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Yearly Archives
2021
WTOP: DC 911 interim head orders mandatory overtime to halt staffing shortages
The interim director of D.C.’s 911 system has ordered mandatory overtime amid concerns that not enough call-takers are on-hand to deal with emergency calls.
Press Release: Norton Announces Oversight Committee to Mark Up Her Bill to Require Heads of CSOSA…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 19, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON –Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Committee on Oversight and Reform will mark…
Press Release: Norton Announces 10 out of 12 House Appropriations Committee Reports Direct Federal…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 19, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON –Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that 10 out of the 12 House Appropriations Committee…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Notifies the DC Council of Metropolitan Police Department Overtime…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 19, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser sent the following letter to Council…
Ahead of DC Council’s first 2022 budget vote, a look at some of the changes sought by committee…
UPDATE: DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson released the Committee of the Whole’s draft committee reports on the Fiscal Year 2022 Local Budget Act and the FY 2022 Budget Support Act on Monday afternoon. He also released a statement…
Press Release: Chairman Mendelson Statement on His Proposed Changes to FY 2022 Budget
News Release — DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday July 19, 2020
CONTACT: Lindsey Walton
WASHINGTON, DC -- Chairman Phil Mendelson released the following statement ahead of the vote on…
The 74: 3 D.C. Charter Networks Seek Permission to Continue Offering All-Virtual Learning As…
With school districts around the country increasingly adding virtual learning for the fall, three D.C. charter networks are seeking approval for their own all-virtual options, citing parent demand amid pandemic safety concerns.
Erica Williams and Kimberly Perry: By balancing the tax code, we can fund a just recovery
The DC Council has an unprecedented opportunity to address long-standing inequities in the District for residents of color and families with children that were inadequately addressed in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed budget for fiscal year…
Washington Business Journal: Nationals ownership, Muriel Bowser denounce shooting incident outside…
Washington Nationals ownership and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser denounced a Saturday shooting outside Nationals Park that left three people with injuries that were not life threatening.
Brian E. Argett and Andrew Guida in Washington Business Journal: Crucial investments in minority…
Take a walk down the streets of D.C. today, and you’ll quickly notice that neighborhoods have changed. Well over a year into the pandemic, and many small businesses are still struggling to survive.
DCist: Parents Take Aim At D.C. Law That Allows Minors To Get Vaccinated Without Parental Permission
D.C. parents are suing city officials over a new law that allows children 11 and older to acquire vaccines without permission from parents.
WTOP: Anger still simmering after another child killed in DC
D.C. police are still looking for the shooter who opened fire and killed a six-year-old girl Friday night. The tragedy left a city brimming with anger all weekend, and it happened on the three-year anniversary of a 10-year-old being gunned…
WTOP: Conflict of interest? Company hired to review troubled DC crime lab wins new contract with…
In late May, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she was bringing in a forensic consulting firm to perform an independent review of the city’s troubled crime lab, which had just seen its accreditation stripped and is the subject of a…
Washington Business Journal: Hilton strikes deal to bring its upscale Curio Collection to NoMa
Hilton Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: HLT) has struck a deal to bring its Curio Collection to the Central Armature Works project in NoMa, where another luxury hotel had been planned for 2.4-acre Metro-adjacent site.
Colbert King in The Post: The emergency on our hands
As the terrified fans and ballplayers scrambling for cover at Nationals Park on Saturday evening discovered, the District’s gun violence, quaintly called a “public health crisis” by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and D.C. Council judiciary…
WTOP: ‘It’s embarrassing’ — ANC commissioners react to the shooting near Nats Park
A D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for the area surrounding Nationals Park experienced the chaos of the shooting himself, and said Sunday that something has to be done to address gun violence in the District.
Washington Post: On heels of tenure debate, non-tenured faculty at Howard U. decry working…
Spurred by an anonymous open letter, instructors are reigniting calls for change.
Washington Post: Lawsuits challenge D.C. law allowing kids to get vaccines without parental…
Two lawsuits filed in D.C. federal court this month challenged a city law passed last year that allows minors to be vaccinated without their parents’ knowledge, saying the legislation violates religious liberty.
Washington Post: Nationals-Padres game suspended after shooting outside Nationals Park
Saturday night’s game between the Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres was suspended after multiple gunshots were fired outside Nationals Park in a chaotic scene that ended with fans on the field and in the dugouts. The shooting…