Category: Washington D.C. News

Charges of cronyism, nepotism, campaign malfeasance and other scandals involving Washington, D.C. lawmakers and the mayor highlights the need for revised ethical standards and keener supervision, a local political analyst said. “I think the recent scandals in D.C. suggest there might be a need for more oversight,” said G. Derek Musgrove, assistant professor of history […]

DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the 41-year-old National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), will be the 2011 spring commencement speaker at the University of Maryland, College Park on May 19. Smith is a staunch advocate of players’ rights and has played a critical role in the collective bargaining agreement between players and league owners. […]

Click Here to Read the Introduction. Click Here to View Responses from Prince George’s County Residents. Click Here to View Responses from Baltimore Residents. Rawle King, Father “I have a 23-year-old daughter… now she has coverage.”  “I am very happy that Americans without healthcare have coverage.”   Sean Mickens, Non-profit Employee “Given the economic climate, […]

Montgomery County police say Brittany Norwood, a 28-year-old employee at Bethesda’s Lululemon Athletica store and a former Stony Brook University student, concocted an elaborate web of lies to cover up the March 11 murder of her coworker, Jayna Murray, 30. According to a press release issued by the Montgomery County Police Department, Norwood said she […]

With allegations of cronyism, nepotism and corruption shrouding Mayor Vincent Gray a mere three months into his term, public sentiment toward the new administration is turning sour. But Gray and his staff may have to face more than voters’ displeasure if former mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown’s pay-to-play allegations are proven true. With several government agencies […]

(WASHINGTON) — Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced today that the District is filing a lawsuit against leading online travel companies to recover tens of millions of dollars in unpaid taxes. The Complaint, to be filed in D.C. Superior Court today by Acting Attorney General Irvin Nathan, charges that Expedia, Orbitz, Priceline.com, and Travelocity have been […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. police say a teenage girl has been charged in connection with the shooting death of an 18-year-old high school student in southeast Washington. Police say the shooting happened in the 2600 block of Stanton Road on Sunday afternoon. Authorities say responding officers found the victim, Gary Gordon, suffering from a gunshot […]

WASHINGTON (March 21, 2011) – Today, the White House announced an Easter Egg Roll Poster Contest for local school children. First lady Michelle Obama will be selecting the winning design, which will serve as the official 2011 White House Easter Egg Roll poster. The White House invites all elementary and middle school students in the […]

Melech Thomas of Bowie, Md. can still recall the pain he felt as he watched firemen wash the blood of nine-year-old Chastity Turner off the sidewalk in front of her home in South Chicago. It was the summer of 2009, and Thomas, now a senior speech and applied communications major at Howard University, was interning […]

District of Columbia Council Chairman Kwame Brown has probably barely broken in the chair or new desk in his new office. And in the weeks and months ahead, things will likely get more uncomfortable given the scandals that have enveloped the new chairman. Voters seemed to forgive Brown when it was discovered, during his 2010 […]