Washington Informer
The full D.C. Snow Team is deploying, applying salt to major roadways and residential streets, as needed. The District also will move rush-hour traffic signal timing up to begin at 1 p.m. to facilitate the movement of traffic as employees…
A measure to impose a 5 cents bag tax in Prince George's County has been killed by a legislative committee. The County Council voted 8-0 this week in favor of the bill on plastic bags, and while most county residents…
A House committee has approved a bill by D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton that would reduce the time that a vacancy on City Council can be filled with a special election. The bill, which also has the support of Mayor…
The D. C. Public Charter School Board (PCSB) has accepted 11 applications to open new public charter schools. According to a statement issued Feb. 7 by PCSB spokeswoman Audrey Williams, the schools, if approved, would open in fall 2013. The…
WASHINGTON - Descendants of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman have unveiled a wax statue of the woman who led hundreds of slaves to freedom at The President's Gallery by Madame Tussauds in Washington. Tubman's great-great-great-grand-nephew Charles E.T. Ross and Tubman's great-great-grand-niece…
In honor of Black History Month, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) is holding an event from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Feb. 8 at the Library of Congress (LOC) to inspire more minority children to read. For instance, did you…
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Significant Implications for Education, Jobs and Housing Newly released census data shows that blacks moved away in large numbers from many of America's major cities to the suburbs, with the most significant shifts in population occurring in the South. The…
HIV remains a crisis in African-American communities, threatening the health and well-being of communities across the country. African Americans continue to face the most severe burden of HIV and AIDS of all racial/ethnic groups in the nation. During her participation…
Gathering at Morgan State University John S. Wilson Jr., executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, will address the President's Board of Advisors on Tuesday, Feb. 7 to relay the year's report and give updates…
Probe Focused on D.C. Government Employees Who Illegally Collected Unemployment Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Department of Employment Services (DOES) Director Lisa Mallory have announced a major unemployment-insurance-fraud probe launched by DOES in cooperation with the Office of the Attorney…
Clashes between Occupy D.C. campers and U. S. Park Police (USPP) occurred early Saturday (Feb. 4) during an inspection of the park on McPherson Square. Park Police initially told the occupiers that no tents would be confiscated as long as…
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