D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has joined several other mayors across the country in calling for President Donald Trump’s administration to remove federal authorities from their cities.
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 22, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Happy Tuesday. Fans of DC Council budget debates will get an extra showing this week, with a key second vote on the local budget postponed until Thursday after skirmishing this afternoon that lawmakers themselves characterized as a!-->…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 21, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mayors Also Urge Congress to Investigate President’s Actions and Threats to Deploy Federal Forces in Cities
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A major traffic safety bill passed its first hurdle at the D.C. Council meeting on Tuesday. The bill has more than a dozen provisions, from accelerating infrastructure projects to educating drivers and creating stricter traffic laws to!-->…
As students prepare for a semester that has already been marred by the novel coronavirus, Georgetown University announced it will offer tuition discounts to many undergraduate students starting classes in August, officials said Tuesday.
The chairman of the D.C. Council on Tuesday abandoned his own proposal to tax advertising, leaving city officials scrambling to figure out what to cut from the budget to make up for an estimated $18 million loss in projected revenue.
News Release — Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 21, 2020
Contact: Erik Salmi
Two key legislative items passed today that Councilmember Charles Allen introduced: Vision Zero and the Office of!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2020
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the following statement on passage of Bill 23-777, “New!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, alleging that new federal rules undermine their ability to protect rivers, lakes and streams within their!-->…
The New York Times released a detailed map on Friday that shows how common mask-wearing is depending on where you are in the U.S. The map provides some insight into the factors that lead to mask use, or lack thereof, revealing regional and!-->…
In a sudden reversal, D.C. lawmakers appear to be ditching plans for an advertising sales tax increase amid fierce industry opposition, pushing a final vote on the city's fiscal 2021 budget out at least a day.
Despite attempts to make the historic summer tennis tournament a go this year, the 2020 Citi Open has been canceled, according to a statement released Tuesday morning on Twitter.