VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The District has continued to lose African American residents, according to new census estimates released Thursday, while the number of whites and every other census-tracked minority has risen. The city remains a majority African American city, though the numbers and percentage slipped in every year between 2000 and 2008. About 54 […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The unemployment level in the Washington region dipped in November to 6.1 percent from 6.2 percent the previous month, according to government data released Tuesday, further evidence to some economists that the area has weathered the worst of the recession. Washington and New Orleans had the lowest unemployment rates among metropolitan […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: By Jay Matthews The end of the year is a time to count blessings. Let’s start with the underappreciated fact that the Washington area is the best place in the country for children to both learn the mysteries of science, math, English and history, and to become comfortable with stark differences […]
VIA WJLA: The District of Columbia has done away with vehicle safety checks, but car owners still must pay $35 and wait in long lines for federally mandated emissions tests. The inspection charge is the same as it was before Oct. 1, when the city stopped conducting the 81-point safety inspection. And the wait at […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Watch for mid-January changes in how much to pay and when to pay while parking on D.C. streets. Drivers will notice three developments: — The District will complete the premium parking program, under which most of the city’s nearly 17,000 meters charge $2 per hour and a couple of thousand charge […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: Despite $1 million in city AIDS funding over three years, the District’s largest needle-exchange program is nearly out of cash and has at times been unable to supply clean syringes to intravenous drug users. The shortage comes after years of turmoil at Prevention Works, which offers needle exchanges at its Northeast Washington […]
VIA BLACK WEB 2.0: Last week search giant Google, technology nonprofit One Economy, cell phone provider Cricket and hardware maker Qualcomm announced a plan to provide free broadband access for two years to low income communities in Washington, D.C. The program, called “Project Change Access, ” will distribute free computers and wireless broadband access cards […]
VIA WJLA: WASHINGTON – Authorities say a handgun has been found at the D.C. jail and it may have been there since at least 2003. D.C. jail officials said Tuesday that the gun was found inside a “component of the inmate telephone units” during a shakedown on Monday night. Officials say the weapon might be […]
VIA WJLA: D.C. police say two delivery drivers helped thwart a carjacking by holding down a suspect. Police say 45-year-old Frank Mabry and another man attempted to carjack a man in the 3100 block of 14th Street in northwest Washington early Tuesday. They say the delivery drivers intervened and held down Mabry until officers arrived. […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: D.C. police are questioning a man who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail Tuesday from atop his van on a busy downtown street as a form of government protest. Shortly after 2 p.m., the man abruptly stopped his van at 17th and K St NW, and climbed up on the roof, said […]
