The D.C. Council’s Committee of the Whole discussed student related agencies and flavored tobacco at a recent budget hearing. (Courtesy Photo) By Carl Thomas Special to the AFRO D.C. Council committees were busy this week with a full schedule of budget hearings across various categories. Each year the budget, which originates with the Executive Office […]
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Budget hearing discusses small agencies, new agency to help children
The June 7 budget hearings focused on small agencies and witnesses advocated for a new agency to help children and families. (Courtesy Photo) By Carl Thomas Special to the AFRO The smell of chili dogs from a vendor, the sound of motorcycles floating by on just the rear wheel, maybe even the lines for crabs […]
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Republicans push back against DC Statehood
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton reintroduced the bill earlier this year at the beginning of the 117th Congress, and she now has well over 200 co-sponsors. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE – With GOP-led statehouses in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and other places advancing voter restriction laws, Congressman Dusty Johnson of South Dakota’s bill targets Washington, […]
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Scholars write Congress proving ‘no constitutional barrier’ to D.C. Statehood
Nearly 40 constitutional law scholars wrote to Congressional leaders that there is nothing in the Constitution that would prevent D.C. becoming the 51st state. (Screenshot/ Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Content Editor mgreen@afro.com Nearly 40 constitutional law scholars wrote to Congressional leaders Saturday to explain that there is nothing in the […]
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Leaders were advocates for D.C. Statehood since early 1900s
Associate Justice Wlliam Stafford advocated for D.C. Statehood to President William Taft at a dinner in 1909 hosted by the “Citizens of Washington). (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com As many in the nation’s capital and justice leaders nationwide push for D.C. Statehood, the Council of the District of Columbia […]
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D.C. Mayor knocks on doors looking for arms to vaccinate
Mayor Muriel Bowser greets a four-month old and mingles in Ward 4 for the “Day of Action,” which was created to influence residents to get the COVID-19 vaccination. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com This reporter is working from Chicago, but got a text this weekend that D.C. Mayor Muriel […]
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Norton notes Republicans once supported Statehood despite hesitations now
With Democratic support, D.C. Statehood passed in the House (216-208) on April 22, however Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) pointed out that Republican leaders were once supportive of giving the nation’s capital full voting rights in Congress and the Senate. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Content Editor For the second time […]
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Biden and national leaders support D.C. Statehood
By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com As the House prepares to vote and expects to pass H.R. 51- Washington, D.C. Admission Act on April 22, national leaders, including President Joe Biden, expressed support to make the nation’s capital the 51st state. “For far too long, the more than 700,000 people of Washington, D.C. have […]
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Vaccine registration system faulty as portal opens for more Washingtonians
(By Chaay_Tee_Shutterstock) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Up until Thursday, Feb. 25, COVID-19 vaccinations were available for Washingtonians 65 and older, frontline workers, educators and government and law enforcement officials— leaving out a largely chunk of the population. So when the District of Columbia Department of Health announced that residents 18-64 with pre-existing […]
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#DCStatehood: Biden, Congress aim to give D.C. more autonomy
(Photo via The Washington Informer) By James Wright, The Washington Informer President Joseph Biden and both chambers of the U.S. Congress seek to give the District more autonomy over its affairs by allowing its delegate to have senatorial courtesy and sponsoring bills that would allow the mayor to control the D.C. National Guard and repeal […]
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Black woman takes over as Chief of U.S. Capitol Police
Yogananda Pittman, Assistant Chief for Protective and Intelligence Operations, takes over as acting Chief of the 2,300-member U.S. Capitol Police. (Photo courtesy BlackPressUSA) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia A Black woman now has the task of restoring order at the U.S. Capitol. Yogananda Pittman, a Morgan State graduate, takes over […]
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The Latest: 1,100 DC National Guard members being mobilized
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) […]
