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Prince George’s County moves closer to stiffer punishment for illegal off-road vehicles ‘Movies on the Potomac’ returns to National Harbor May 1 NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters Want Prince George’s Co. High Schoolers to Join Their Ranks VC That Backed Fanduel, Peloton Leads Round for D.C.-Based AI Firm Prince George’s Co. Begins Offering Reimbursements for New Security Cameras Trone, Alsobrooks Offer Contrasts in First and Possibly Only Televised Debate Activists at Supreme Court Protest Move to Penalize Homelessness
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Local News April 22, 2024

Activists at Supreme Court Protest Move to Penalize Homelessness

by Kyle Swenson

WASHINGTON POST: Homeless activists gather Monday to protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices heard City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case centered on an Oregon city’s laws on people camping and […]

Local News April 18, 2024

PGC Council Introduces Voluntary Curfew Legislation Ahead in Time for Summer Months

by John Domen

WTOP NEWS: A Prince George’s County Council member has reluctantly proposed an expanded curfew, saying there’s “no reason to have a 15-year-old or a 16-year-old” without a chaperone during the wee hours on a school […]

Local News April 17, 2024

UMD Food Pantry Sees 60% Increase in Need

by Irit Skulnik

DBK NEWS: The University of Maryland’s campus food pantry saw a more than 60 percent increase in users between 2022 and 2023, according to pantry manager Larry Tumlin. The pantry, which offers students and staff […]

Local News April 9, 2024

Concerns About Crime in Downtown DC? Talk to the People Wearing Red Shirts

by Nick Lannelli

WTOP NEWS: More help is coming in downtown D.C. for residents and business owners who have questions or concerns about crime. The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) announced Tuesday that it was adding a team […]

Local News April 8, 2024

PGC Company ‘New Digz’ Offer a More Sustainable Way to Sell, Buy Clothes

by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant

WTOP NEWS: A Prince George’s County, Maryland, business owner wants you to think before you throw out that used dress or shirt. Sadiqa Brown, co-founder of New Digz Consignment, wants residents to know that donating […]

Local News April 1, 2024

A Channel Has Opened for Vessels Clearing Wreckage at the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Site

by The Associated Press

WTOP NEWS: The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary, alternate channel for vessels involved in the clearing of debris at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a […]

Local News March 28, 2024

Recovery Efforts at Key Bridge Shift to Salvage Operation

by Hugo Kugiya

BALTIMORE BANNER: The day after the bodies of two victims were recovered from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the focus at the site of the wreckage turned from recovery to salvage. “This is not […]

Local News March 26, 2024

Search For 6 Missing Construction Workers Continues After Baltimore Key Bridge Collapse

by Jessica Kronzer

WTOP NEWS: More than 12 hours after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, six members of a road crew who were on the Baltimore bridge at the time it was rammed by a […]

Local News March 21, 2024

140 Iconic DC Cherry Trees to Be Removed for 3-Year Repair Project at Tidal Basin

by Jessica Kronzer

WTOP NEWS: As part of a multimillion dollar rehabilitation project to address flooding issues, officials say 140 of D.C.’s famed cherry trees will be cut down along the Tidal Basin and Potomac River for construction. […]

Local News March 20, 2024

Md. Health Officials Have Applied for New Federal ‘AHEAD Model.’ Here’s What It Means.

by Danielle J. Brown

MARYLAND MATTERS: State health officials have placed their bid for Maryland to be among the first participants in a federal program that will help fund state initiatives to improve patient outcomes and bridge inequities, while […]

Local News March 18, 2024

Another Legislative Session, Another Late, High-Priced Debate Over Sports Venues

by Josh Kurtz

MARYLAND MATTERS: In 1996, the Maryland General Assembly spent its entire legislative session debating a proposal to build a new state-funded football stadium in downtown Baltimore, along with plans to spend millions more on infrastructure […]

Local News March 13, 2024

Bald Eagle Rescued from Car Grill After Collision in Maryland

by Thomas Robertson

WTOP NEWS: A Calvert County, Maryland, Animal Control officer swooped in to save a bald eagle after a collision Saturday. A driver alerted Animal Control early Saturday that they collided with an eagle on Route […]

Local News August 12, 2022

Edmonston’s Community Forklift Searches for New Home

by Alison Beckwith

Hyattsville Wire: Community Forklift is looking for a new home after its longtime landlords have indicated they want it to leave its Edmonston location. Located at 4671 Tanglewood Dr. since 2005, the nonprofit receives salvaged building […]

Local News August 12, 2022

Four Black Female Firefighters Sue the D.C. Fire Department

by Sam P.K. Collins

Washington Informer: Nearly half a century ago, when women started joining the Washington Metropolitan Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DCFEMS), the department and accompanying union consisted mostly of white men who critics say have […]

Local News August 11, 2022

Facing hotter working conditions, activists await new state regulations on employee protections

by DMV Digest Staff

Maryland Matters: A video of a UPS driver collapsing on the job in Arizona went viral last month. After a brief pause, the employee rises and goes back to work. Millions of workers are toiling under […]

Local News August 11, 2022

D.C. Police-Involved Shooting of Kevin Hargraves-Shird Leads to Outrage

by DMV Digest Staff

In the days following the death of Kevin Hargraves-Shird, shot and killed by a D.C. police officer, details about the events leading up to his demise continue to surface, often differing from initial accounts provided by the […]

Local News August 11, 2022

Walsh, Hoyer Visit Masonry Building in Bowie

by Washington Informer Web Staff

Washington Informer: Slightly more than a week after Congress passed a domestic package to bolster the chip manufacturing industry and finance in science research, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer visited a masonry training facility in […]

Local News August 11, 2022

HOV privileges are ending for drivers of electric vehicles in Maryland

by Luz Lazo

Washington Post: Electric vehicles will no longer geta free pass on Maryland’s high-occupancy-vehicle (HOV) lanes beginning this fall. Starting Oct. 1, the state won’t allow an exemption for drivers of EVs and hybrid vehicles to […]

Local News August 10, 2022

Black Financial Professionals Push for Equity, Trust, Wealth

by William J. Ford

Washington Informer: Trust. Education. Eliminate fear. Build wealth. Those are some of the buzzwords and phrases used at the 16th annual Conference of African American Financial Professionals at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in northwest D.C. This […]

Local News August 9, 2022

Md. hospitals face ‘most critical staffing shortage in recent memory,’ report finds

by Bruce DePuyt

Maryland Matters: Maryland hospitals are struggling to cope with a significant shortage of nurses and the problem is certain to get worse if steps aren’t taken to recruit newcomers to the profession and retain existing […]

Local News August 9, 2022

District Taco is expanding outside DC region through franchising

by Jeff Clabaugh

WTOP: District Taco, which started as a small taco stand in Rosslyn, Virginia, selling breakfast tacos in 2009, has grown to 12 locations in the D.C. area and two others in Pennsylvania, and now it […]

Local News August 8, 2022

Prince George’s Co. to host monkeypox town hall

by Anna-Lyse Gayle

WTOP: This week, Prince George’s County’s Health Department will host a virtual town hall on monkeypox. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday evening, from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m Health officer Dr. Ernest Carter will […]

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