City Paper: Futures is Now at the Smithsonian
After nearly two decades, the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building reopens with an eye to the future(s), nods to the past, and an epic lineup of reopening events.
Yearly Archives
2021
Washingtonian: Pat Collins Talks About Viral Clip, Latest on the Whole Mike Situation
"Change your ways, Mike! Repent! And then call me."
WTOP: DC Council holds hearing on marijuana legislation
The D.C. Council heard testimony Friday on one bill to amend regulations on medical marijuana and another that would legalize the growing, production and sale of recreational cannabis in the District.
Associated Press: DC mayor and council publicly clash over mask relaxation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mayor Muriel Bowser’s decision to ease mask requirements in the nation’s capital has sparked a public debate about timing, with the majority of the D.C. Council pleading with her to reconsider.
DCist: D.C. Council Gets Deep In The Weeds On Legalizing Marijuana Sales, Despite Uncertainty On…
D.C. lawmakers heard testimony from almost 100 people Friday on a bill that would legalize marijuana sales, taking in suggestions on everything from what shape a legal industry would take, how to spend expected tax revenue, what could…
DCist: It’s Now Possible To Visit The Smithsonian’s African American History Museum Virtually
Anyone who’s been to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will speak of its elevator ride through time, which takes visitors from the present day to the 15th century kicks off the first exhibit, Slavery…
Washington Post: A wall of memories — and an urgent message as D.C. struggles with a surge in…
The District has recorded as many traffic fatalities by mid-November as occurred in all of 2020
WTOP: DC officials defend decision to drop mask mandate: ‘Not changing course’
D.C. officials on Friday defended Mayor Muriel Bowser’s decision to end the District’s mask mandate, after a majority of the city’s council members asked for it to stay in place.
Colbert King in The Post: The right to decency does not end at the jailhouse door
Deon Jones said he has faced threats of violence and false accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior with inmates at the D.C. jail. On multiple occasions, and with senior D.C. Department of Corrections officials looking on, Jones said…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. just lost a legal dispute with one of its biggest contractors. The…
The District must pay more than $251,000 in damages to Fort Myer Construction Corp., one of the city’s most successful and politically connected contractors, following a court ruling on a contract dispute that’s played out over the course…
Washington Post: Bowser’s new chair of D.C. public housing board did not pay $15,000 in taxes,…
The new chair of the D.C. board that oversees public housing failed to pay more than $15,000 in income taxes over a multiyear span, a delinquency that resulted in the government placing a lien on any current or future property she owns,…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Encourages All Adults to Get COVID-19 Booster Shots
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 19, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Issues Mayor’s Order Modifying Indoor Mask Mandate for Certain…
Press Release: Norton Worked Hard for Today’s House Passage of Historic Build Back Better Act,…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
November 19, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Build Back Better Act, which the House passed…
Press Release: Bowser Administration Highlights Thanksgiving Events in the District
News Release — DC Department of Parks and Recreation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 19, 2021
CONTACT:
Media Contact: Michael Tucker Jr.
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, the Bowser Administration and DC Department of Parks…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Kicks Off the Holiday Season in DC, the Capital of Christmas
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 19, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Natalia Vanegas…
District Links: Council hears testimony on regulating sale of recreational marijuana; former DC…
The DC Council's Twitter account has joked about the "joint" hearing going on today, but it's serious business on several counts: Council members are discussing legislation to legalize and regulate the sale of marijuana for recreational…
Why this homeless services nonprofit sometimes evicts people
When local activist Lindsey Jones-Renaud learned that her friend Yolanda Corbett received an eviction notice this fall, she was shocked. Jones-Renaud assumed her friend would always be safe in her home since Corbett was living in a…
Axios: How D.C.’s Capital Area Food Bank is fighting food insecurity
For 42 years, the Capital Area Food Bank has served food-insecure families in the D.C. region — and doing so during the holiday season in a pandemic is no small feat.
DCist: D.C. Lawmakers Are Starting The Process To Legalize Marijuana Sales, But Plenty Of Challenges…
The D.C. Council is hold its first-ever public hearing on a bill to legalize marijuana sales on Friday, kickstarting a process that many city officials, lawmakers, and advocates have been awaiting for years. (There’s more than 100 people…
WTOP: DC Council to hold hearing on 2 marijuana bills
The D.C. Council is holding a public hearing on two marijuana-related bills Friday morning.