Category: Washington D.C. News

D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander participated in a budget engagement forum in Ward 7. (Twitter Photo) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recently received strong feedback from residents on what they want her upcoming budget proposal to look like. Bowser held three budget public engagement forums, on Feb. 25 at Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School in Norwest D.C., […]

The D.C. Government opened March 1 a new Department of Motor Vehicles center on Benning Road in Southeast to replace an older facility that was located on Pennsylvania Avenue. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) Beginning March 1, residents utilizing the Penn Branch Motor Vehicles Service Center in Southeast D.C. will find it shuttered, and its […]

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Council members Vincent Orange  (D-At Large) and Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), as well as Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett (D) and Maurice Jones, the secretary of trade and commerce for Virginia, recently traveled to Cuba with dozens of business people and government officials from around the Washington […]

In the wake of recent Metro assaults, robberies, and shootings, D.C. Metro officials said the system will have an increase of police patrols onboard vehicles and within the rail stations. However, some Metro riders are skeptical of whether the additional security will cover all neighborhoods. “Are they going to add more officers just at Minnesota […]

WPFW 89.3 FM Radio will host a “Civil War to Civil Rights” event March 6 at the African American Civil War Museum, 1925 Vermont Ave NW, from noon to 6 p.m. There will be panel discussion and guided museum tours. Panelists will include, Clarence Lusane, Frank Smith, Dorie Ladner, Courtland Cox, Rev. Willie Wilson and […]

The Generation Liberation community group is sponsoring a workshop centering on Black masculinity on March 5 from 11:30 a. m. – 12:30 p. m. at the Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood library, 1630 7th Street N.W. The workshop will discuss issues such as Black male identity, gender-based violence, mental wellness, and media influence on Black communities. […]

Black Youth Project 100’s D.C. chapter is hosting a house party on March 4 to raise funds for the March BYP National conference that will be taking place in North Carolina. The event is scheduled to begin at 9 p. m. The chapter raises awareness for the struggles of local Black, Queer communities. The event […]

The Black Women Overload group is sponsoring a discussion about Black women and their political stances in the upcoming presidential election at the Southeast library, 403 7th Street S.E., from 3 p. m. – 4 p. m. on March 6. The event will address Black women’s concerns, political views and voting strategies related to the […]

The Gallery Place-Chinatown metro station on the Green Line – the same line where a man was shot Tuesday. Two suspects are in custody in connection with the shooting. (Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP) WASHINGTON – The attorney of one of two teens charged in the highly- publicized shooting on a Metro train on Feb. […]

The District of Columbia Public Service Commission (PSC) rejected the full settlement agreement recently proffered by Exelon in its attempt to acquire Pepco but has set conditions for its acceptance. On Feb. 26, the PSC voted down, 2-1, the Nonunanimous Full Settlement Agreement and Stipulation (NSA) that was negotiated by Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration and with […]

Ben Schumin (Own work) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons The recent shooting of a 24-year-old man at the Anacostia Metro Station by a 16-year-old has prompted further police presence to be ordered by Metro’s General Manager/CEO Paul J. Wiedefeld and Transit Police Chief Ron Pavlik On Feb. 23 the alleged shooter and Andre Brodie, 19, reportedly […]

(Stock Photo) The commission charged with assisting males in Washington, D.C., to become more productive citizens has started deliberations, and the public is encouraged to participate.  The first meeting of the Commission on Fathers, Men and Boys convened Feb. 17 at the R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center in Ward 8. The meeting’s objective was to organize, update commissioners […]