WTOP: New digital project lays bare history of slavery around the White House
A new website initiative launched this week by the White House Historical Association takes an in-depth look into slavery around the nation’s capital.
City Paper: Express Hawkers Are Still Waiting For GoFundMe Dollars After Being Laid Off Five Months…
A local nonprofit needs help identifying the mailing addresses for every former distributor to send them checks.
DCist: Black Students At GWU Call Out Racism On Campus Following President LeBlanc’s Comments
On Sunday, while much of D.C. focused on the Super Bowl or preemptively prepared for the messy Iowa Caucus, the George Washington University community was fixated on comments made by school president Thomas LeBlanc—comments that, as the…
City Paper: Great Wall Szechuan House For Sale as Owners Weigh Future Following April Accident
When married Great Wall Szechuan House owners May Kuang and Yuan Chen talk about their Logan Circle restaurant they liken it to raising a child. The popular Logan Circle restaurant known for its hot and numbing dishes opened in 2002,…
Press Release: At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds Introduces Legislation to Provide Seniors with Air…
News Release — At-large DC Council member Anita Bonds
Wednesday, February 05, 2020
Contact: Emmanuel Brantley
Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds, Chairwoman of the Committee on Housing and…
At hearing on the future of public housing in DC, more questions than answers
An attorney testifies that her client’s children have visible bites from insects and rodents. A mother tries to justify why she had to grab a gun to save her son’s life. Another openly weeps when she discloses that her rental voucher…
Washington Business Journal: Convenience store startup Foxtrot to open two D.C. locations this…
Foxtrot, a convenience store and grocery delivery startup based out of Chicago, will open two locations in the District on the heels of raising $17 million in funding.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Agreement to End Court Oversight of the DC Department of Youth…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services
February 5, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Akeya Dickson (DYRS)
Parties Agree to Settle Jerry M., the District’s Oldest…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Breaks Ground on New Southwest Library
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Public Library
February 5, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
George Williams (DCPL)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser broke ground on the new Southwest…
District Links: Bid to keep Washington Metropolitan open falls one vote short; bills on games of…
Good Wednesday morning. Washington Metropolitan, the struggling school set for closure, came one council member's vote short of staying open yesterday.
DCist: Efforts Fail To Keep Alternative High School Washington Metropolitan Open
An effort to spare an alternative public middle and high school in D.C. from closing failed Tuesday, after a proposal to keep the school open did not generate enough support to pass the D.C. Council.
UrbanTurf: DC Council Amends 19th Century Highways Plan to Allow Fannie Mae Redevelopment to Move…
Yesterday, the DC Council voted to amend an obscure act of Congress that has bearing on one of the city's largest redevelopment projects.
Washington Times: D.C. Council introduces bill requiring landlords to provide air conditioning to…
The D.C. Council members on Tuesday introduced legislation that would require landlords to provide air conditioning to elderly tenants and would strengthen the city’s ethics laws.
Washington Post: After a contentious debate, D.C. Council falls one vote short of rescuing school…
It was a nail-biter of a vote. But in the end, a frantic attempt to keep the doors open at Washington Metropolitan Opportunity Academy failed to get the supermajority of D.C. Council support needed.
WAMU: Thieves Could Be Using A Carsharing App To Steal Cars, Says D.C. Attorney General’s Office
The Office of D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine says dozens of recent car thefts in the District could be linked to Getaround, an app that allows users to rent their personal cars to others.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. hotel lands in top 10 of latest U.S. News ranking. The Trump Hotel…
The Four Seasons Hotel in Washington D.C. cracked the top 10 list of best hotels in the U.S. from U.S. News and World Report for 2020, while the D.C.'s Trump International Hotel, a luxury property that's been going head-to-head with Four…
Washington Blade: Diaper changing tables in D.C. gay bars?
A proposed bill that could require restaurants, bars, and nightclubs, including gay bars, to install diaper changing tables in women’s and men’s bathrooms, was the subject of a D.C. Council hearing on Jan. 28.
Catholic Standard: New library at St. Thomas More Catholic Academy seen as opening a ‘new world of…
On the day of the ribbon cutting for the new St. Jerome Library at St. Thomas More Catholic Academy in Washington, D.C., the banner outside the door showed an open book, with a rocket ship flying, a ship sailing and a castle’s tower…
Press Release: Norton Blasts Rep. Norman for Introducing Anti-Union Amendment Uniquely Targeting…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 4, 2020
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted Congressman Ralph Norman (R-SC) for filing an amendment at the House…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. moves closer to eminent domain seizure of Brentwood trash facility
The District’s efforts to buy and shut down a trash transfer station in Brentwood are getting more expensive — and dragging on a bit longer.