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(Washington, DC)  —  Tens of thousands of government workers in the DC area are bracing for a government shutdown.  Nerves are high at federal agencies in downtown DC.  Outside the Environmental Protection Agency, workers told Channel 7 they don’t know how they’ll pay their bills.  The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association is concerned […]

There’s no getting around it. Washington, DC and its surrounding area was built on the back of the Federal government so the looming government shutdown will surely have a debilitating effect on the region’s workers. If no budget gets passed in Congress in time the federal government will be forced into furlough on Friday at […]

(Washington, DC)  —  The Prince George’s County school system has been fined over one-point-seven million dollars for improperly hiring hundreds of foreign teachers.  The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division ruled that over a thousand foreign-born teachers had to pay fees that should have been paid by the Prince George’s County  School system.  The […]

The Washington D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial will be dedicated on August 28th, 2011. So far, they have raised $111Mil of the $120Mil goal! See how you can help below. As we celebrate Dr. King’s legacy and his vision of freedom and equality for all mankind, we encourage you to contribute to the […]

(Washington, DC)  — Mayor Vincent Gray is getting ready to deliver his first-ever State of the District address .  Mayor Gray will come to the podium tonight with a 31-percent approval rating.  While staffers say he’s expected to talk about the budget, Washingtonians may be more interested in hearing about the state of corruption in the […]

Gospel superstar Kirk Franklin paid a visit to Winston Chaney at the WYCB studios last week.

Are you happy? Hopefully you are because the Nation’s Capitol was named the nation’s happiest city, according to a new poll. The DC Metro areas not tops the list but is also the only East Coast city in the top 5. The cities that round out the top five are Austin, Texas, San Jose, Calif., Seattle and San […]

Radio One DC Director of News Programming and Community Affairs Sheila Stewart recently spoke to Journalism studentsat Prince Ge0rge’s Community College for their “Women In Media” Spotlight for Women’s History Month. Prince Georges Gazette reporter (Laura C. Jackson) wrote about Stewart’s address to the students.  Check out the link below: Stewart with Prince Georges Community […]

(Rockville, MD)  —  About 100 Montgomery County government employees staged a protest at the office of County Executive Ike Leggett yesterday to speak out against proposed changes to their health and retirement benefits.  According to the “Gazette,” the rally started with about 300 employees in the courtyard outside of the Executive Office Building, but about […]

(Richmond, VA)  —  Today is “Dorothy Irene Height Day” in Virginia.  Governor Bob McDonnell has issued a proclamation saying the state will celebrate the life of the one-time preeminent female civil rights leader, who was a Virginia native.  Height was born 99 years ago today.  She died in April of last year at the age […]