Washington Post: Trump withdraws Treasury nomination of former U.S. attorney for D.C. Jessie K. Liu…
President Trump on Tuesday withdrew the nomination of former U.S. attorney Jessie K. Liu of the District of Columbia to a high-ranking Treasury Department post after being lobbied by critics of her office’s handling of cases, including…
Washington Times: House panel approves bill to make D.C. 51st state after GOP arguments
More than dozen constitutional amendments proposed
Press Release: In First Election Cycle, DC’s Fair Elections Program Is a Game Changer
News Release — Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen
February 12, 2020
Contact: Erik Salmi
As part of today’s performance oversight hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, the Office of Campaign Finance…
Gordon Chaffin: DC’s bike lane plan reflects political calculations and exploitation
The District Department of Transportation plans to construct more than 20 miles of protected bike lanes from 2019 through 2022, as shown on this map. (Image by DC Department of Transportation)
Protected bike lanes are an extremely…
UrbanTurf: DC Statehood Bill Passes House Committee
Last fall, the House of Representatives' Oversight and Reform Committee held its first hearing on granting Washington, DC statehood since 1993. Today, the committee voted the Washington, D.C. Admission Act out of committee by a vote of…
WUSA9: ‘For black and brown boys’ | This DC school is changing the way students of color…
When Statesmen College Preparatory Academy was enrolling students for the fall of 2018, Kevin and Satira Corbitt weren’t completely sold on the new school.
ABC7: After 30 years, Horace and Dickies set to go out of business in March
An institution for fish lovers in NE DC will go out of business as of March 1st after 30 years.
Axios: Scoop: Trump pulls nomination for former U.S. attorney for D.C. to Treasury post
President Trump is withdrawing his nomination for former U.S. attorney for D.C. Jessie Liu to serve as the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes, a top position overseeing economic sanctions, according to…
DCist: Despite Republican Obstacles, D.C. Statehood Is Headed To The House Floor
The House of Representative’s Committee on Oversight and Reform approved a bill that would make D.C. a state, marking the first time in nearly three decades that federal lawmakers have voted on statehood legislation.
Press Release: Norton Says President’s D.C. Budget Proposal Has No Chance in the House
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 11, 2020
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that President Trump’s fiscal year 2021 District of Columbia budget proposal,…
Press Release: Norton’s D.C. Statehood Bill Passes Committee, Heads to the House Floor
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 11, 2020
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s (D-DC) bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state was passed today in the House…
Washington Post: D.C. statehood bill advances to House floor; likely to pass for first time in…
A House committee on Tuesday advanced a D.C. statehood bill to the floor for the first time since 1993, bringing advocates closer to their goal of making the nation’s capital the 51st state.
Associated Press: House approves plan to create US women’s history museum
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three years after the opening of the Smithsonian’s landmark Museum of African American History and Culture, momentum is building toward the creation of a museum dedicated to American women’s history.
WTOP: Committee votes to send DC statehood bill to House floor
A House committee voted Tuesday to send the D.C. statehood bill to the House Floor. The proposal passed 21-16.
Washington Business Journal: EPA may relocate 1,200 workers from Northern Virginia to D.C.
The Trump administration is planning to move the Environmental Protection Agency from leased space at Potomac Yard to the federally owned William Jefferson Clinton complex in downtown D.C.
Press Release: Statement from Mayor Bowser on House Committee Passage of DC Statehood Bill
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
February 11, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the following statement after the House Oversight and Reform Committee…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. attorney general sues real estate firm over claims of…
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Tuesday he is suing Infinity Real Estate, as well as its executive and two of its affiliates, for allegedly charging extra fees to the holders of low-income housing vouchers in the District and…
DCist: The Artist Behind That Super Lifelike Abe Bust At The Lincoln Theatre Won An Oscar
There was plenty to chatter about after the Academy Awards on Sunday (Parasite! Eminem? etc) but only one segment had connections to one of the most haunting corners of D.C. Kazu Hiro, who took home an Oscar for his makeup work on the…
DCist: D.C. Attorney General Sues Real Estate Company For Rejecting Tenants Transitioning From…
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is suing three related real estate companies for discriminating against people who sought apartments using taxpayer-funded housing vouchers, including those exiting local homeless shelters.
Washington Post: A child-welfare worker came to pick up a second-grader. The school handed over the…
A D.C. elementary school mistakenly turned over the wrong second-grader to a child-welfare worker arranging a visit between a foster child and his father, city officials said Tuesday.