City Paper: Can Mayor Bowser Follow Through on Her Plan to End Homelessness by 2025?
Five years ago, the mayor announced an ambitious plan to end homelessness, but her first term is spotted with missed deadlines and false starts.
Yearly Archives
2020
WAMU: Reopening D.C. May Not Happen Until Summer, City Officials Warn
President Trump has expressed optimism that cities and states can quickly lift restrictions and reopen their economies shuttered by the pandemic. But on Wednesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. officials took a much more measured view,…
City Paper: D.C. Nurses Need More To Fight COVID-19
Nurses are happy about increased testing for COVID-19, but concerns over contact tracing, personal protective equipment, and hazard pay persist.
City Paper: Read the Love Letters D.C. Residents Wrote to the Bars and Restaurants They Miss
"Seven years, a few Eurovisions, and countless Bud Lights later, you and your patrons have become our extended family."
Washington Business Journal: Roots to permanently close locations in Georgetown, Pentagon City
Toronto clothing retailer Roots Corp. said Wednesday it will close both its stores in Greater Washington.
City Paper: Brandon Todd’s Bold Campaign Tactics Enliven Ward 4 Race
Here are a few of the Ward 4 councilmember’s strategies.
Washington Business Journal: Barracks Row marijuana dispensary to move out of its home above…
A medical marijuana dispensary currently located on Barracks Row above a Popeye’s plans to relocate to a Mount Vernon Triangle space formerly occupied by a more upscale chain restaurant.
Washington Post: Smithsonian cuts top executives’ pay in move to avoid furloughs
The Smithsonian Institution will cut the pay of some executives and impose salary and hiring freezes for some workers to cover $22 million in estimated losses resulting from the ongoing closure of its museums.
WTOP: DC theater industry prepares for uncertain future amid coronavirus crisis
When your job is to pack a bunch of people into a crowded theater, how will things look when coronavirus restrictions are lifted?
jonetta rose barras: DC’s money squeeze comes fast and hard
If anyone running for elective office this year in DC promises to expand existing government programs, turn and walk away. Do not give a second thought to marking your primary or general election ballot for such a fantastical thinker. The…
WTOP: Seeking health care equity, DC will build 2 new hospitals
D.C. announced two new hospitals will be built in the city that would address issues of health care equity among its residents.
Washington Post: Bowser strikes deals for new Howard hospital and new Southeast D.C. hospital
The District has reached long elusive agreements for hospitals to replace the troubled United Medical Center and Howard University facilities, city officials said Thursday, a move that would transform health-care access in heavily African…
Washington Business Journal: District strikes deals for new hospitals at St. E’s, Howard…
The District has reached a definitive agreement for George Washington University Hospital’s majority owner to operate a new acute-care facility on the St. Elizabeths East campus in Southeast D.C., more than a year after beginning to work…
Washington Post: Reopening the DMV: We know the road map, but we’re far from meeting the benchmarks
The District, Maryland and Virginia have been locked down since late March. With the economy in a tailspin, and people yearning for some version of normal, government leaders are watching for signs that the covid-19 “curve” is flattening.…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Agreements for Two New Hospitals to Bring Equity to DC’s…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 29, 2020
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced two monumental agreements to improve health care and…
City Paper: Meet the Lobbyists, Developers, and Insiders On Bowser’s ReOpen DC Committees
LL needs to take a shower, and it's not because he's been wearing the same pair of sweats for the past week. He's just feeling a little slimy after reading through the list of individuals who will join the advisory group that will help…
DCist: Activists Paint Large Mural Outside Jeff Bezos’s Kalorama Mansion, Protesting Working…
Activists painted a mural that said “Protect Amazon Workers” in large letters outside the Kalorama home of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday.
Washington Post: Protesters paint mural on Jeff Bezos’s doorstep, demanding health protections for…
It took about an hour for activists to get their message across: the words “protect Amazon workers” painted in bright red and yellow on the black asphalt outside the vast D.C. property owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
Street Sense: Seeing more people on DC streets, this native Washingtonian organized a community…
Rev. Christopher Tobias, with the faith-based community organization Hands Up Outreach Ministry, has been a D.C. resident all his life, but in a lifetime in the District, he had never seen a homeless encampment like the one just outside…
WTOP: Quarantine art highlights well-known DC spots, profits go to charity
Some interesting quarantine artwork is getting attention. It highlights much-loved local businesses and landmarks, and the profits go to a good cause.