WUSA9: DC tenants say moldy apartments are making them sick
Neta Vaught said her unit inside Congress Park Apartments in Southeast, D.C. is making her children sick and management is not helping.
Yearly Archives
2019
NBC4: Residents Living Near DC’s Wharf Complain Dust Is Covering Cars, Affecting Their Asthma
The Wharf has become one of D.C.'s most prized real estate areas, but some who live nearby don't like what's blowing their way.
WTOP: Complaint poses fresh challenge to DC sports betting
Sports betting in D.C. is facing a new legal roadblock.
WUSA9: How to make DC a state: Just change the rules in the Senate. That’s the new strategy…
Generations of advocates have tried to make DC a state and failed. Now a group called '51 For 51' is trying a new strategy: changing the rules in the Senate.
ABC7: Future of the District: Should DC become 51st State or Douglass County, Md.?
It seems like everywhere you turn in the Nation’s Capital there are reminders of the DC statehood movement, poised to make noise Thursday during a Congressional hearing decades in the making.
Washington Post: Questions surround D.C. lottery and gaming contract, but high-level D.C. staffer…
Several D.C. Council members are asking whether the $215 million lottery and sports gaming contract the council approved this summer fulfills local business subcontracting requirements. This week, they got an answer from a high-level…
Washington Post: D.C. bills would block e-cigarette sales without a prescription, ban flavored…
D.C. lawmakers on Tuesday proposed sweeping measures to curb the rise of youth vaping, including a ban on flavored e-cigarettes and requiring a prescription to buy other electronic smoking products.
WAMU: D.C. Exploring 2.2-Mile Streetcar Extension To Benning Road
In the next six years, DC Streetcar riders could travel east from Union Station to the Benning Road Metro station along a newly-expanded track.
WTOP: Medical marijuana could be coming to DC classrooms
With the mayor’s signature, medical marijuana could soon be administered inside D.C. schools. The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation Tuesday allowing kids to access their prescription in class.
Washingtonian: A Baltimore-Based Restaurant Group That’s Expanding to DC Is Under Fire for Its…
Atlas Restaurant Group will open two venues in DC's Moxy hotel—each with rules about what to wear.
DCist: The D.C. Council Will Consider Two Bills To Crack Down On Vaping
Following the lead of several other jurisdictions in the wake of increasing reports of vaping health risks, Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh on Tuesday introduced a bill to ban the sale or distribution of flavored e-cigarettes in the…
Washington Post: Senate panel inches toward reimbursing D.C. for Trump’s Fourth of July celebration
A Senate panel on Tuesday took a first step toward reimbursing the District for costs incurred as a result of President Trump’s Fourth of July celebration, his inauguration and other events in the nation’s capital.
DCist: Just How Environmentally Friendly Are All Those Scooters?
Eighteen months after the rechargeable, dockless scooters began popping up in the city, they’ve evolved from an oddity to a ubiquitous presence on streets and sidewalks. The District Department of Transportation says seven firms (two…
Press Release: Councilmember Anita Bonds Introduces Legislation to Extend Rent Control across the…
News Release — At-large DC Council member Anita Bonds
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Contact: Emmanuel Brantley
Washington, D.C. - Today, during the Council of the District of Columbia’s first…
Press Release: Norton Statement on Passing of Cokie Roberts
September 17, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the passing of Cokie Roberts:
“Cokie Roberts was a pioneering, award-winning journalist even…
Press Release: Norton Announces Major District Businesses, Employers Are Backing D.C. Statehood
News Release: DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
September 17, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two days before the historic House hearing on statehood for the District of Columbia, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton…
Press Release: Councilmember Grosso introduces legislation to protect D.C. abortion rights
News Release — At-large DC Council member David Grosso
For Immediate Release: September 17, 2019
Contact: Matthew Nocella
Washington, D.C. – Councilmember David Grosso today pushed back against a tide of measures in several states…
Press Release: Councilmember Grosso re-introduces legislation to ban the use of “gay/trans panic”…
News Release — At-large DC Council member David Grosso
For Immediate Release: September 17, 2019
Contact: Matthew Nocella
Washington, D.C. – At the D.C. Council’s first legislative meeting after summer recess, Councilmember David…
Press Release: Councilmember Vincent C. Gray Introduces Anti-Vaping Bill to Discourage Youth Vaping…
News Release — Ward 7 DC Council member Vincent Gray
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 17, 2019
Contact: Takiyah “T.N.” Tate
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ward 7 Councilmember and Chair of the Council’s Committee on Health Vincent…
Press Release: New Bill Strengthens Oversight of District’s Child Welfare System
News Release — Ward 1 DC Council member Brianne Nadeau
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Contact: Tom Fazzini
As CFSA works toward exiting court-ordered supervision, Nadeau introduces bill to create an independent…