Press Release: Rock Creek Conservancy Recruiting Leaders for Extreme Cleanup events!
News Release — Rock Creek Conservancy
Did you know this year marks the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day? Rock Creek Conservancy needs your help to make this year’s Extreme Cleanup on Saturday, April 18 one that will inspire generations to!-->!-->!-->…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces DC has Highest Three- and Five-Year Gains on Advanced…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education
February 25, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Fred Lewis (OSSE)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Washington Business Journal: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ spent big bucks in N. Va., D.C.…
The production of "Wonder Woman 1984" spent roughly $30 million between Virginia and D.C., of which it received back about $1.6 million through the two jurisdiction's tax incentive programs.
District Links: MPD documents point to underreporting of crime, officers say; Bowser in South…
Happy Tuesday. Two DC police officers have told council members that superiors are downplaying crimes to make stats look better, and WUSA9 has docs that seem to prove it in two instances.
Washington Post: Studio Theatre to get $20 million makeover, including open-concept redesign of its…
With playwrights and directors redefining how we see and hear work for the stage, theaters are looking for new ways to make their facilities more flexible and accommodating. That is why Studio Theatre’s $20 million renovation plan,!-->…
The Washington Ballet’s ‘Balanchine + Ashton’ evokes the spirit of the 20th century’s best…
In Balanchine + Ashton, which wrapped up a five-day run at the Kennedy Center on Sunday, The Washington Ballet took on the hefty task of capturing the essence of the 20th century’s most monumental choreographers — and it succeeded quite!-->…
WAMU: Getting To School Is A Daily Challenge For Homeless Students Living In Motels. D.C. Is Ending…
The shuttle idles in front of the Days Inn on a busy stretch of New York Avenue on weekday mornings. Parents board the bus, bleary-eyed children in tow. More passengers are collected from a nearby Quality Inn, before the families are!-->…
WAMU: How European-Style Public Housing Could Help Solve The Affordability Crisis
Progressives in the D.C. region are increasingly embracing "social housing" as a bold solution to high home prices. Could it work?
ABC7: ‘Undocumented cemetery’ belonging to African-Americans discovered under Georgetown…
ABC7 News is learning more about the human skeletal remains discovered at 3317 Q St. NW, on February 5th.
WUSA9: Internal documents, whistleblowers point to alleged underreporting of crime by DC Police
Whistleblowers claim assault, theft cases being downgraded to improve department's crime stats.
WTOP: Major expansion of DC police Cadet Corps program proposed
Doubling down on the philosophy that community policing is best achieved with officers from the communities they serve, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing to double the size of the police department’s Cadet Corps program in fiscal year!-->…
Washington Post: D.C. mayor wants to nearly double size of police cadet program to attract recruits
D.C. officials are seeking to expand the police department’s cadet program for high school graduates, part of an effort to attract homegrown recruits to join a force that the mayor is trying to grow.
Washington Post: 10% of D.C. high-schoolers say they experience dating violence. The city wants to…
Jaevion Walker, 13, told the middle and high school students arrayed before him about his best friend. They had been typical teens, texting constantly. Then, his friend stopped answering when he started dating someone.
DCist: 10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About The U.S. Botanic Garden
Approaching from the National Mall, the U.S. Botanic Garden looks like many federal buildings from the outside:
Washington Business Journal: Kuwait makes big donation for Gulf War memorial on National Mall
Kuwait is committing $10 million to the effort to build a memorial on the National Mall honoring the Gulf War of the 1990s.
WAMU: How Clean Is The Anacostia River? Ask A Robot
Every Wednesday during the warmer months, volunteers test the water for bacteria at sites up and down the Anacostia. But what if you want to go paddleboarding on Saturday? The results from three days earlier could be completely irrelevant,!-->…
DCist: National Children’s Museum Reopens In New Downtown Space
After a long saga of closures and reopenings, the National Children’s Museum officially opened to the public on Monday in its new home.
WTOP: National Children’s Museum welcomes visitors again in DC
The long-shuttered museum has reopened in a new, 33,000-square-foot space inside the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, just a short walk from the National Mall.
Press Release: Cheh Letter to Mayor Calls for Extension of Shuttle Service Pilot Program
News Release — Ward 3 DC Council member Mary Cheh
February 24, 2020
Communications Director: Kelly Whittier
Funding allocated to the Department of Human Services (DHS) to operate shuttle service for homeless families will run out!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
District Links: Bowser defends Bloomberg, saying no candidate is perfect; 5,000 voters got wrong…
Happy Monday. Mayor Muriel Bowser defended her support of Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg in a WaPo interview posted over the weekend, saying no candidate is perfect.