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Norton Introduces Bill to Permit Marijuana Use in Public Housing, Will Speak at National Cannabis…

Press Release Apr 18, 2019

April 18, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Introduces Bill to Permit Marijuana Use in Public Housing, Will Speak at National Cannabis Festival Saturday WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that…

Norton Statement on Mueller Report, Impeachment Process

Press Release Apr 18, 2019

April 18, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller – 202-225-8050 Norton Statement on Mueller Report, Impeachment Process WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the Mueller…

CityLab: What D.C.’s Go-Go Showdown Reveals About Gentrification

Editor Apr 18, 2019

A neighborhood debate over music swiftly became something bigger, and louder: a cry for self-determination from a community that is struggling to be heard.

District Links: Evans says he doesn’t believe emails that led to reprimand violated ethics…

Cuneyt Dil Apr 18, 2019

Good Thursday morning. Jack Evans is weathering his ethics scandals by keeping up his presence at community meetings. With a recall effort still trying to find liftoff, Evans is being received warmly at meetings like ANC 2A’s last night,…

Street Sense: Street cleanup leads to complaints from homeless residents

Editor Apr 18, 2019

Every two weeks, dump trucks and police cars roll under the K, L, and M Street bridges near Union Station. Tuesday, April 9 was no different.

Street Sense: Their landlord is trying to push them out — residents respond with a rent strike

Editor Apr 18, 2019

If you passed by the pulsating intersection of Park and 14th Streets Northwest in Columbia Heights on April 5, you would have thought there was a block party. People with smiling faces were shouting and clapping to the sounds of…

WTOP: ‘It’s primarily racial’: DC has the most intense gentrification in the country, study found

Editor Apr 18, 2019

If you head down to Navy Yard for a Washington Nationals game, you’ll notice more restaurants and condominiums.

City Paper: An Adored DC Housing Authority Senior Staffer Departs, Creating Turmoil

Editor Apr 18, 2019

The departure comes as the agency weighs changes to its public housing stock.

Curbed: Annual D.C. area Bike to Work Day planned for May 17

Editor Apr 18, 2019

The D.C. area’s 2019 Bike to Work Day is just a month away. On May 17, thousands of riders are anticipated to pedal to work as part of the free, annual event—now in its nineteenth year.

WAMU: The State Of Preschool In The Region Is Mixed: Almost Full Enrollment In D.C., Very Little In…

Editor Apr 18, 2019

State-funded preschools across the country educate only a fraction of three- and four-year-olds. And to get even half the number of eligible kids into such programs could take a long, long time — possibly even an entire century.

DCist: Meiwah In West End Is Closing Next Month After 20 Years

Editor Apr 18, 2019

Meiwah, the Chinese-American restaurant that’s drawn in celebrities, politicians, and journalists for close to 20 years, will close next month.

DCist: New Neighbors Keep Walking Their Dogs On Howard’s Campus. Students Say It’s Disrespectful

Editor Apr 18, 2019

The Yard at Howard University looks like a typical college campus quad: a set of criss-crossing cement paths bisecting large grassy patches, flanked by nine academic buildings and—especially when it’s nice out—teeming with college…

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: AG Karl Racine wants a Civil Rights Division

jonetta rose barras Apr 18, 2019

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser isn’t the only elected official who has been expanding government territory. Attorney General Karl Racine hasn’t been anyone’s slouch. Since being sworn in as the city’s top lawyer in 2015, he has, among other…

DC City Council Releases Proclamation to Honor Washington Bach Consort

Press Release Apr 17, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DC City Council Releases Proclamation to Honor Washington Bach Consort Resolution passes in recognition of the Consort’s 30th anniversary of their free cantata series WASHINGTON, DC (April 17, 2019)—On May…

During Black Maternal Health Week, Mayor Bowser Announces Faith Gibson Hubbard as the First…

Press Release Apr 17, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:April 17, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) During Black Maternal Health Week, Mayor Bowser Announces Faith Gibson Hubbard as the First Executive Director of the Thrive by Five Coordinating Council …

UrbanTurf: Zoning Change Could Bring Hotel and 150 Residences to Capitol Crossing

Editor Apr 17, 2019

There has been a change in course for two of the buildings central to Capitol Crossing.

DCist: Yep, There Are Iowans For D.C. Statehood

Editor Apr 17, 2019

Nearly an hour and 20 minutes into Cory Booker’s town hall on Tuesday in Des Moines, the New Jersey senator and Democratic presidential candidate faced a question from an Iowan wearing a pin that said “51 now” on it. The woman introduced…

City Paper: Local Businessman Corrupted Elections and D.C. Contracting Program, Jury Finds

Editor Apr 17, 2019

Keith Forney's days of gaming the District elections and contracting system appear to be over, but his legal troubles certainly are not.

DCist: The Caps Are Throwing A Free Game 4 Watch Party At Capital One Arena

Editor Apr 17, 2019

It was a memorable bit of mayhem in Chinatown last year when the Washington Capitals finally banished their playoff curse and lifted the Stanley Cup for the first time in 43 years.

News

Lewis Ferebee, new DCPS chancellor, highlights ‘top of mind’ priorities

Taylor Mulcahey Apr 17, 2019

Absenteeism, safe transportation to schools and principal retention are the “top of mind” priorities for new DC Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee, he told members of the State Board of Education at their working session this month. …

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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson may not seem a Yoda doppelganger: He lacks pointy ears; he is also considerably taller and much younger than the Star Wars Jedi Master. What’s more, compared to the…

District Links: McDuffie concedes mayoral race to Lewis George; Silverman set for council return; old machines…

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Mayoral hopeful Kenyan McDuffie this morning conceded the Democratic primary to Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, who has 52.87% of the vote in the updated tally released this afternoon by…

District Links: Lewis George holds large lead in mayoral primary as White dominates in delegate race; Bowser picks…

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Initial results released last night by the DC Board of Elections show Janeese Lewis George, a self-described democratic socialist, with a strong lead in the mayor's race and Robert White with an even…

District Links: DC residents head to polls for primary without several longtime incumbents; House panel scrutinizes DC…

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DC's Democrats will decide today on their party's nominees to succeed three-term Mayor Muriel Bowser and 18-term DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, as well as two councilmembers who opted not to seek…

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