Washington Post: Metro train operator moved forward despite stop order before crash, safety…
A Metro train operator moved his train forward despite having received an order to stop, causing it to crash into another train outside the Farragut West station, the safety oversight commission overseeing the investigation said Tuesday.
Washington Post: Legionella extends water system shutdown at St. Elizabeths
District officials said Tuesday that a city-owned psychiatric hospital will be without potable water until next week after a strain of bacteria that can cause a fatal illness was discovered in its water system.
Press Release: Carroll Celebrates Thirty Years of Excellence In Co-Education
News Release — Archbishop Carroll High School
Decades after Opening its Doors as One of the First Integrated High Schools in the Region Carroll Expanded its Commitment to Inclusion by Welcoming its First Female Students
WASHINGTON,…
NBC4: The Most Parking Tickets Are Issued on These DC Blocks
A block of Columbia Road NW near the Ace Hardware. A block of M Street NW in Georgetown. And a block of Chinatown near Capital One Arena.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Washington, DC Receives Highest Score Award for “Food as…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Health
October 8, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Kimberly Henderson (DOH)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that Washington, DC…
Washington Times: D.C. Council weighs new soda tax, changing Columbus Day to Indigenous…
The D.C. Council faced a full agenda Tuesday, taking up a proposed new tax on sodas and sugary drinks, a ban on noncompete agreements for workers in low-wage jobs and tougher new restrictions on cooperating with federal immigration…
Washingtonian: Capitol File Will Stop Printing, Become a “National Digital Brand”
Modern Luxury, which owns DC luxury magazine Capitol File, announced a plan Tuesday to stop printing the glossy magazine and transform it and its West Coast sibling LA Confidential into “national digital destinations” in the beginning of…
WAMU: Council Votes To Rename Columbus Day To Indigenous Peoples’ Day In D.C.
The D.C. Council has voted to rename Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the District.
Washington Business Journal: United Bank to open second branch in Georgetown — at a highly visible…
United Bank is planning to open a second branch in Georgetown — this one at 3030 M St. NW.
Curbed: D.C.’s official development playbook moves forward with inclusive city goals
Other parts of the Comprehensive Plan will be updated in the coming months
DCist: For The First Time Since This Ethics Brouhaha Started, Jack Evans Won’t Get To Vote On His…
Back in July, when the D.C. Council was deciding whether or not to strip Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans of all of his committee assignments in light of a growing ethics scandal, the close vote was ultimately decided by one person—Evans…
Curbed: Columbus Day will be Indigenous Peoples’ Day for the first time in D.C. this year
Lawmakers passed emergency legislation Tuesday to make the change
Washington Post: D.C. elementary school student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis
A student at a D.C. elementary school has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, prompting officials to alert parents of the diagnosis and urge them to have their children evaluated for the disease.
WTOP: Metrorail exploring factors that led to collision near DC station
The train that struck another train stopped outside the Farragut West Metro station in D.C. early Monday was under a “zero-speed command,” according to preliminary findings of the investigation.
City Paper: D.C. Defendants Wear Ankle Monitors That Can Record Their Every Word and Motion
Pretrial Services Agency says it doesn't use the recording capacity, but one attorney begs to differ. Meanwhile D.C. police monitor parolees' GPS data.
Press Release: Council Unanimously Passes Councilmember Allen’s Emergency Legislation Limiting the…
News Release — Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen
October 8, 2019
Contact: Erik Salmi
Today, the DC Council unanimously voted to pass emergency legislation introduced by Councilmember Charles Allen (Ward 6) that limits…
Press Release: ACLU-DC Calls on Mayor Bowser to Relocate St. Elizabeths Patients During Ongoing…
News Release: American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia
October 8, 2019
Contact: Suzanne Ito
WASHINGTON – Late last week, the Washington City Paper reported that St. Elizabeths hospital, the District’s…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Lamont Carey as Acting Director of the Mayor’s Office of…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
October 8, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the appointment of Lamont Carey as Acting Director of the Mayor’s…
Press Release: Councilmember Vincent C. Gray’s Statement on a Confirmed Case of Meningitis at…
News Release — Ward 7 DC Council member Vincent Gray
October 8, 2019
Contact: Takiyah “T.N.” Tate
Washington, D.C. – D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) and DC Health officials…
the Wash: KIPP DC eyes vacant building in Anacostia for expansion, local leader ‘not a fan’
KIPP DC, a network of pre-K through 12 charter schools, wants to convert the former Ferebee-Hope building into its eighth site.