Category: Washington D.C. News

(Updated 4/29/2016) The Washington, D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles announced April 21 that it was suspending implementation of a controversial rule that was scheduled to go into effect on May 1 which would have required first-time drivers to complete a driver education course before earning their driver’s license. “The District of Columbia Department of Motor […]

Muriel Bowser (Updated 04/29/2016) While Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed minimum wage increase from $10.50 to $15 continues to be hotly debated, Washington, D.C. residents recently asked for clarity on the measure’s impact on those who work for tips. Under Bowser’s minimum wage increase, tipped workers would see a wage hike up to $7.50 by 2022. […]

Washington Ballet Artistic Director Septim Webre is stepping down after teaching more that 75,000 youth in the DC area about the classical arts. (Courtesy Photo) In 1999, as Septim Webre took over as artistic director of the Washington Ballet, the first thing he created, even before assembling his first set of dance rehearsals, was DanceDC, […]

A Northwest, D.C. man died April 23, a victim of one of two D.C. stabbings during the weekend, along with six separate shootings, D.C. police said. Metropolitan police said they found Dimas Fuentes-Lazo, 38, from Northwest D.C., suffering from multiple stab wounds in the 800 block of Kennedy Street, NW around 10:30p.m. Fuentes-Lazo was transported […]

Vincent Orange is running for another term as D.C. Council At-large member. (AFRO File Photo) On April 23, D.C. Council member Vincent Orange (At-large-D) got the support of over 60 percent of Ward 8 Democrats in a straw poll that took place at the St. Elizabeth’s Auditorium in Southeast D.C. This was a major endorsement in […]

At-Large Council member Anita Bonds (D) introduced a bill that would reform the way ANC system operates within the city in an effort to support residents better. (AFRO File Photo) A bill co-authored by At-large D.C. Council members Anita Bonds (D) and David Grosso (I) to reform the advisory neighborhood commission system is generating controversy. […]

National Prep students along with members of the 100 Black Men of Greater Washington D.C. (Photo by Lauren Poteat) The 100 Black Men of Greater Washington D.C. organization plans to raise funds to continue the STEM the 100 Way Program for underserved students at National Collegiate Preparatory School this summer. The initial STEM the 100 […]

Rameen Aminzadeh, LaTricea Adams, and Talia Buford discussed the impact of the Flint water crisis on the testing, treatment, and outreach of water systems across the country, including the District, where high levels of lead have been found in several public schools. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) Troubling levels of lead found in drinking water […]

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) signed legislation April 22, reversing more than 150 years of state law that stripped convicted felons who had served their time of the right to vote.  Those affected are overwhelmingly Black and male, which increases the group as a voting bloc to nearly 200,000 within the state. Virginia Gov. Terry […]

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society will host a MS Walk April 30 at the C. Paul Barnhard Elementary School, 4800 Lancaster Circle. Registration is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and the walk is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. The walk began in 1988 and has raised more than $920 million to drive groundbreaking […]

The First Baptist Church of District Heights, 7234 Lansdale Street, will host a “Laundromat Takeover” where members of the church will offer free laundry service at a local laundromat between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on April 30. For more information, visit www.fbcdh.org.

The Patuxent River Chapter of The Links will host a health and financial wellness event April 30 at the Inter-Denominational Church of God, 19201 Woodfield Road from 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. The “Juggling Your Health & Finances Strategies for Success” event is free and open to the public. It […]