Press Releases

News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General October 30, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications Apartments.com to Block Discriminatory Ads Against Low-Income Renters in the District and Nationwide WASHINGTON,…

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education, and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education October 30, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Tiffany Browne (DME) Fred…

News Release — DC Public Schools Wednesday, October 30, 2019 DCPS Shows Steady Gains on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), the “Nation’s Report Card,” for Tenth Year, and Outpaced Other Urban School Districts in…

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor October 30, 2019 CONTACT:  LaToya Foster (EOM) (WASHINGTON, DC) – As results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment…

News Release — DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson Tuesday, October 29, 2019 CONTACT: Lindsey Walton WASHINGTON, DC – DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson today announced that he is nominating Stephanie Gidigbi as a…

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor October 28, 2019 CONTACT:   LaToya Foster (EOM) (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the following statement after the Trump Administration announced the extension of…

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton October 28, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller WASHINGTON, D.C – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she has introduced the Combating Implicit Bias in Education Act, which would…

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton October 28, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) congratulates Washington, D.C. native Dave Chappelle on receiving the Mark Twain…

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor October 24, 2019 CONTACT:   LaToya Foster (EOM) (WASHINGTON, DC) – With the World Series coming to Washington, DC this weekend, Events DC and Restaurant Association Metropolitan…

News Release — Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, the ACLU of the District of Columbia, and Arnold & Porter LLP October 23, 2019 Contact: Gregg Kelley, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil…

News Release — Ward 7 DC Council member Vincent Gray October 23, 2019 Contact: Takiyah “T.N.” Tate Washington, D.C. – The District of Columbia Council’s Committee on Health Chair and Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent C. Gray…

News Release — U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia Wednesday, October 23, 2019 WASHINGTON – Jessie K. Liu, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, issued the following statement regarding today’s hearing before…

News Release — DC Public Schools Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Preliminary School Year 2019-20 numbers mark milestone for DC Public Schools, representing the largest annual growth DCPS has seen in more than 50 years Contact: Shayne…

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education October 22, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Fred Lewis (OSSE) Preliminary 2019-20 School Year Enrollment Numbers…

News Release — DC Democratic Party and Texas Democratic Party October 22, 2019 Contacts:   Abhi Rahman                        Phoenix Ray Texas Democrats Believe Astros will #TakeItBack, DC Democrats Betting on Nationals to…

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton October 22, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today threw down the gauntlet to her friend Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX),…

News Release — DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence Contact: Andrea Gleaves Strategic Partnerships Manager Washington, DC – October 22: Join the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence (DCCADV) on October 24 by wearing purple to…

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton October 22, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Karen Bass (D-CA) today…

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton October 22, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution honoring the late Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris,…

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton October 21, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a letter today to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Kathleen Hawk…