Category: Washington D.C. News

In a recent closed executive session with D.C. Council members, the son of Mayor Vincent Gray’s former chief of staff admitted that he handed his resume to his mother for a job and, approximately one month later and without an interview, was offered a city position. The admission added more validity to hiring missteps which […]

Dissatisfied with the produce in her local supermarket, Mia Hayes-Hawkins decided to do something about it. She wanted organic produce at reasonable costs, so, for a couple of years, she grew a few herbs and spices in her apartment such as basil, rosemary, chives, tri-color sage, and lemon thyme. Plants were neatly arranged in places […]

Newly confirmed D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan already has a substantial slate, though his tenure has barely begun. In a city in which the leadership is plagued by allegations of campaign finance irregularities, pay-for-play and improper hiring practices, Nathan’s first task may be just shoring up the agency’s reputation, and he has promised an office […]

Surrounded by legislators, students and advocates on May 10, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed into law SB 167, a controversial measure that provides in-state tuition for immigrant high school graduates. The “Public Institutions of Higher Education-Tuition Rates-Exemptions” bill prompted Franklin Garcia, president of the D.C. Latino Caucus, to e-mail District political groups asking for the […]

The Community College of the District of Columbia will keep its doors open after gaining a reprieve from its financial woes. The news has prompted sighs of relief from parents and students, who have benefitted from the two-year institution, which is a subsidiary of the University of the District of Columbia. “All I know is […]

WASHINGTON – Clinical trials conducted at Howard University College of Medicine and 12 other medical institutions across the nation have discovered a treatment that dramatically reduces pain, inflammation and hospitalization time and eases other symptoms in young children suffering from sickle cell anemia. Doctors and medical clinicians in a four-year study found that using the […]