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DCist: After Night Of Zero Arrests, D.C. Has No Curfew On Thursday And Fewer Troops On City Streets

Editor Jun 4, 2020

D.C. will not have a curfew on Thursday night, the first time the city won’t have a restriction in place in four days, and federal officials said they would begin to pull back some of the heavy military and law enforcement presence in the…

Nathalie Baptiste in Mother Jones: I Waited in Line 6 Hours to Vote During a Pandemic With an…

Editor Jun 4, 2020

I’ve never had to wait more than 15 minutes to vote. In fact, I remember voting in the 2018 general election on my way to work. Of course, this election would pose some unprecedented logistical issues. There was an uprising sweeping the…

The Intercept: A progressive challenger was attacked for calling to defund the police. She won…

Editor Jun 4, 2020

CALLS TO DEFUND the police have become a focal point of nationwide protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, with local politicians from New York City to Los Angeles weighing new budget cuts to their police…

Washington Post: Civil liberties groups sue Trump, Barr for forcefully removing Lafayette Square…

Editor Jun 4, 2020

The American Civil Liberties Union and Black Lives Matter on Thursday accused President Trump and his administration of authorizing an “unprovoked and frankly criminal attack” on demonstrators to enable a photo op of the president holding…

Press Release: Norton Thanks Hoyer for Reaffirming His Commitment to Bring the D.C. Statehood Bill…

Press Release Jun 4, 2020

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton June 4, 2020 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued a statement after Majority Leader Steny Hoyer…

Washington Times: Nancy Pelosi demands answers on increased federal law enforcement presence during…

Editor Jun 4, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote to President Trump Thursday requesting a comprehensive list of the agencies involved in the federal law enforcement of the George Floyd protests in Washington, D.C.

Associated Press: ACLU sues over police force on protesters near White House

Editor Jun 4, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Trump administration Thursday, alleging officials violated the civil rights of protesters who were forcefully removed from a park near the White House by police using chemical…

Petula Dvorak in The Post: Trump’s militarization of D.C. is nothing but stagecraft

Editor Jun 4, 2020

The thwack of military helicopters is our new soundtrack. Backyards smell like smoke. One little boy in my Capitol Hill neighborhood went to sleep with his Nerf gun the other night, his mother told me, “in case them come to our house.”

DCist: Federal Court Rules Lawsuit Over College Requirement For Childcare Workers Can Move Forward

Editor Jun 4, 2020

Day care workers suing over a D.C. requirement mandating college degrees for childcare workers scored a victory in federal court last week.

WTOP: As protesters continue to rally in DC, officials look to big Saturday

Editor Jun 4, 2020

Protests in D.C. following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody have stretched into a seventh day Thursday, and local leaders are expecting even bigger demonstrations over the weekend.

Washingtonian: His Rendition of “Lean on Me” Captivated DC Protesters. Kenny Sway Talks About His…

Editor Jun 4, 2020

On Wednesday night, two tense days after the federal government ordered police to tear-gas protesters by Lafayette Square, Kenny Sway turned on his powered speaker and backing tracks, and began to sing on 16th Street, Northwest, with the…

WTOP: Georgetown will temporarily widen sidewalks, but it’s complicated

Editor Jun 4, 2020

Georgetown is working on giving pedestrians more socially-distanced breathing room by taking away some street parking to widen sidewalks, but it will be different than what has been done in the past.

DCist: D.C. Officials Say They’re Demanding Answers On Long Lines And Lost Ballots On Election Day

Editor Jun 4, 2020

The bevy of problems around Tuesday’s D.C. primary—including hours-long lines at the polls and absentee ballots that were never delivered—have prompted calls for accountability, with Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council asking the…

WTOP: Emergency kits handed out to DC protesters in hot weather

Editor Jun 4, 2020

With increasingly hotter and more humid weather in D.C., a local branch of the NAACP is working to distribute emergency kits to thousands of protesters outside.

Washington Post: A D.C. street musician was troubled by rioting. He decided to save the city he…

Editor Jun 4, 2020

As dusk fell on the fifth day of protests in the nation’s capital — with thousands of people gathered as close as they could get to the White House — a woman with long violet braids strode to the heart of the crowd, gripped a microphone…

Press Release: DC Vote Condemns the President’s Deployment of Federal Troops Against Protesters

Press Release Jun 4, 2020

News Release — DC Vote FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2020 MEDIA CONTACT Bo Shuff, Executive Director Washington DC— Today, DC Vote released the latest episode of DC Statehood featuring Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA)…

Press Release: Councilmember Charles Allen Circulates Omnibus Emergency Bill With Policing Reforms,…

Press Release Jun 4, 2020

News Release — Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2020 Contact: Erik Salmi At noon today, Councilmember Charles Allen, Chair of the DC Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety,…

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: DC’s primary election mess

jonetta rose barras Jun 4, 2020

Officials at the DC Board of Elections have managed to publish preliminary voting results from the primary election held earlier this week. That achievement may not be worth celebrating, however. The primary election was an absolute mess. …

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Activates Heat Emergency Plan

Press Release Jun 4, 2020

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor; DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency; and the DC Department of Human Services FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 4, 2020 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Rebekah Mena…

Press Release: DC Public Library Offers Unlimited Copies of eBooks on Race and Privilege

Press Release Jun 4, 2020

News Release — DC Public Library For Immediate Release June 4, 2020 Media Contacts: George Williams DC Public Library Offers Unlimited Copies of eBooks on Race and Privilege (Washington, DC) - In the letter from the Birmingham…

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District Links: Council OKs amended FY 2027 budget with funding for future semi-open primaries; upcoming Nadeau bill…

Jun 23, 2026 8

The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to approve the fiscal year 2027 local budget, with the addition of a contingency list that leads off with restoration of a local reserve account as…

Allister Chang and Raul Echevarria: The economics underneath DC’s childcare system are breaking down

Jun 22, 2026 192

This month, the DC Council voted to reverse most of the mayor's proposed cuts to early childhood programs, adding roughly $60 million to the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund and nearly $50…

District Links: Council set to vote tomorrow on revised budget plans; DC breaks ground on long-awaited Crummell…

Jun 22, 2026 12

DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson today released the text of the revised fiscal year 2026 budget legislation slated for consideration tomorrow, as well as an amended version of the FY 2027 Local Budget…

jonetta rose barras: Where is the power center of the new/old political era?

Jun 19, 2026 352

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…

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