Robert White in The Post: Why we want to restore the vote to everyone in the District
Voting is the most fundamental right of our democracy. Yet more than 5 million American citizens are not allowed to vote in our elections because they have felony convictions. Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia carved these…
Curbed: Local climate activists want to build on momentum from #ShutDownDC protests
They’re continuing to organize after last month’s major demonstrations
DCist: On Georgia Avenue, Residents And Businesses Get Ready For A Saturday Without Cars
Residents along Georgia Avenue NW have mixed reactions about the plan to close three miles of the busy thoroughfare to vehicles this Saturday for D.C.’s first-ever Open Streets event.
Capital Projections: Happy face 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.
JOKER
Set in the fictional Gotham City in the early ‘80s, Joker tells the…
Press Release: Metro to keep trains running if Nationals post-season games run beyond normal closing…
News Release: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
For immediate release: October 3, 2019
Nationals fans who want to avoid game day traffic and parking hassles can confidently choose Metro this post season and know that the…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces ONSE Leadership Academy at Anacostia High School
News Release: Executive Office of the Mayor, Office of the City Administrator and DC Public Schools
October 3, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Daisha Windham (OCA)
Shayne Wells (DCPS)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today,…
Press Release: Norton Blasts Gosar-Meadows Bill, Attack on D.C. Home Rule and Statehood, Exercise in…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
October 3, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that residents of the districts represented by Congressmen Paul Gosar…
WAMU: Paying A Living Wage In D.C. Isn’t Easy. It’s Also Not Enough, Workers Say
If it’s done right, the living wage can be a powerful tool against poverty.
Washington Business Journal: Monumental to open multifloor sportsbook at Capital One Arena
Monumental Sports & Entertainment has formed an exclusive partnership with a major U.S. sportsbook operator to open what it calls the first betting operation at a U.S. professional sports venue, Capital One Arena in downtown…
Washington Post: Capital One Arena, British bookmaker team up as D.C. moves forward with legal…
The owner of Capital One Arena has struck a deal with British bookmaker William Hill in what could be an early step toward bringing legal sports gambling to the District.
WTOP: ‘New era of sports betting’: Monumental Sports, William Hill partner to launch DC sportsbook
Sports betting is getting closer to reality at D.C.’s Capital One Arena.
Washington Business Journal: The Newseum sets its end date. Here are the latest plans for its…
The Newseum’s time on Pennsylvania Avenue is coming to a close.
City Paper: The Curious Case of Benjamin Ordoñez
He became a symbol of the federal government’s subversion of D.C.’s sanctuary city status. His story shows that the truth is more complicated.
WAMU: Solar Permits More Than Doubled In D.C. Last Year
Solar energy is having a moment in D.C., after years of efforts to get more people to make the switch.
jonetta rose barras: In Mayor Bowser’s arts slugfest, artists lose
Demonstrating a brand of strong-arming that could rival any seen at the national level, Mayor Muriel Bowser and some in her administration have tried for the past several months to muscle members of the DC Commission on the Arts and…
WUSA9: Parents demand answers on playground lead in DC
The community meeting Wednesday night comes after WUSA9 broke news of high lead levels in 17 DC playgrounds.
City Paper: Saint Elizabeths Hospital Has Had No Running Water Since Last Week
The hospital’s existing water supply may be contaminated with dangerous bacteria.
Washington Times: Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs director works to empower, protect District…
Sheila Alexander-Reid says she knows the everyday pain, loss and violence endured by LGBTQ people in the District and across the country. She taps that knowledge as director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs to create opportunities to…
Washington Post: Five schools in D.C. named National Blue Ribbon Schools
The U.S. Education Department designated five private and public D.C. schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools — an honor given to campuses across the country annually.
Washington Post: Housing advocates push for more aggressive rent-control measures in D.C.
A coalition of housing advocates launched a campaign Wednesday urging District leaders to adopt more aggressive rent-control measures as lawmakers consider extending the city’s existing law.