Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 21, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)   Mayor Bowser Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Events Across the District (WASHINGTON, DC) – This morning, Mayor Bowser kicked off Martin Luther King Jr.…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joanna Heaney Linda Roth Associates, Inc. Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington Officially Extends Winter Restaurant Week Over 180 Restaurants to Continue Prix Fixe Menus through January 27 …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 18, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Jonathan Kuhl (DPW) Dora Taylor (DHS) DC Snow Team Gears Up for MLK Weekend Inclement Weather (WASHINGTON, DC) – With the National Weather Service (NWS)…

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 18, 2019 Norton to Host Emergency Town Hall to Highlight Disproportionate Impact of Trump Shutdown on D.C., Next Week WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) next week will host a…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2019 Contact: Stephanie Steinbrecher, Sierra Club Ready for 100 Action D.C. Mayor Signs Climate Legislation, Putting Nation’s Capital on Path to 100 Percent Renewable Electricity The bill – signed…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 18, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Mike Matthews (DOEE)   Mayor Bowser Signs Historic Clean Energy Bill, Calling for 100% Renewable Electricity by 2032 (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser signed…

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 18, 2019 Norton and Democratic Majority Will Fight to Defeat House Bill Introduced to Permanently Ban Local D.C. Funding for Abortion WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 18, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)   Mayor Bowser Announces New Public Health Plan to Equip MPD Patrol Officers with Naloxone DC Health Will Continue to Distribute Naloxone Kits to Community-Based…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2018 Media Contacts Terry Owens Lauren Stephens DDOT Announces New Penn Quarter-Chinatown Parking Meter Rate Schedule (Washington D.C.) - Beginning Tuesday, January 22, the District Department of…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 17, 2019 CONTACT: Wanda Gattison (OUC) Bowser Administration Announces a Police Non-Emergency Line Residents and visitors of the District now encouraged to call 3-1-1 for less critical incidents …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 17, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Mayor Bowser’s Statement on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Devastating Decision for Federal Workers and Their Families U.S. Department of Labor Refuses to Relax…

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 17 2019 Norton Thanks Senate Democrats for Blocking Republican Bill to Permanently Ban Local D.C. Funding for Abortion WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked Senate…

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch – o: 202-225-8050, c: 202-225-8143                                                                                      January 17, 2019 Norton Announces Record-Breaking 182nd Cosponsor of Her D.C. Statehood…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 17, 2019 CONTACT:  LaToya Foster (EOM) Diane Watkins (DOES) Mayor Bowser Kicks Off Application Period for 2019 Mayor Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program Mayor Celebrates Four Decades of…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 17, 2019   CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Jonathan Kuhl (DPW) Dora Taylor (DHS) DC Snow Team To Treat Roads Ahead of Tonight’s Snow, Rain Mix (WASHINGTON, DC) – With the National Weather Service (NWS)…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 16, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Jack Pfeiffer (DME) Mayor Bowser Announces that Bard High School Early College DC Will Open at Davis School in Ward 7   (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser…

For immediate release: January 16, 2019 Metro seeks public input on FY2020 budget proposal to provide better service and value for riders Metro is inviting the public to comment on its proposed Fiscal Year 2020 budget, which is…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                                                                                January 16, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications   AG RACINE ANNOUNCES CUBA LIBRE RESTAURANT…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 16, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Mayor Bowser Celebrates Graduation of Previously Incarcerated Men and Women from Mayor’s Office of Returning Citizens Affairs’ Paralegal Fellowship Program…

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch January 16, 2019 Norton to Preside Over House as Chair, Vote on the House Floor in Committee of the Whole, Today WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has been appointed by Speaker Nancy…