Washington Post: Metro plans reduced service levels through Nov. 15 as it develops testing plan to…
The transit agency has been operating without 60 percent of its rail car fleet since Oct. 17
Yearly Archives
2021
DCist: Ex-Employee Sues D.C. Employment Services For Allegedly Failing To Pay Overtime
A former employee of D.C.’s Office of Employment Services is suing the city agency for allegedly failing to pay him for overtime hours he worked during the pandemic.
WTOP: Pandemic led to record 1M pro bono hours in DC last year
The pandemic led to a surge in the need for legal services last year for many who couldn’t afford it, and D.C. law firms stepped up.
UrbanTurf: New Developer Takes on 9-Unit Retrofit of Shaw Commercial Buildings
Five years after a boutique residential development was proposed for a small stretch of retail in Shaw, new plans are in the works.
Press Release: DC Councilmembers Call on U.S. Treasury to Provide Additional Rental Relief to the…
News Release — Ward 4 DC Council member Janeese Lewis George
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, October 28, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT
Alex Taliadoros
WASHINGTON, DC – Immediately after STAY DC stopped accepting applications for rent…
Washingtonian: Stop Tearing Down Midcentury-Modern Houses!
A new effort to preserve DC’s underappreciated modern homes.
WTOP: First-year teacher takes on task of helping DC first-graders progress in a pandemic
Jewel Cauley, a first-year teacher at Stanton Elementary School in D.C., has been working to make sure that the parents of her first-grade students have a clear idea of where the kids stand.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: Using stickers, he has spread poetry across the nation’s capital
Maybe you’ve seen one of the black and white stickers.
Bruce M. Beehler in The Post: Climate change is not just a global threat. It’s also a local one.
It is late October, and I just closed my back door to shut out the fast-flying Asian tiger mosquitoes that have become a persistent nuisance in D.C., where I live. A warming world has allowed this invasive species to expand across the…
jonetta rose barras: Is Kenyan McDuffie DC’s next top lawyer?
Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie is in the proverbial political catbird seat. He is the legislature’s chair pro tempore; chair of the powerful Committee on Business and Economic Development, holding sway over significant financial…
Washington Post: New federal judges in D.C., Va. and Md. show Biden’s push to diversify bench
A veteran prosecutor and two longtime public defenders were both confirmed by the U.S. Senate to federal judgeships in the D.C. region this week. The three new judges, along with others who recently took the bench, showcase efforts by the…
Washington Informer: McDuffie Enters D.C. Attorney General’s Race
D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie recently launched a bid for the 2022 Democratic nomination for District attorney general, forgoing a reelection bid for a third term on the Council to pursue the soon-to-be-vacant position.
Washington Informer: Cancel The Rents Calls for Extension of STAY DC Program
Twenty District activists affiliated with the Cancel The Rents organization gathered outside of the John A. Wilson Building on Sunday at a rally calling for the STAY DC program to be extended beyond its Oct. 27 termination date.
Washington Blade: 17th Street High Heel Race draws large crowd
D.C. Mayor, three Council members, police chief mingle with drag queens
DCist: D.C. Council’s Student Vaccine Mandate Bill Draws Opposition
A D.C. Council emergency bill that would require a COVID-19 vaccination for all eligible students by Dec. 15 is drawing opposition from District officials and health and education advocates.
WTOP: Should DC students be required to receive COVID-19 vaccine? Parents, council members weigh…
D.C. parents largely spoke in favor Wednesday of a proposed bill that would require all eligible students to receive the coronavirus vaccine. But many raised concerns over how the requirement would be implemented, and called for pushing…
City Paper: Philip Pannell Collapsed at a Statehood Rally. Then He Tested Positive for COVID.
The longtime Ward 8 organizer is using his experience to promote the effectiveness of the vaccine.
Washingtonian: José Andrés’s Restaurant Group Is No Longer Enforcing Its Vaccination Policy
ThinkFoodGroup "requests" proof of vaccination but is not checking documentation.
Axios: Howard president: Occupation of student center “must end”
Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick in a letter to students and staff Monday said a weeks-long student sit-in at a campus student center "must end."
City Paper: Former DOES Employee Sues Agency For Hundreds of Hours of Unpaid Overtime
"This is definitely one of the most ironic cases I've had to file over the last decade."