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Evans out: Here’s what happens now, after Jack Evans announced he will resign his DC Council seat on Jan. 17:
Yearly Archives
2020
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Celebrates Transformation of MLK Gateway in Historic Anacostia
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
January 8, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Kate Hartig (DMPED)
Groundbreaking Begins Renovation of…
Press Release: DC Democratic Party Issues Statement on the Resignation of Ward 2 Councilmember Jack…
News Release — DC Democratic Party
Party also calls for Evans to step down as National Committeeman
January 8, 2020 | For Immediate Release
WASHINGTON, DC — In response to Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans’ announcement that he is…
Press Release: On First Vote, Council Unanimously Approves Councilmember Allen Bill Expanding Tenant…
News Release — Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen
January 8, 2020
Contact: Erik Salmi
In the first of two votes, yesterday the DC Council unanimously approved Councilmember Charles Allen’s (Ward 6) Housing Conversion and…
UrbanTurf: Jeff Bezos To Buy Another DC Home…The One Across the Street
Jeff Bezos may soon own a second home in DC.
Washington Business Journal: Is Jeff Bezos buying again in Kalorama?
Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc.’s CEO and founder, may have bought another home in Northwest D.C., this one across the street from the one he bought in 2016 — and has yet to move into.
Washington Business Journal: Inside the Thompson Washington D.C. hotel and Danny Meyer’s first…
Thompson Washington D.C. is the latest luxury boutique hotel to open in the District and it has a big name attached to it.
Washington Post Editorial Board: Jack Evans’s resignation should prompt D.C. Council to consider how…
THROUGHOUT HIS 29 years on the D.C. Council, Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) proved adept at forging deals and getting the votes needed for legislative victories. His trademark phrase was “I know how to get to seven.” No surprise, then, that Mr.…
Courtland Milloy in The Post: At one church, combating neighborhood violence requires prayer and…
At New Zion Baptist Church in Southeast Washington on Sunday, the sermon was about how youngsters could use God’s power to help stop violent crime in the neighborhood.
Press Release: Councilmember Todd Introduces Bill to Incentivize Small Businesses to Hire Senior…
News Release — Ward 4 DC Council member Brandon Todd
January 7, 2020
CONTACT:
Eric Feldman
This Bill Creates a Tax Credit for Certified Business Enterprises and Small Business Enterprises that Hire Employees 65 Years of Age or…
WAMU: For Some D.C. Parents, It’s Too Expensive To Work
Alex, a consultant and former Marine living in Alexandria, learned she was pregnant with her first child last year. She and her husband had been planning to start a family for some time, making spreadsheets of all the expenses that might…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. Council slows down Bowser’s effort to regulate electronic…
D.C. lawmakers will have to address how to regulate the electronic gaming machines that have already spread throughout the Virginia suburbs and are pushing their way into the District, though some council members slowed down the…
WAMU: D.C. Says Homeless Encampments Will Be Permanently Cleared From Under One NoMa Bridge
D.C. is moving to permanently clear a homeless encampment located on K Street NE in NoMa, declaring the sidewalks “pedestrian passageways” that cannot be blocked by tents or other personal belongings.
Bisnow: What Apartment Developers Are Saying About D.C. Increasing Affordable Housing Requirements
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is looking to increase the affordability requirements for certain projects as a way to address the housing crisis, and leading multifamily developers in the city largely say they support the plan.
Washington Post: Go-go inches closer to becoming the official music of the District after council…
Go-go is dancing its way toward becoming the official soundtrack of the District after the D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to enshrine the music genre into law.
City Paper: D.C. to Permanently Clear NoMa Underpass to Make Way for Pedestrians
The move is expected to displace about 40 encamped residents.
Press Release: At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds Begins 2020 with Legislation Addressing Mold…
News Release — At-large DC Council member Anita Bonds
Tuesday, January 07, 2019
Contact: Emmanuel Brantley
Washington, D.C. - Today, At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds, Chairperson of the Committee on Housing and…
Press Release: DC Government Remains Open with Modified Evening Schedule
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education and the DC Department of Public Works
January 7, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Collin Lever (DME)
Reggie Sanders (DPW)
Some…
UrbanTurf: Expanded Inclusionary Zoning Program Could Include Areas of Flexibility
The Office of Planning's (OP) proposal to increase mandatory inclusionary zoning (IZ) requirements also contemplates some areas for flexibility.
DCist: No More Firemen, Chairmen, Or Manholes? D.C. Code Could Go Gender Neutral Under New Bill
The District’s governing body is set to consider a bill that would alter all the language in the D.C. Code and the home rule charter (the law that established D.C.’s local government in 1973) to be gender neutral.