City Paper: Residents of the Park 7 Apartments Have Been Waiting Months for Essential Fixes
Developer and frequent political donor Chris Donatelli met with tenants last week after their list of demands went largely unaddressed for months.
Yearly Archives
2019
Washington Blade: Bipartisan LGBT ‘working group’ holds second meeting
An informal working group consisting of leaders of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, Log Cabin Republicans of D.C., and the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance held its second meeting on July 30 to discuss plans for promoting an open…
WTOP: Fast fashion and its costs go on display in new DC art exhibit
A new D.C. art exhibit explores one of the more complicated and controversial topics of modern society: fast fashion and its impact on labor, trade, ethics and the environment.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Expands Taxi-to-Rail Transportation Options for East of the River…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of For-Hire Vehicles
August 8, 2019
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Neville Waters (DFHV)
T2R Pilot Program Adds Two Metro Stations, Trips to and from Grocery…
WAMU: You Pushed The Walk Button At An Intersection. So Why Don’t The Cars Stop?
You generally expect something to happen when you push a button. Especially when a sign encourages you do so.
City Paper: Female Food and Drink Entrepreneurs on How Gender Impacts Access to Capital
“If you’re not going to take someone seriously because they’re a female, I’m sorry, you’re a dinosaur."
jonetta rose barras: The agony of statelessness in DC
So, there I was watching CNN, experiencing the news loop that can be mind-numbing, invigorating or depressing — sometimes all three simultaneously. What’s a news junkie to do when the DC Council is on recess? Watching the local government…
Washington Post: More than 30% of D.C. school employees have lapsed background checks, review finds
More than 30 percent of D.C. Public Schools employees have lapsed background checks, according to findings from an internal city review released this week.
WTOP: DC school system scrambles to update expired staff background checks
One-third of D.C. Public Schools employees have been working while their background checks have expired.
DCist: D.C. Closes Three Playgrounds After Tests Show High Lead Levels
The D.C. government has closed three playgrounds after testing showed elevated levels of lead. The closures went into effect at Aiton Elementary School, Cardozo High School, and Thomson Elementary School on Friday.
District Links: 30% of DCPS staff lack valid background checks, chancellor admits; five Ward 2 DC…
Happy Wednesday. With 10 months to go until the Democrats' 2020 primary, the five declared candidates in the Ward 2 DC Council race are staking out their ground, Jake Maher reports in The DC Line …
DCist: Mayor Muriel Bowser Releases Her Summer Jams
Ever wonder what Mayor Muriel Bowser jams out to?
Bisnow: JBG Smith Sells K Street Office Building As It Focuses Portfolio Around HQ2
As JBG Smith continues to focus its portfolio on the area around Amazon HQ2, the REIT is unloading an asset in the heart of D.C.'s Central Business District.
Press Release: Norton Requests New FAA Administrator Meet Quiet Skies Caucus, Address Noise…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
August 7, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Co-Chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus, has written a letter to the Federal Aviation…
Washingtonian: The Washington Post Doesn’t Want to Talk About the Monster Correction It Published…
The correction on Korsha Wilson’s July 23 Washington Post feature about black families trying to hold onto their forebears’ farmland is gruesome. It’s 579 words long, a little more than a fifth of the length of the revised article. It has…
DCist: Town Danceboutique Might Make A Comeback In A Former Church
For more than a decade, Town Danceboutique was something of an institution—if not exactly religious, then perhaps spiritual—of D.C. nightlife. The gay nightclub had legions of devoted fans and partiers who came to its sprawling, two-tiered…
WAMU: Nearly A Third Of D.C. Public School Employees Have Expired Background Checks
An internal review has found that three in 10 employees of D.C. Public Schools have expired background checks. That includes teachers and central office workers.
Washington Post: ‘Town 2.0’: Beloved D.C. gay nightclub aims to re-open — in a former Baptist church
Last summer, when gay nightclub Town Danceboutique shuttered its doors, its patrons packed in for one last sweaty, nostalgic dance party — mourning the closing as the loss of a mainstay for D.C.'s LGBTQ community.
Washington Post: A Trump-supporting customer at a D.C. cafe claimed a server discriminated against…
A Texas tourist dining at the Open City cafe at Washington National Cathedral complained recently after a server told her she didn’t appreciate the customer’s Trump 2020 campaign pin. Three days later, the server was fired.
City Paper: Town Danceboutique’s Return Inside of a NoMa Church Promises to Be Triumphant
The owners hope it will be the "crowning achievement of their careers."