WTOP: Watt’s up: Washington Monument lights get a boost
It’s not only the inside of the Washington Monument that’s getting an upgrade.
Yearly Archives
2019
Press Release: Norton Announces 218th Voting Cosponsor for H.R. 51, Achieving Majority Support for…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
September 20, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51) has…
Greater Greater Washington: The comp plan, which charts the path for DC’s growth, is being amended.…
DC’s Comprehensive Plan sets the course for how the city will grow, and the Framework element sets the tone for the rest of this important planning document. Right now the DC Council is in the process of updating the Comp Plan, starting…
District Links: Takeaways from the House hearing on statehood; temporary bus lanes downtown will…
TGIF! Muriel Bowser continued the week’s statehood theme by unveiling mayoral-commissioned statehood art at noon:
WTOP: 1 year after first fatal e-scooter crash, Dupont Circle site of safety push
About a year after 20-year-old Carlos Sanchez-Martin died — the first person in D.C. to be killed while riding an electric scooter — local officials gathered at busy Dupont Circle to remind people about safety on roads and sidewalks.
UrbanTurf: 45 Apartments (and a Weavers Hardware?): The Plans for Georgetown’s Prospect Street
Big residential plans are on the boards for one of Georgetown's most recognizable blocks.
DCist: There’s Not One, But Two LGBT Panic Defense Bills At The D.C. Council
Currently, one legal strategy for a suspect in the District accused of a violent crime, including murder, is to blame the victim’s identity as an LGBT person.
Press Release: Mayor Muriel Bowser Unveils DC Statehood Art Activation Created By Local Artists And…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Department of Small and Local Business Development
September 20, 2019CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
James Partlow IV (DSLBD)
Mayor Bowser Highlights PARK(ing) Day as Another…
Curbed: Dedicated bus lanes in downtown D.C. will be made permanent
The city is also expanding the hours that the lanes will be in effect
WTOP: Sexual misconduct dates back decades at DC’s private Maret School
At least four former teachers at the elite, private Maret School in Northwest D.C. are suspected of sexual misconduct or inappropriate behavior involving students between the 1970s and 2008, according to an independent investigation.
WAMU: Bus-Only Lanes On H And I Street Will Become Permanent
Over the summer, the District tested bus-only lanes downtown on H and I Streets in hopes of improving the speed and reliability of buses in one of the region’s busiest corridors.
Washingtonian: Statehood Hearing: Seven Things We Learned
Parking and gambling were among Republican fixations. Racism was top for Democrats.
Washington Post: D.C.’s Maret School releases investigation detailing allegations of sexual abuse at…
At least four faculty members at an elite D.C. private school are suspected of sexually abusing students between 1975 and 2008, according to an internal investigation released Thursday evening by officials at the Maret School.
Washington Post: D.C. makes bus lanes on H and I streets permanent and extends their hours
Starting Nov. 12, the hours of operation will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday
WTOP: DC’s downtown bus lanes aren’t temporary after all
Temporary bus lanes on busy D.C. streets near the White House are here to stay and will have hours expanded, WTOP has learned.
WAMU: D.C. Statehood Gets First Congressional Hearing In Decades — Race, Rights And Jack Evans All…
While Democrats at the D.C. statehood hearing sought to make the proceedings about the more than 700,000 District residents without full voting rights, Republicans on the Oversight Committee were interested in focusing it on a handful of…
Route Fifty: A 51st State? The District of Columbia Aims for Its Star
Washington, D.C. leaders made their case for statehood at the first U.S. House of Representatives hearing on the issue in 25 years, while Republicans raised concerns about corruption and fiscal stability.
Press Release: District Announces 2020 Health Insurance Rates
News Release — DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking
September 20, 2019
CONTACT: Paul Drehoff
Three out of four insurers to reduce their rates
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, the District of Columbia Department of…
Press Release: District of Columbia Celebrates PARK(ing) Day
News Release — District Department of Transportation
September 20, 2019
Media Contacts
Lauren Stephens
Annual day-long event encourages alternative use of parking spaces for creative placemaking
(Washington, DC) – Today, the…
Press Release: Bowser Administration Announces H & I Streets NW Bus Lanes Becoming Permanent on…
News Release — District Department of Transportation
September 20, 2019
Media Contacts
Lauren Stephens
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, the Bowser Administration announced that the bus lane pilot on H and I Streets NW will become…