Curbed: Transportation officials to hold public meeting in D.C. ward with most 2019 traffic deaths
Half a dozen people have died as a result of crashes in Ward 8 this year
Yearly Archives
2019
Statement: McDuffie on Recent Gun Violence
News Release — Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie
July 22, 2019
Contact: Jonathan McNair
Washington D.C. -- On Friday evening, the bodies of Hugh Washington and his seventeen-year-old son, Ahkii Washington-Scruggs, were…
Press Release: 50 Attorneys General Secure $600 Million From Equifax In Largest Data Breach…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
July 22, 2019
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Settlement Includes $425 Million Consumer Restitution Fund; Potentially 350,000+ District Consumers Eligible for Relief
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Washington Post Editorial Board: The controversy surrounding D.C.’s sports betting contract is…
THE LATEST controversy over the District’s award of a lucrative sole-source contract is achingly unsurprising. D.C. has established a procurement system that is steeped in politics and parochialism, with the checkered history to show for…
Washingtonian: The Real Story of the Sans Souci: The Super-Exclusive DC Restaurant Where Even Mick…
An ode to the watering hole where Spotteds and the power lunch came to be
Washington Post Express: East of the Anacostia, even subsidized cabs are having trouble getting…
Every other weekend, it was the same routine for Lisa Smith, who shares custody of her two teenage sons with their father.
Washington Post: A dozen years later, a new life for an iconic D.C. greasy spoon
Developer Douglas Jemal made a commitment more than a decade ago that mollified the District’s crowd of historic preservationists, who were all atwitter that a new office building would require the demolition of what they deemed an…
Washington Post: A field in D.C. will soon be home to 5,000 solar panels. It’s all because of local…
Right now, it’s a large, empty field. But by next year, the five-acre plot in Northeast Washington will sprout about 5,000 solar panels, the largest ground array the nation’s capital has seen — a change wrought by local Catholic groups.
WTOP: 100-foot sundae sets DC record on National Ice Cream Day
As the region has been flirting with almost record-breaking heat, a crowd gathered at in Navy Yard to help set a different kind of record — D.C.’s longest sundae ever.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: At a house where the homeless go to die, she has been a constant for…
It is the plainest of wooden tables, the kind you probably wouldn’t examine closely unless you spilled something on it.
WTOP: Apollo 11 tribute features stunning projections onto Washington Monument
A show celebrating 50 years since the Apollo 11 moon landing captivated crowds on the National Mall Friday night by turning the Washington Monument into a towering movie screen.
Washington Post: ‘We’re tired of kids being shot.’ As family and community grieve, police search for…
Karon Brown, 11, and his brother Quentin had walked to the McDonald’s not far from their Southeast D.C. home to get their older sister a double cheeseburger, an order of french fries and a smoothie.
WAMU: A Bus From Southwestern Virginia To D.C. Is So Popular, The State Is Adding More Routes
Bus ridership in cities is down across the country — but one state route is thriving.
Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. is doing the right thing by ensuring baby changing tables are…
IMAGINE STRUGGLING to find a viable surface to change your baby’s diaper because the men’s restrooms around you lack this accommodation, then placing your changing pad on your very last resort: the restroom floor. This is the difficulty…
Jennifer Romm in The Post: The C&O Canal in Georgetown is not in danger of being ‘High Lined’
If you have ever felt overwhelmed by overcrowding on the otherwise beautiful High Line, you might agree with Stephen A. Hansen’s June 30 Local Opinions essay, “Don’t ‘High Line’ Georgetown’s C&O Canal.” Unfortunately, the call to…
Edward M. Meyers in The Post: The opinions that matter most on D.C. statehood
A recent Gallup poll showed that most respondents thought the District should not attain statehood. D.C. statehood is an unformed issue in the minds of most Americans. It’s not a kitchen-table issue. Qualitative research is needed, not a…
WTOP: $50K reward offered for info in deadly DC shooting of 11-year-old boy
An 11-year-old boy was killed Thursday night after he was shot in Southeast D.C., and police are looking for the suspect connected to his death. Officials are also offering an increase in reward money for information on the case.
Alexandra M. Lord in The Post: An 18-year-old was murdered on our lawn. Two years later, it is still…
We had just come back from a trip; jet-lagged, I had turned off the light to go to sleep when I heard a series of sharp pops. My husband, who was downstairs, immediately called out, “Stay away from the windows!”
Colman McCarthy in The Post: From talking adhesion with Joan Baez to the Black Cat
Thanks to my loving 40-year friendship with Joan Baez and her innate generosity, she has given concert tickets to my college and high school students and me well more than two dozen times in Washington sites ranging from Wolf Trap to the…
Washington Informer: D.C. Council Seeks to Give Ex-Felons a ‘Clean Slate’
McDuffie Proposes Second Chance Legislation