Fox 5: Superior court judges are releasing murder suspects from jail, angering DC’s police…
D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham says releasing murder defendants back into the community is a "relatively new phenomenon" and it's causing him great concern.
Press Release: Coronavirus Data Update
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
March 9, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – As of 9:45 pm on Monday, March 9, the District’s Coronavirus data includes three new confirmed cases:
39…
WTOP: DC cherry blossoms reach 3rd stage of bloom
The cherry blossoms in D.C. have reached the third stage of peak bloom: extension of florets.
Washingtonian: This Guy Always Seems to Show Up in Viral Stories About DC Wildlife
Who is Dan the Bird Man and why is he quoted so often in stories about eagles and bobcats?
Bisnow: D.C. Tech Firm To Nearly Double Footprint In Move To Metropolitan Square
A D.C.-based firm that provides technology to nonprofits and political campaigns has been growing rapidly, and it will soon nearly double its office footprint.
Washington Post: Hundreds of D.C.-area students returning from studying abroad are told to spend two…
Washington-area universities are telling hundreds of students returning from study-abroad programs in nations stricken with coronavirus outbreaks to spend two weeks in isolation before coming back to campus.
Washington Post: Tour bus driver sentenced to 6 months in jail in D.C. crash that killed two…
A tour bus driver who made an illegal left turn and fatally struck two tourists in a downtown Washington crosswalk in 2018 was sentenced to six months in jail Monday.
DCist: D.C. Pays Residents To Install Home Security Cameras. There’s A Clear Divide In Which…
Gentrifying areas have embraced the private security camera program while neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River see low levels of participation.
UrbanTurf: 740,000 or 840,000? DC’s Varying Ten-Year Population Projections
As evidence mounts of slowing population growth in DC proper, the city's latest report from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer offers some projections for how the population will change over the next ten years.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Directs Contingency Funds to District’s Coronavirus Response
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
March 9, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today in a letter to the District’s Chief Financial Officer, Mayor Muriel Bowser directed an additional $1,000,000…
Press Release: Environmental Film Festival Cancels March Events Amid Coronavirus Concerns
News Release — Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
For Immediate Release
Will host “virtual” festival for select films to be viewed online beginning next week
Washington DC (March 9, 2020) Due to concerns related…
Press Release: DDOT and Howard University Transportation Research Center Seek Interns for Summer…
News Release — District Department of Transportation
March 9, 2020
Media Contact
Lauren Stephens
Undergraduate and graduate students can submit applications through March 20
(Washington, D.C.) –Today, the District…
Press Release: AG Racine Appoints Jason Downs As Chief Deputy Attorney General
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
March 9, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Downs is a Respected Civil and Criminal Litigator in the D.C. and National Legal Community
WASHINGTON,…
Peter Timothy Anderson in The Post: Give D.C. public charter schools a chance to serve at-risk…
Picture this: Three students stand near the fence to see a game being played on the other side. One student is tall and easily sees over the fence. The second is shorter and barely peeks over the pickets. The third is the shortest and…
DCist: The Mystics Will Finally Get A Championship Parade
A full seven months after the Washington Mystics beat the Connecticut Sun in a dramatic Game 5 to win their first-ever WNBA title, the team will host a parade worthy of champions in downtown D.C.
Washington Times: D.C. mayor calls for self-quarantine for hundreds after rector gets coronavirus
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recommended Monday self-quarantine for hundreds of people who could have interacted with the rector at Christ Church Georgetown, the city’s first coronavirus case.
StateScoop: Data-breach bill gives D.C. power to go after companies with weak cybersecurity
The city of Washington, D.C., is set to strengthen its data-breach laws following the passage this week of a bill that greatly expands the definition of personal identifying information that companies doing business in the District are…
District Links: Bowser urges self-quarantine for Christ Church visitors due to coronavirus;…
Happy Monday. With DC having reported its first confirmed coronavirus cases over the weekend, Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning called on recent visitors to Christ Church, Georgetown, to self-quarantine because they may have been exposed to…
Press Release: Norton Pleased Flight Paths Will Stay over Potomac River, Announces FAA Comment…
March 9, 2020
Contact: Raven Reeder
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that District of Columbia residents can comment on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) proposed changes to…