WTOP: Metro looks to expand service this summer
As the D.C. area emerges from the pandemic, Metro is looking to increase its service, and riders could start to see changes as soon as this summer.
Yearly Archives
2021
City Paper: D.C. Parking Enforcement Resumes
Pro tip: Pay the parking meter. Why? All parking enforcement returns to D.C. on Tuesday, June 1.
UrbanTurf: An Infill Hotel Proposed at North Capitol and H Streets
Another site near Union Station is in line to look a little different.
Greater Greater Washington: This bill would create a new tool for DC to expand its dedicated…
A new bill introduced by DC At-Large Councilmember Robert White would allow DC to pay landlords to turn existing units into dedicated affordable housing.
DCist: D.C. Council To Ask NPS To Keep Beach Drive Closed To Cars For Good, But Some Residents…
A majority of D.C.’s lawmakers are calling for the upper part of Beach Drive through Rock Creek Park to remain the way it’s been during the pandemic: open to walkers, runners, cyclists and closed to most cars.
DCist: The Ban On Recreational Weed Sales In D.C. Lives On In Biden’s Proposed Budget
President Joe Biden’s proposed 2022 budget is a mixed bag for the District of Columbia.
WTOP: Historic Ivy City school receives funding as plans to reopen move forward
After sitting empty for decades, a historic school in Northeast D.C. is getting a second chance to serve as a place where kids in Ivy City can gather.
Press Release: Norton to Host Roundtable on Fencing at the Capitol Complex Tonight
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
June 1, 2021
Contact: Raven T. Reeder
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a virtual roundtable via Zoom on fencing at the Capitol complex today,…
Press Release: AG Racine Statement on Conclusion of Three-Decade Long Court Oversight of…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 1, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Office of the Attorney General Concludes Two Decades-Long Consent Decrees Impacting District…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces the End of Court Oversight of the DC Child and Family Services…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Child and Family Services Agency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 1, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Kera Tyler (CFSA)
The District exits LaShawn A. v. Bowser after 31…
Press Release: Norton Announces Bill to Require Gender Equality in Crash Test Dummies
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
June 1, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, today announced…
City Paper: As D.C. Fully Reopens, What Does the Future Hold for Streateries?
Restaurant owners, councilmembers, and accessibility advocates weigh in on making streateries permanent.
WTOP: DC libraries and some in Montgomery Co. open up for browsing
As coronavirus restrictions are lifted in the D.C. area, libraries are opening their doors again.
Wayne Turnage in The Post: It’s time to revisit the D.C. Council’s role in contract review
Today, the D.C. Council will consider a series of emergency bills that significantly infringe upon the authority of D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to manage the procurement process, which, in this case, involves vendor contracts with a…
WTOP: Several DC public schools open vaccine clinics for students
Anyone 12 and older will be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at several D.C. public schools starting Tuesday.
Washington Business Journal: Jon Taffer of ‘Bar Rescue’ talks his upcoming D.C. tavern,…
Public health restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic are loosening, people are dining indoors again in greater concentrations, and the Memorial Day weekend offers renewed optimism for bar and restaurant owners in…
Washington Post: Unlike neighboring D.C. schools, Catholic University will not enforce vaccine…
The university is the only campus in the District that will not require returning students to be vaccinated
WTOP: A year later, DC church leader looks back on the clearing of Lafayette Square
Exactly a year after racial justice protesters were forcibly cleared out of a downtown D.C. intersection near the White House, a religious leader who will forever be associated with the historic event is reflecting on the moment.
WUSA9: 7th graders at a DC charter school learned to code in a month’s time. Now, they have an app…
The 7th graders at Two Rivers Public Charter School in Northeast learned to code in a month’s time and developed apps addressing concerns they faced during the pandemic like mental health, food insecurity and even boredom.
WTOP: All DC parking enforcement set to resume
The relaxation of D.C. parking enforcement due to pressures of the coronavirus pandemic is ending. D.C. will resume all parking enforcement starting June 1.