Axios: Congress comes for D.C. crime laws
House Republicans are ushering in a new era of intervention in local D.C. affairs, and their first target is the city's handling of crime.
District Links: DC honoree selected as a finalist for National Teacher of the Year; threat to…
In October, Mayor Muriel Bowser visited Center City Public Charter School's Brightwood campus to surprise Jermar Rountree with the news that he had received the 2023 DC Teacher of the Year Award. This afternoon, her office announced that…
Nicole Greenfield and Valerie Jablow: DCPS, please don’t destroy Duke Ellington School of the Arts
For nearly 50 years, Duke Ellington School of the Arts has provided a world-class pre-professional arts education to thousands of DC Public Schools (DCPS) students through instruction by professional artists. This is key to fulfilling the…
Washington Post: Metro plans summer safety work as tensions resurface with regulator
Washington Metrorail Safety Commission members said Metro should have fired or removed an operator for lying during an investigation
Washington Post: D.C. leaders herald Senate statehood bill despite steep odds
Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) gathered with Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and D.C. leaders on Tuesday to reintroduce a bill to give nearly 700,000 D.C. residents statehood, pushing the long-sought goal in a year marking the 50th anniversary of…
WTOP: DC leaders seek statehood, defend criminal code against Congressional Republicans
Before passing a controversial crime bill, D.C.’s council members and criminal justice experts worked for 16 years to craft it. Now, it’s getting pushback from Congressional Republicans, who could block it.
Axios: Washington Post cuts 20 newsroom jobs, shuts down gaming section
The Washington Post is cutting 20 newsroom positions and not filling 30 open positions, The Post's executive editor Sally Buzbee told staff in a note Tuesday.
DCist: D.C. Statehood Bill Introduced In U.S. Senate, But Democrats Concede The Political Reality…
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Delaware) on Tuesday introduced a bill that would make D.C. the 51st state, following a similar measure introduced in the House of Representatives by D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton.
DCist: New D.C. Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Sales, Pay Reparations To People Arrested For…
A new bill in the D.C. Council would legalize and regulate the sales of recreational marijuana in the city, while also creating a novel reparations fund that would offer payments of up to $80,000 to people arrested, convicted, or…
Washington Post: Washington Post lays off 20 newsroom employees
Amid a wave of job cuts in the tech and media sectors, The Post’s long-expected reductions punctuate a period of uncertainty
Washington Post: Kennedy Center’s 10-year plan seeks artful ways to protect the planet
Initiative will launch this April with ‘RiverRun: Arts Nature Impact,’ a month of performances, installations, exhibits and other events celebrating the world’s rivers
Press Release: Norton, Carper Highlight Senate Introduction of D.C. Statehood Bill at Press…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
January 24, 2023
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks as prepared for delivery from today’s joint press…
District Links: Delaware senator reintroduces DC statehood bill; Washington Post to eliminate 20…
Proponents of DC statehood pledged this morning to keep pressing the issue despite what a key senator called the "elephant in the room" — that Republican control of the House means legislation to admit DC as the 51st state is unlikely to…
Washington Post: In an HBCU first, Howard awarded $90 million military research contract
The school will become the first historically Black institution to lead one of the Pentagon’s 15 university-affiliated research centers
Washington Post: D.C.’s first elected AG leaves behind transformed office, unfinished fights
The District’s first-ever elected attorney general hurtled toward his last day in office with the relentlessness of a man whose work remains unfinished.
DCist: At Summit, Bowser Shares ‘Anxiety’ Over Crime And Asks Neighborhood Leaders For Ideas
Mayor Muriel Bowser on Saturday hosted a frank and nuanced summit on crime and public safety in D.C. with dozens of neighborhood officials, noting that while overall rates of violent crime have been declining, guns have become a growing…
District Links: Bowser talks about anxiety over crime at citywide ANC summit; DC struggles with bus…
Local officials are scheduled to join Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware for a press conference on Tuesday morning to announce his reintroduction of the DC statehood bill.
Press Release: Norton Says Tax Filing Season is Reminder that D.C. Residents Remain Under Taxation…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
January 23, 2023
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
D.C. pays more in federal taxes than 23 states and more in overall federal taxes per capita than any state
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Kicks Off Tax Season by Highlighting Resources for District Residents to…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 23, 2023
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Art Swift (DISB)
Residents Encouraged to…
Patricia Brantley: DC needs to look beyond recovery and set a vision for excellent schools
It’s not surprising that so much of the conversation in education right now is focused on recovering from the academic damage that students sustained over the past few years, especially our students of color and students deemed “at-risk.”…