WTOP: Longtime DC civil rights activist reflects on progress within community
Shirley Rivens Smith lives in the same Northeast D.C. house her mother moved into in 1956, and she said that when she was growing up, the neighborhood was a haven, a community.
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Allow the National Children’s Museum to Remain in the…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 13, 2020
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the National Children’s Museum Act today, which would require the General…
Washington Post: Jack Evans draws seventh opponent in D.C. Council comeback bid: Brooke Pinto
An eighth candidate has entered the Democratic primary for Ward 2 D.C. Council seat vacated by Jack Evans, who resigned from the council last month before he could be expelled for repeated ethics violations.
Press Release: Mr. 202 Turns 202: Mayor Bowser Celebrates Progress on Frederick Douglass Memorial…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the District Department of Transportation
February 13, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Lauren Stephens (DDOT)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, on the eve of 202nd…
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Increase Transparency in 501(c)(4) Organizations
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 13, 2020
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the Increased Transparency in 501(c)(4) Organizations Act of 2020 this…
Press Release: AG Racine Announces Real Estate Company to Pay $900K for Discriminating Against…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
February 13, 2020
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Office of Communications
Largest OAG Civil Rights Settlement Resolves Lawsuit Against Curtis Investment Group for Refusing to Rent to Housing…
District Links: Metro Transit Police officers held contest over arrest numbers; at-large, Ward 2…
Happy Thursday. After news that Metro Transit Police arrested a 13-year-old boy, WaPo reports that Metro's officers held a contest last year to encourage arrests.
Press Release: More than 50,000 Books by Black Authors or about Black History Borrowed from DC…
News Release — DC Public Library
For Planning/Immediate Release
February 13, 2020
Media Contact: George Williams, Media Relations Manager
Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” Ranks Number One in Titles Overall and Non-Fiction
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Washington Times: D.C. Council criticizes Evans’ Fair Elections participation
The D.C. Council on Wednesday questioned decisions by the city’s ethics and elections agencies following a year of scandals that resulted in an expensive special election and a disgraced former lawmaker using taxpayer dollars to fund his…
Washington Business Journal: Western Market food hall to open in Foggy Bottom
We're getting more details about the latest food hall joining the D.C. food scene. Western Market, which will be located in space that formerly housed part of an interior mall at 2000 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, aims to open this fall.
Washington Business Journal: Horace & Dickie’s to close up shop on H Street NE
Horace & Dickie’s, an H Street neighborhood carryout that is beloved for its fried whiting sandwich, will close March 1 after 30 years.
WAMU: Remembering D.C. Negro Leagues Legend, Mamie ‘Peanut’ Johnson
Just outside of Ben’s Chili Bowl on U Street there’s a two-story mural of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson.
City Paper: The D.C. Council Is Rid of Jack Evans (for Now), but His Scandal Looms As Lawmakers Get…
After the body’s most business friendly lawmaker resigned in disgrace, his colleagues are still left to sit in the stench of his scandal.
WAMU: Metro Transit Police Held ‘Friendly Competition’ To Reward Officers For Arrests, Citations
Metro Transit Police officers competed with each other for numbers of arrests, citations and other enforcement actions in a weekly competition hosted by a supervisor, according to a Washington Post report.
Washington Post: Rats will devour your car
The engine died immediately after Tess Klingenstein turned the key in her Honda Fit on a mild January day. When she tried again, she said, “every single alert light” flashed. The car was fairly new, so she was surprised. The mechanic who…
Washington Post: Library of Congress to receive $10 million gift to help upgrade its Jefferson…
The Library of Congress is getting a $10 million donation from local philanthropist David Rubenstein to help fund a five-year renovation project to better engage visitors to its flagship Jefferson Building, Carla Hayden, the librarian of…
City Paper: The Go-Go Community Opens Up About What They Want to See in a Museum for the Music
Ron Moten is banking on go-go’s strong DIY ethos to help create the museum.
Washington Post: D.C. ethics board reopens investigation into former lawmaker Jack Evans
The D.C. government’s ethics board has reopened its investigation into former council member Jack Evans, the city’s top ethics investigator said Wednesday.
City Paper: Dear D.C.
How do we love D.C.? Let a dozen Washingtonians living and working across the city count the ways.
Washington Blade: LGBT groups ask D.C. Council for millions
Activists have asked Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. City Council to consider allocating $17.6 million to LGBT-serving community organizations in the District’s 2021 budget, a more than 80 percent increase over what they…