Diversity Reigns in Prince George's County
(The Grio) — Prince George’s County is the most racially diverse county in Maryland, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau figures cited in the Baltimore Business Journal. Minority groups account for...
View ArticleLeslie Johnson Sets Off a Flurry of Questions
(Washington Post) — Prince George’s County Council member Leslie Johnson, who is expected to appear in federal court Thursday to face charges of witness tampering and destruction of evidence, set off a...
View ArticleBaker Urges Leslie Johnson to Resign ‘Immediately’
(Washington Informer) — Prince George’s County Executive, Rushern L. Baker, III, released the following statement on the resignation announcement of Prince George’s County Council Member Leslie...
View ArticleWhere’s Leslie Johnson?
(Washington Post) — The lights in her office are out. She withdrew her last piece of pending legislation. And her colleagues say they haven’t spoken with her. But Prince George’s Council member Leslie...
View ArticlePr. George’s Bolstering Leadership
(Washington Post) — Eight months after former Prince George’s county executive Jack B. Johnson was arrested in a bribery scandal that rocked the development community, County Executive Rushern L. Baker...
View ArticlePrince George’s Businesses May Get an Edge in County Contracts
(Maryland Gazette) — Prince George’s council members are calling for county-based companies to receive preferential treatment when they seek government contracts. County Bill 17, known as the Jobs...
View ArticlePr. George’s Bill Cracks Down on Dance Halls
(Washington Post) — The Prince George’s County Council passed an emergency bill Tuesday that would impose stringent requirements on dance halls and give police and other officials broad authority to...
View ArticleMediation Push Does Little to Stop Foreclosures
Real estate is one of those issues where recovery talk falls flat.
View ArticleFor Prince George’s, Redistricting Prompts Questions of Identity
(Washington Post) — Black, white, Democrat and Republican, residents of Prince George’s County on Monday delivered a single unifying message to the redistricting commission of Gov. Martin O’Malley (D):...
View ArticleRush Is on to Succeed Leslie Johnson
(Washington Post) — Curtis Smalls, a retired elementary school principal, is worried about the high rate of foreclosures in Prince George’s County. Bridgette Kendrick, an analyst with the Internal...
View ArticleDavis Wins Special Election
(Washington Post) — Early support from Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III and several other county leaders helped Derrick Leon Davis win the Democratic nomination for the vacant...
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