Washington Business Journal: Bowser’s health care commission has spoken. Here’s what happens now.
The Bowser administration’s newly-formed health care commission, created in June to figure out how to fill the District’s health care gaps, has made its much anticipated recommendations to the city — as the paucity of services on its…
DCist: Meet The Abuela Of Columbia Heights Street Vendors
For the last 26 years, Colochita’s days have started before the sun.
District Links: Turnover could be coming to DC ethics office leadership; health commission delivers…
Happy Thursday. City Paper’s Loose Lips does tea-leaf reading on the job security of Brent Wolfingbarger, the director of the Office of Government Ethics under the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability. Signs point to a management…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Releases Commission Report on Recommendations to Achieve Equity in DC’s…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
December 19, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Sward Tondoneh (DMHHS)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel…
Washington Business Journal: Historic Warner building poised for a new lease on life
CBRE Global Investors is rolling out a series of upgrades to the Warner building in downtown D.C. to help it retain tenants and attract new ones after anchor law firm tenant Baker Botts LLC leaves early next year.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. Housing Authority’s plans to redevelop NoMa HQ draw…
The D.C. Housing Authority’s plans to redevelop its NoMa headquarters are drawing scrutiny from D.C. lawmakers and renters’ advocates, with critics charging that the agency struck a secretive, overly lenient deal with developers on the…
Bisnow: Foreign Investment In D.C. Real Estate Has Fallen, But Experts Predict A Bounce Back
Foreign investment in D.C. commercial real estate, an important metric of the market's strength, has fallen this year and faces some headwinds, but industry leaders say they expect to see it pick up in 2020.
Washington Times: D.C. Council seeks to lower maternal mortality rate in District
Lawmakers on Wednesday discussed two bills that aim to reduce the District’s maternal mortality rate by creating training opportunities for community based perinatal health workers and requiring insurance companies to cover postpartum…
Press Release: National Park Service to increase parking meter rates for National Mall and Thompson…
News Release — National Park Service
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 19, 2019
Contact: Brian Hall
WASHINGTON — The National Park Service (NPS) will increase parking meter rates on the National Mall and at Thompson Boat Center in…
Press Release: Councilmember Todd is Appointed to Two Leadership Roles
News Release — Ward 4 DC Council member Brandon Todd
December 19, 2019
CONTACT:
Eric Feldman
Councilmember Todd Will Serve as Chairman of the Large Cities Council of the National League of Cities in 2020
He Will Also Serve…
Press Release: District of Columbia Hospitals Donate 4,500+ Pairs of Socks for Those in Need
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jennifer Hirt
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) December 19, 2019 — The District of Columbia Hospital Association (DCHA), in partnership with member hospitals, hosted its first annual Warm the Sole Sock Drive this…
Press Release: Norton, Lee Claim Victory, Announce Spending Bills Require Federal Agencies to Report…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
December 19, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) claimed victory today, announcing that the…
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Allow Commercial Filming on Capitol Grounds When Congress…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
December 19, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to permit commercial filming and photography on the U.S.…
Broken systems created homelessness — and only multifaceted solutions can end it, advocates say
On Thursday evening, a candlelight procession downtown and then an overnight vigil in Freedom Plaza will pay tribute to 81 men and women who died in DC over the past year “of preventable and manageable diseases without the dignity of a…
Washingtonian: How This DC Condiment Grew Into a $2-Million Business
The origins of mumbo sauce are in dispute. Some say the tangy-sweet condiment originated at Wings ’N Things in DC; others claim it’s from Chicago. The same is true for the recipe, adapted from one District kitchen to the next as it gained…
Bisnow: Crowded Chinatown Coworking Cluster Adds Another New Provider
Coworking providers continue to flock to the area around D.C.'s Chinatown neighborhood, with another space set to open next year.
City Paper: Is D.C.’s Ethics Director in Danger of Losing His Job?
LL has learned the axe may soon be falling on the man who has helmed D.C.’s ethics shop for the past two years.
WTOP: In Northwest DC, a house gets ready for its moving day
When you think of a mobile home, you might think of a crammed living space on wheels.
Washington Post: After five decades, radio’s Chris Core is stepping away from the microphone
After 51 years in radio, Core will make his last broadcast Friday. The fixture at WMAL and, more recently, at WTOP is retiring.
WTOP: DC elementary school evacuated because of ‘gas’ smell twice in a week
It’s the gas leak that wasn’t at a D.C. elementary school.