmother of Leckie Elementary School student Bernard Brown, was seeking an official recognition of her grandson and one of his teachers. “We […]

WASHINGTON — For Esther Agbaje, coping with the day-to-day pain caused by sickle cell anemia has been a constant struggle. The sickle-shaped cells caused by the disease make the blood unable to pass smoothly through blood vessels, which can lead to damaged tissues and organs, severe pain, stroke or even death. “Any number of triggers […]

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) is encouraging Washington area Hispanic residents to participate in its 2011-2012 Household Travel Survey. The survey collects and analyzes daily travel behavior from nearly 5,000 households within geographic sub areas in the District of Columbia, Suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia. Spanish-language speakers were underrepresented in the previous […]