Category: Washington D.C. News

According to Washington, D.C. police, four people have died after a mass shooting in Southeast, Washington, D.C. A total of 9 people were shot during a drive-by rampage, and six others remain hospitalized. Fire Department spokesman Pete Piringer told WJLA that all of the victims are in their 20s and 30s, except for one person […]

Now that President Barack Obama has signed a law into effect that finalizes his health care overhaul, the next step is to determine how soon implementation — beginning at the state and local levels — will take place. But with legal challenges, including a slew of lawsuits already lining up in many jurisdictions, several of […]

A federal judge has upheld limitations on gun ownership in the District that were green-lighted following a 2008 Supreme Court decision overturning the city’s 32-year ban on handguns. Last week’s ruling came on the heels of a landmark case in which District resident Anthony Heller challenged the new regulations. In doing so, Heller claimed that […]

City Council Chairman Vincent Gray, citing the need for additional leadership in the District, has formally tossed his hat in the 2010 mayoral race. While it had been rumored since early last year that Gray would be the chief contestant against incumbent Mayor Adrian Fenty, the former had kept a relatively low profile about his […]

In a contentious, sometimes, emotional hearing on March 23, Maryland’s state senators wrangled over the state’s budget, trying to strike the delicate balance between funding programs and cutting the state’s deficit. However, for Prince George’s County, the hearing proved to be beneficial. Contention over the formula the state uses in calculating net-taxable income for the […]

One in five residents in the District of Columbia lives in poverty and many earn less than $11 an hour on their jobs. As a result of the recession, the gap between the haves and the have-nots has widened, which has only led to increased instances of abject poverty among the city’s 600,000 residents. Those […]

With Prince George’s County facing unprecedented economic struggles, it has turned to United Communities against Poverty (UCAP) to help serve its most desperate citizens. “What makes UCAP really unique is that it has so many avenues where it can help the client,” said Caprise Coppedge, former housing counselor with UCAP. Created in 1964, UCAP has […]

Now that the District has given its nod to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, for those individuals that stand to benefit there’s one more hurdle to overcome: the ability to grow the drug in their own back yards. Under the new law which passed in January – more than 10 years after District […]

In Prince George’s County, the need for further supervision of juveniles has led  Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services (DJS) to expand its multisystemic therapy program — an intensive , family-based intervention project designed to address adjudicated youths and derelict behavior. While there were only five slots available for the program, a study conducted by the […]

Controversy over Rushern Baker’s campaign finance has become the first big issue of this year’s election season. While Baker may have formally announced his candidacy for Prince George’s County executive on March 17, controversy had been following him well beforehand.  In January, Baker posted a $206,000 campaign contribution, but at the time there was no […]

About 1,000 people were expected to attend but the “Envision  Prince George’s  21st Century  Town Meeting,” by the end of the event, at least 2,000 more had shown up, setting a milestone in Prince George’s history. Residents, concerned about the growth and well-being of their communities, eagerly participated in the free event that was open […]

When it comes to accounting for the performance of District of Columbia Public Schools, Chancellor Michelle Rhee officially reports to the mayor. But that was hardly the case earlier this week as she patiently acquiesced to the City Council members, who pummeled her in an hours-long hearing about the state of the city’s 123 schools. […]