Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 20, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Mayor Bowser Presents Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Proposal (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser presented her Fiscal Year 2020 (FY2020) Budget and Financial…

March 19, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Announces Historic High in Senate Support for D.C. Statehood WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Senator Tom Carper’s (D-DE) District of…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 19, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Gwendolyn Cofield (DHCD) Mayor Bowser Makes Historic $138 Million Investment in Affordable Housing Eleven Projects to Produce or Preserve Affordable Housing…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 19, 2019CONTACT:Joshua Fleitman Councilmember Todd Introduces Legislation Establishing DC Office on Caribbean Affairs Washington, DC – Today, Councilmember Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4) introduced legislation…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 19, 2019CONTACT:Joshua Fleitman Councilmember Todd Introduces Legislation Requiring All Public High School Students To Apply For Federal College Aid Washington, DC – Today, Councilmember Brandon Todd…

For immediate release: March 19, 2019 At six DC intersections, bus customers now get a jump on traffic Metrobuses now get the green light ahead of other traffic at six key intersections in the District of Columbia. New "bus only"…

March 18, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Condemns President’s D.C. Budget, Says She Will Defeat It Again Norton Confident She Can Maintain Full Funding for DCTAG WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 18, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Mayor Bowser Delivers 2019 State of the District Address (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser delivered the first State of the District Address of…

National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 18, 2019 Contact: Dana Dierkes OR Katie Liming Learn about the plan to improve Rock Creek Park’s Nature Center complex Public invited to open house on…

New Report: Removing DC-Imposed Barriers to Health Care Access for Immigrants Would Improve Health and Reduce Costs Contact: Simone Holzer DC imposes barriers to accessing health care through the DC Healthcare Alliance, a program…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 15, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Mayor Bowser Announces Director of the Office of African American Affairs (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the appointment of Ashley…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 15, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications AG RACINE SUES MARYLAND MAN FOR FRAUDULENTLY CHARGING LOCAL ADULT SOCCER LEAGUE $120K IN RENTAL FEES TO USE DCPS-OWNED SPORTS FIELDS AG Alleges…

March 14, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Introduces Bill Removing Federal Government’s Authority Over District-Owned Land WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to remove the…

For Immediate Release March 14, 2019 Contact: Robin Diener, President Dupont Circle Citizens Assn Marina Streznewski, President, Foggy Bottom Assn 2 Ward Two Civics Join Call for DC Council to Investigate Jack…

March 13, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton, Davis Hosted Congressional Caucus on Black Men & Boys Hearing Featuring 11 Mentoring Groups WASHINGTON, D.C – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Danny Davis…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 13, 2019 CONTACT:  LaToya Foster (EOM) Statement on Mayor Bowser’s Visit to the White House (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, following a visit to the White House, the Executive Office of Mayor Muriel…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 13, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Gwendolyn Cofield (DHCD) Mayor Bowser Delivers New Affordable Housing, Community Amenities at The Beacon Center in Ward 4 (WASHINGTON,…

Washington, D.C. – As more Washington, D.C. residents fall behind on taxes and insurance costs associated with their reverse mortgage loans, the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA) launches the $500,000 Reverse…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 12, 2019 Young, Gifted and WOKE: 13th Annual Blacks In Wax DC Youth Portray Young History Makers in Powerful and Free Performances at THEARC and the Kennedy Center DPR Customer Service: (202) 673-7647 …

March 12, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Bill to Rehabilitate NPS Parks in D.C. Signed into Law WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that President Trump today signed into law the…