Press Release: AG Racine Elevates Community Concerns about Housing Discrimination, Racism, and…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
November 6, 2019
MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications
OAG Report Summarizes Local Perspectives on Discrimination in D.C.; Findings Guiding OAG’s Civil Rights Work
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Press Release: DDOT Releases 2020 Shared Dockless Vehicle Permit Application
News Release — District Department of Transportation
November 7, 2019
Media Contacts
Lauren Stephens
(Washington, DC) – Today, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) released the permit application for the 2020 Shared…
Janeese Lewis George: DC’s Fair Elections program exists because voters are sick and tired of…
Voters in Washington will make history next year. For the first time ever, they will have the choice to cast a ballot for candidates taking part in DC’s new Fair Elections program. Across the city, five candidates for DC Council have been…
Ex-CFO Gandhi’s memoir recounts humble origins in dusty Indian village, sings praise for…
Natwar Gandhi, who became famous locally during 13 years as the chief financial officer of the District, has penned an engaging memoir looking back at his boyhood in India and later adventures — setbacks and successes — in the United…
Capital Projections: Time the avenger edition
Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week.
THE IRISHMAN
From Mean Streets to Goodfellas to The Wolf of Wall Street,…
Washington Times: D.C. officials, activists ramp up statehood push
D.C. activists and government officials are ramping up efforts to make the District the 51st state, trying to continue momentum for the movement two months after the first congressional hearing on the issue in 30 years.
Washington Post: D.C. mayor calls news on Jack Evans troubling, wants council to ban outside…
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said Wednesday that she hasn’t read the findings of an ethics investigation of D.C. Council member Jack Evans that has sent shock waves through the Wilson Building and prompted a growing number of lawmakers…
WTOP: ‘There should be no wrong door’: DC expands rights, resources for sex assault victims
The D.C. Council has passed legislation that expands the rights of sexual assault victims.
Washington Business Journal: Sneak preview of Brasserie Liberté, which replaces Morton’s in…
Restaurateur Hakan Ilhan's first foray in Georgetown, Brasserie Liberté will open Nov. 15 for lunch and dinner in Georgetown.
the Wash: Slow city response to dangerous playground conditions
The electric blue slide at the Kennedy Recreation Center playground was a beloved piece of equipment for kids in the Shaw neighborhood. Now it’s simply a broken down, dangerous pile of plastic and bolts boarded up with wooden planks.
Washington Business Journal: Spike Gjerde plans big food hall and two restaurants at Buzzard Point
Baltimore Chef Spike Gjerde, who made his way down to Washington in 2018 with a fine dining restaurant in the Line D.C. hotel, plans to establish a much bigger footprint in the District with a new restaurant and separate 20,000-square-foot…
the Wash: City to overhaul infamous Dave Thomas Circle, but walkers, bikers still face danger today
The dangerous intersection at New York and Florida Avenues NE continues to threaten the safety of pedestrians and cyclists despite planned construction to provide a safer roadway.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Presents 34th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards, Celebrating the Arts and…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment
November 6, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Michael Mitchell (OCTFME)
Awards Recognize Outstanding…
the Wash: S Street Dog Park in desperate need of repair
Official complaint filed over worn turf.
Washington Post: D.C. offers financial aid for residents to replace lead water pipes
Some District residents qualify for financial assistance from the city to cover part or all of the cost of replacing their lead water pipes under a new program aimed at completing lead service line replacements in about 12,000 homes.
Curbed: Upcoming AIA exhibit will showcase D.C.’s school architecture
Dozens of the city’s schools have been modernized over the past decade-plus
DCist: In Wake Of Ethics Scandal, Dueling Bills Would Bar Councilmembers From Having Second Jobs
The fallout from Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans’ ethics scandal continues in the form of new legislation that would ban all councilmembers from holding down second jobs. Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie announced that he was…
WTOP: How DC is preparing for this year’s wintry ‘Polar Coaster’
D.C. is preparing for what the Farmer’s Almanac says will be a “Polar Coaster.”
Press Release: Councilmember Robert White Advances Bill to Protect the Headquarters of a Key Local…
News Release — At-large DC Council member Robert White
November 6, 2019
Contact: Rita D. Lewis, Communications Director
Washington, DC – Today, the Committee on Business & Economic Development held a hearing on At-Large…
Press Release: Norton to Introduce Congressional Record Statement Honoring Alex Graham
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
November 6, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today she will introduce a congressional record statement remembering and…