News Archive - September 9, 2009

Metro Forecasts Budget Shortfall

Metro officials are forecasting a major budget shortfall next year. Expenses are projected to grow by more than $90 million while revenue drops by nearly $40 million.

On Thursday, Chief Financial Officer Carol Kissal will present board members with a budget forecast intended to offer early...

New Public Charter High School In Southeast D.C. Opens Doors To Freshman

Over the past year we've been following the progress of a newly founded public charter high school in Southeast D.C.: National Collegiate Prep.

This week the school welcomes its first crop of students. It took years of planning to get to the first day of school at National Collegiate prep....

Child Sex-Trafficking Awareness In D.C.

The city of D.C. and child advocates are declaring September Human Trafficking Awareness Month, with a campaign to alert the public to the trafficking of children right here in DC.

Head downtown on any given night, and you could be blocks, or steps, from this kind of exchange:

BUYER:...

Parents Push for D.C. School Vouchers

As President Obama prepared to address the nation's school children, parents in D.C. were addressing a school vouchers program Congress has not re-authorized. Local leaders and concerned parents went toe-to-toe with police in front of the U.S. Department of Education to protest cuts to the D.C. O...

Regional Planners Eye Stimulus Dollars For Bus Transit Improvements

The centerpiece of the application calls for transforming K Street between 9th and 23rd streets in Northwest D.C. Two bus-only lanes would be constructed in the center of the busy street, with two regular lanes in each direction available for other traffic.

D.C. Councilman Phil Mendelson is...

Governor O'Malley Touts New Dental Project For Poverty-Stricken Schoolchildren

The new H1N1 flu virus is a big concern for school children right now, but Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is reminding students about another health concern--dental care.

At Seat Pleasant elementary school in Prince Georges County, students sang a song about brushing their teeth for O'Ma...

Bank Chain Donates Money To Get More Latino Immigrants To Use Banks

An effort to get more Latino immigrants to use banks in Maryland just received a boost.

Wachovia donated $70,000 dollars to Casa De Maryland. The immigrant services group will use the money to teach financial literacy classes.

Casa's executive director Gustavo Torres says many Latino...

Maryland Town Prepares to Pay Millions To Settle Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

The town of Walkersville, Maryland is preparing to pay almost $4.8 million to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit.

Walkersville officials revealed terms of the proposed agreement with the developer who filed the lawsuit on Tuesday, one day before town officials are due to approve the...

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation Adopts Mall Lawn Care

The foundation that built the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is taking over lawn care for more than 13 acres on the National Mall around the monument.

Officials with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund say they were spurred to act by an Associated Press investigation. That investigation found the...

"Art Beat" with Stephanie Kaye - Wednesday, September 9, 2009

(September 10, 11, 14 and 16) IMAGES OF LOVE AND COQUETRY If you're feeling a little flirty, check out The National Gallery of Art's tour, Images of Love and Coquetry tomorrow through next Wednesday at noon. The gallery talk compliments the operatic Barber of Seville, currently on stage at the K...

Baltimore County Approves Speed Cameras

Speed cameras are coming to Maryland's Baltimore County. That's after the County Council approved the use of speed cameras in school zones in the county on a 6-1 vote Tuesday.

Under the council's action, the number of cameras in the county will be limited to 15, and an annual report on the...

Power Breakfast for September 9th, 2009

The Hill is aflutter ahead of the President's Health Care address to Congress this evening. Elizabeth Wynne Johnson brings us the latest in today's edition of Power Breakfast.

D.C. Council Chair Keeping Options Open For Next Year's Mayoral Race

The mayoral primary in Washington is about a year away and the head of the D.C. Council says he's keeping his options open.

Toppling an incumbent mayor is never easy--especially when he's sitting on a $2.5 million re-election war chest. But council chair Vincent Gray says he hasn't ruled ou...