City Paper: Private Security Company Accused In Whistleblower Suit Of Snoozing On The Job Donated to…
White has oversight of the agency that contracts with Security Assurance Management Inc.
WTOP: Blocked hydrant delays firefighters in SE DC apartment blaze; 21 displaced
A blocked hydrant delayed firefighters on Saturday as they responded to a blaze at an apartment building in Southeast D.C. where people were reported trapped.
Tim Carman in The Post: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t understand how D.C. eats. Here’s one way.
We get it. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was playing to her audience when she appeared on “Desus & Mero,” Showtime’s late-night show featuring comedians Desus Nice and the Kid Mero. On a visit back to the Bronx, where she was…
WAMU: Georgetown University To Divest From Fossil Fuels
Georgetown University has announced they will fully divest from public and private investments they’ve made with fossil fuel companies within the next 10 years.
Hill Rag: Celebrating Ten Years of Capitol Hill Corner
If you live on the Hill, you’ve undoubtedly passed Larry Janezich in the street. A neatly-built, spare man, the editor of Capitol Hill Corner often shields his face with a ball cap, escaping public notice much of the time.
Hill Rag: Learn the Story of Payne ES
Exhibit Celebrating Namesake, School and Community Opens Feb. 6
Press Release: Norton Calls D.C. Veterans to Capitol to be First Heard on D.C. Statehood Before…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 7, 2020
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) at a press conference today made D.C. veterans the first to be heard in advance of…
Washington Post: Lawsuit alleges guards at D.C. buildings let guns past checkpoints, slept on the…
The company responsible for protecting District government property is being accused in a whistleblower lawsuit of failing to detect guns and bombs during tests, employing guards with expired licenses and spending months guarding an empty…
Bisnow: D.C. Leading The Nation In Foreign Investment And 5 Other CRE Trends To Watch
Despite the challenges facing the commercial real estate industry, from office vacancy to housing affordability to retail closures, the D.C. market has been the beneficiary of a massive influx of capital.
DCist: D.C. Police Can’t Determine Whether Officers Who Fist Bumped Proud Boy On July 4 Violated…
D.C. police officers who fist bumped a member of a far-right group known as the Proud Boys on July 4 did not face any discipline, after the Metropolitan Police Department said it didn’t have the facts to determine whether they had violated…
Washington Post: Taco Bell Cantina is coming to Columbia Heights, like it or not
A part of the District with a clutch of well-regarded, homegrown Mexican restaurants will soon welcome a new eatery: Taco Bell Cantina.
DCist: Drink Company Closes Its 7th Street Pop-Up Bars For Good
Drink Company’s 7th Street bar—whose holiday-themed pop ups, dripping in kitschy extravagance and Instagrammable photo-ops, became a D.C. phenomenon—won’t be returning come cherry blossom season this spring.
WAMU: D.C. Artist Sam Gilliam Will Get A Major Retrospective At The Hirshhorn
Sam Gilliam — the D.C.-based painter famous for his colorful, draped artwork and his association with the Washington Color School — will be the subject of a major retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum in spring 2022. It will be the first…
Washington Post: Jack Evans skipped a Ward 2 candidates forum, but his presence was felt
The best known Democrat seeking the D.C. Council seat representing Georgetown and downtown was missing when six candidates convened for a forum before a large gathering of voters and activists.
DCist: For People With Memory Loss, This National Gallery Of Art Tour Is ‘Good For The Soul, And…
On an unseasonably warm Monday in February, a dozen people with memory loss and their caregivers entered the National Gallery of Art and were transported to the tundra. There was snow; there was ice. There needed to be a hot-chocolate…
WTOP: Georgetown U. announces it will divest from fossil fuel companies
Georgetown University has announced that money from its endowment funds will no longer be invested in fossil fuels. The school also announced that it would divest from companies that deal in the same.
Press Release: OPC Scores Victory for DC Ratepayers Forcing Pepco to Honor a Commitment it Made to…
News Release — DC Office of the People's Counsel
February 7, 2020
DC People's Counsel Sandra Mattavous-Frye today announced that the Office of the People's Counsel was successful in ensuring Pepco ratepayers will receive $137.5…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser to Lead Conversation on Housing Equity in the District at Howard Theatre
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor; Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development; and the DC Department of Housing and Community Development
February 7, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Kate…
Petar Dimtchev: Don’t cut Glover Park’s already meager bus service
This week, the District of Columbia celebrated the second annual “Bus to Work Day.” It purposely coincided with Transit Equity Day, which honors Rosa Parks and recognizes public transit as a civil right. Increased access to public transit…
The DC Lineup for this weekend: history, handmade valentines and hot tea
February is getting off to a festive start in DC, with a number of events over the next few days tied to special observances like Black History Month, Valentine’s Day and the Lunar New Year. Art markets, local history and the Democratic…