Washington Post: In a pot of black-eyed peas, one family’s New Year’s Day tradition and creative…
On the first day of the third decade of the 21st century, Nolan Williams Jr. stood beneath the silver-rimmed portrait of his late father and raised one palm for silence.
WTOP: Bells ring at Washington National Cathedral in harmonious start of the new year
The bells at the Washington National Cathedral rang for hours on Wednesday, marking the start of the new year.
Washington Times: Newseum closes doors for last time
Visitors get final glimpse before artifacts get put into storage
WTOP: DC saw most homicides in a decade in 2019
The District saw a record number of killings in 2019 with 166 homicides, a 4% increase over 2018, according to data released by D.C. police. This continues an upward trend since 2017 when D.C. police recorded 116 homicides.
Washington Post: Killings in District reach decade high as leaders struggle to reduce gun violence
The District ended 2019 with the highest number of homicides recorded in a decade, continuing an upward trend in killings fueled by what authorities say is a proliferation of the use of firearms to resolve disputes.
Washington Post: As the Newseum closes its doors, pieces of history and human remains to find a new…
People crowded around the twisted antenna from the World Trade Center’s North Tower.
Washington Business Journal: Spike in commercial building sales yields tidy tax revenue bump for…
Commercial real estate owners looking to avoid an increase in deal costs yielded the D.C. government an extra $50.5 million in deed recordation and transfer taxes for the final month of the District's 2019 fiscal year.
Washington Business Journal: Tight fit for proposed Mount Pleasant laundromat redevelopment
A newly proposed development in D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood would replace a laundromat with a new residential-over-retail building fit snugly into a tight space.
Courtland Milloy in The Post: Panhandlers deserve dignity, not your pity
I spent some time recently getting to know the panhandlers I encounter the most — Ed and Leann, who work in the traffic at Third and M streets in Northwest Washington.
DCist: Heads Up: Bells Around D.C. Will Simultaneously Ring For 20 Minutes On New Year’s Day
You won’t be imagining the bells.
District Links: DC got $280M more in 2019 revenue than projected; U.S. attorney ups prosecution of…
Happy New Year’s Eve. The Jack Evans story dominated the year in local DC politics, and the independent reporter who revealed the scandal looks back …
Washington Business Journal: The Newseum is closing. Here’s what’s next for the building…
The Newseum will close its doors Tuesday after more than 11 years at its Pennsylvania Avenue location.
District Dig: Jack And Me — The Dig looks back at 2019
Let’s face it: The story of the year in D.C. politics and government–certainly in District Dig–was the collapse of the decades-long reign of Jack Evans.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Invites Residents to Join Her on New Year’s Day at the #FITDC Fresh…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Parks and Recreation
December 31, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Michael Tucker, Jr. (DPR)
Residents of All Ages to Celebrate the New Year in Anacostia…
Emily Gasoi: A new year’s wish for Washington Met
This holiday season, DC Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee could make a decision that would build trust and show some of our city’s most vulnerable students that, on his watch, their voices and needs will be prioritized. He can do this by…
Washington Post: Students asked black peers to portray slaves during a lesson. The school said it…
A principal at a public elementary school in the District said the school was wrong to conduct a lesson about slavery in which fifth-grade students were asked to take part in a simulation of enslavement.
Washington Post: D.C. hate-crime prosecutions rise as support grows for changing city’s law
Hate-crime prosecutions rose in the District in 2019 after plummeting to their lowest point in at least a decade, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
Press Release: Statement on December 2019 Revenue Estimates
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
December 30, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, the DC Government released the revised revenue estimates for the FY 2020-2023 District of Columbia…
Press Release: Statement on Mayor Bowser’s Meeting with Religious Leaders
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
December 30, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, on the heels of Saturday’s anti-Semitic attack in New York, Mayor Muriel Bowser met with local…
Washingtonian: Redditors Celebrate the Apparent Death of a DC Traffic Camera
"We must salt the earth so it does not grow back come springtime."