The D.C. Council unanimously finalized the District’s 2022 budget spending plan. (Courtesy Photo) By Carl Thomas Special to the AFRO The D.C. Council unanimously finalized the District’s 2022 budget spending […]
Category: D.C. Government
D.C. AG joins national dialogue on voting rights
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine joined 22 additional attorneys generals to speak out against the threat to voting rights in the State of Georgia. (Courtesy Photo) By Deborah Bailey Special […]
Mayor adds vaccine incentives for young Washingtonians
Maya Davis, 12, of Washington, holds hands with her mother, Maisha Cosby, as she receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, at a drive-thru clinic held by Community of Hope, a community […]
D.C. Council compromises with Mayor for MPD officers amid crime increase
Despite concerns from Council members about MPD behavior and lack of community trust of authority, the D.C. Council voted to keep additional resources. (Courtesy Photo) By Carl Thomas Special to […]
Mayor mandates government employees must be vaccinated
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that all government employees who work in agencies that report to her must be fully vaccinated by Sept. 19. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO […]
Council Budget hearings talk MPD, inhumane conditions at D.C. Jail
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 The District […]
D.C. Council budget hearings: Student agencies, flavored tobacco on the docket
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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) […]