WTOP: DC Council committee recommends expulsion of Evans
A committee of the D.C. Council composed of all members except Ward 2 Council Member Jack Evans has voted to expel Evans from the council.
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2019
DCist: D.C. Council Unanimously Recommends Expelling Jack Evans From Office
All 12 of Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans’ colleagues voted Tuesday to recommend that he be removed from office, the first time the city’s legislature has ever moved to expel one of its own.
Washington Post: D.C. Council votes to recommend expelling Jack Evans over ethics violations
All 12 D.C. Council members voted Tuesday to recommend that member Jack Evans be expelled in the face of ethics violations, an extraordinary step and the first time lawmakers ever moved to eject one of their own.
DCist: Next To The Botanic Gardens Is Another, Tinier Green Refuge
Bartholdi Park isn’t exactly hidden. Located at a busy intersection next to the Botanic Garden (which is celebrating its bicentennial this coming year) and mere steps from the U.S. Capitol, it’s got prime real estate. And that’s kinda the…
WTOP: Man arrested after historic DC synagogue defaced with swastika
A man has been arrested and charged with defacing public property in D.C. after the vandalizing of a Jewish landmark with anti-Semitic graffiti Friday.
DCist: Northeast Arts Space Dwell Is Trying To Reopen After The City Shut It Down
Twelve years ago, David Bernhardt, a local contractor and owner of an H Street laundromat, bought a former carriage house in an alley behind the 1200 block of Florida Avenue NE. A carpenter by trade, Bernhardt, along with his family and…
Press Release: Councilmember Grosso introduces legislation to make parent-teacher organizations’…
News Release — At=large DC Council member David Grosso
December 3, 2019
Contact
Matthew Nocella
Washington, D.C. – Councilmember David Grosso, chairperson of the Committee on Education, today introduced legislation to improve…
Press Release: DDOT Selects Operators for 2020 Dockless Vehicle Sharing Program
News Release — District Department of Transportation
December 3, 2019
Media Contact
Lauren Stephens
Today, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced the next phase in the District’s dockless vehicle sharing…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser to Set Tone for 2020 by Hosting 6th Annual #FitDC Fresh Start 5K…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Parks and Recreation
December 3, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Michael Tucker, Jr. (DPR)
Mayor’s Annual New Year’s Day #FITDC Fun Run/Walk to Be Held…
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Assist Returning D.C. Citizens in Federal Custody
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
December 3, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Returning Citizens Coordination Act of…
WTOP: Nats World Series documentary viewing party at Anthem is grand slam for fans
On a cold Monday night in December, Nationals fans came to see the Boys of Summer one more time before the winter pushes out their greatest baseball season till next year.
DCist: Arrest Made After Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found On Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
D.C. police arrested a man on Monday for allegedly scrawling anti-Semitic messages and images on the door of the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue over the Thanksgiving weekend, in what authorities are calling a possible hate crime.
District Links: Jack Evans unlikely to be expelled; DC’s social studies curriculum being…
Good Tuesday morning. A majority of the DC Council supports censuring Jack Evans, WaPo reports. Today the ad hoc committee will meet to talk about how to admonish Evans.
Washingtonian: You Won’t Want to Miss These 22 Merry Markets Around DC
Now that you've decked the halls, you'll need to find the perfect presents. We know just the places.
WAMU: Can Washington, D.C. Become A ‘Fashion City’?
Local designers and boutique owners are trying to build the city a fashion industry from the ground up.
DC educators target white racial bias in social studies standards as State Board launches rewrite
The DC State Board of Education is launching a three-year effort to change how public schools teach social studies, rewriting state academic standards to improve civics learning and promote more culturally relevant instruction for students…
the Wash: Community org targets shadeless Mass Ave for trees
One local community organization is partnering with residents to plant trees on Mass Ave. Thousands of people pass through the 1900 block of Massachusetts Avenue in Dupont Circle every day, but a row of trees that shaded them isn’t there…
Washington Post: Anti-Semitic graffiti reported at Sixth & I synagogue
A D.C. Jewish landmark was a target of anti-Semitic graffiti on Friday, an act of vandalism that the organization’s rabbis said fit into a painful nationwide pattern of rising anti-Jewish crime.
Washington Times: Smithsonian’s National Zoo increases security after fireworks incident,…
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo has increased security after teens set off fireworks that frightened patrons and a nearby shooting left two teens hospitalized at the start of the annual ZooLights festival this weekend.
Washington Post: Shootings outside festival at National Zoo raise concerns about security
Firecrackers thrown at an annual winter festival at the National Zoo, followed by the shootings of two teens on the street outside, have renewed concerns about safety at the Woodley Park attraction.