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Norton Bill That Provides Back Pay to Federal Contract Workers Passes House

Press Release Jun 25, 2019

June 25, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Bill That Provides Back Pay to Federal Contract Workers Passes House WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that a bill that Norton led with Representative…

DCist: Councilmembers Ask Metro To Remove Officer From Duty After Tasing Incident

Editor Jun 25, 2019

Multiple councilmembers have called for a Metro Transit Police officer to be taken off of active duty while the agency completes an investigation into his use of a taser on an unarmed man at the U Street station over the weekend.

Washington Business Journal: D.C. councilmembers claim political pressure influenced funding for…

Editor Jun 25, 2019

A whistleblower is claiming District officials bumped a project to the front of the line for affordable housing funding to favor some politically connected developers, two D.C. councilmembers said Tuesday.

Curbed: Lyft to provide Metro-subsidized shared rides for late-night workers starting in July

Editor Jun 25, 2019

The rides are being offered through a one-year, $1 million pilot program

WAMU: Adult Graduates Get Hugs, Cheers And Second Chances

Editor Jun 25, 2019

They thought they’d never get there.

City Paper: Critics Raise Questions About D.C.’s Sports Gambling Contract In Light of Jack Evans’…

Editor Jun 25, 2019

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson announced this week that Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans would not run the public roundtable discussion on the proposed $215 million, sole-source contract to run D.C.’s new sports gambling program and…

DCist: A Skip Scooter Exploded In Someone’s Backyard Last Year

Editor Jun 25, 2019

One of the companies operating dockless e-scooters in the District has spent the past few weeks putting out fires.

Washington Business Journal: Sibley, Unity team up on Northeast D.C. cancer clinic

Editor Jun 25, 2019

Sibley Memorial Hospital and Unity Health Care are jointly opening a cancer clinic on the eastern side of the District, as residents in wards 7 and 8 continue to grapple with a lack of nearby specialty services.

Washington Post: Paintball fired from moving car hits Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner

Editor Jun 25, 2019

Paul Trantham was walking home from the store when he saw a black car slow and a man inside point what looked like a rifle out a passenger window.

Curbed: Florida Avenue NE safety improvements begin

Editor Jun 25, 2019

They follow the April death of a beloved D.C. bike advocate

UrbanTurf: DC Releases Findings on Need for Family-Sized Residential Units

Editor Jun 25, 2019

A new study released today shines a light on DC's need for more family-sized housing.

Bill to Create New Rules and Regulations for Electric Scooters and Bikes

Press Release Jun 25, 2019

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Mayor Bowser Releases Study on the Inventory and Affordability of Housing for Families as Part of…

Editor Jun 25, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 25, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Kate Hartig (DMPED) Mayor Bowser Releases Study on the Inventory and Affordability of Housing for Families as Part of Her Goal to Create 36,000 New Homes…

District Links: Evans wants opportunity to refute law firm’s ethics findings; Mary Cheh has…

Cuneyt Dil Jun 25, 2019

Happy Tuesday. Mary Cheh has a new bill to restrict use of e-scooters, co-introduced today with Brianne Nadeau, Jack Evans and Charles Allen.

DCist: The Possibility Of Free Circulator Fares Lives On

Editor Jun 25, 2019

The DC Circulator doesn’t traverse the city’s northernmost neighborhoods, but the biggest champion of free fares—at least on the D.C. Council—is nonetheless Ward 4’s Brandon Todd.

WTOP: Metro Transit police ask for review of evidence in U Street stun-gun incident, arrest

Editor Jun 25, 2019

The Metro Transit Police are asking the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. to review the evidence in the case of a man whom the transit police struck by a stun gun and arrested on Saturday night.

Washington Business Journal: Pebblebrook under contract to sell Dupont Circle hotel for $42 million

Editor Jun 25, 2019

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) has executed a contract to sell the Kimpton Rouge Hotel in Dupont Circle for $42 million to an undisclosed buyer, continuing the company's efforts to sell its Greater Washington assets.

Washington Post: After FBI raid, D.C. lawmaker Jack Evans says he wants to share his side of the…

Editor Jun 25, 2019

D.C. Council Member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) on Tuesday criticized an investigation that found he committed multiple ethics violations, making his first public comments after federal authorities searched his home last week.

DCist: Jack Evans Says It’s ‘Premature’ To Remove Him As Finance Committee Chairman

Editor Jun 25, 2019

As the D.C. Council plans a vote on July 9 to remove Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans as the chairman of the Finance and Revenue Committee, the councilmember beset by ethics woes is telling his colleagues to hold their horses and hear his…

WTOP: DC Council’s Jack Evans fights back, asks to make his case before removal vote

Editor Jun 25, 2019

Four days after FBI agents searched his home, D.C. Councilman Jack Evans returned to work Tuesday, telling his colleagues during a breakfast meeting he deserved a chance to fight for his Finance Committee chairmanship.

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