Press Release: AG Racine Statement on Historic DC Statehood Hearing
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
Thursday, September 19, 2019
MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine released the following statement on today’s landmark…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Calls On Congress to Grant DC Residents Their Full Democratic Rights by…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
September 19, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee at a hearing on the…
Curbed: Driving alone remains the most popular way of commuting in the D.C. area
About three in five residents drive to work by themselves, a new survey finds
Washington Post: The newest mural in town: Ruth Bader Ginsburg is larger than life on U Street
In many ways, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is already larger than life, with an adoring fandom, a rap-influenced nickname bestowed by admirers and two motion pictures depicting her life. But now, the expression is becoming…
Washington Post: D.C. approves law to allow licensed students to consume medical marijuana at school
D.C. lawmakers made it clear: Students are permitted to consume medical marijuana on school grounds.
Washington Post: The Washington Monument was still being built when the Know-Nothings attacked it
In 1854, the anti-Catholic party stole the stone the pope had donated to the obelisk.
WAMU: The D.C. Region Definitely Feels Unaffordable — But ‘Affordable’ Might Not Mean What You Think
Affordability is tough to accurately measure. The concept is relative. It’s deeply personal and it varies between states, towns, neighborhoods, and households. It also relies on a number of factors: housing, transportation, child care and…
City Paper: We the Children
The brother and friends of Karon Brown, shot dead at 11, have something to say.
WTOP: Early-risers head to newly open Washington Monument following 3-year closure
The line started forming early outside the Washington Monument on day one of the monument’s reopening to the general public after a three-year closure.
City Paper: Ward 8 Residents Have Questions (and Criticisms) About the Reunion Square Development
Councilmember Trayon White has asked skeptics to show him their IDs.
City Paper: D.C.’s Water Treatment Plant Makes Strides When It Comes to Preparing for Climate Change
Experts say DC Water, which operates Blue Plains, has become a forward-thinking leader in both adaptation and mitigation.
With renovations on tap for boarded-up building at Fort Reno Park, community explores uses for…
Renovations to the boarded-up Chesapeake House — a historic but empty building in the southwest corner of Tenleytown’s Fort Reno Park — should be completed by 2020, National Park Service officials told community members at a recent meeting…
Capital Projections: Dressed to be killed 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.
IN FABRIC
The most visually sumptuous movie of this year was officially…
Washington Post: House Democrat rejects GOP call for Jack Evans to testify at D.C. statehood hearing
House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) has rejected a last-minute request by Republicans to invite embattled D.C. Council member Jack Evans to testify at Thursday’s hearing on D.C. statehood.
WTOP: ‘Momentous’ DC statehood hearing to be held on Capitol Hill Thursday
District leaders are headed to Capitol Hill, where Congress will hold its first hearing on D.C. statehood in more than 25 years. After Thursday’s hearing, an evening of rallying and celebration is scheduled, which could affect traffic.
Washington Post Editorial Board: Did a 911 delay lead to two people dying in a D.C. fire?
FOUR MINUTES and one second. That is how long it took before D.C. firefighters were dispatched to the blaze at a Northwest rowhouse last month. Was there a delay in sending help that might have contributed to the deaths of two people? Or…
Washington Post: D.C. statehood: What to expect of the first House hearing on the issue in more than…
D.C. officials and advocates have agitated for generations to make the District the 51st state. On Thursday, they make their case to Congress.
WAMU: Medical Marijuana Patients Will Be Able To Get Treatment In D.C. Schools Under Emergency…
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser plans to sign emergency legislation that would allow students who are enrolled as patients in the District’s medical marijuana program to get treatment in schools, according to a spokesperson for the mayor’s…
Washington Post: Why a D.C. lawmaker under investigation votes on his own probe and discipline
The D.C. Council, frustrated by roadblocks in its investigation of possible ethics violations by member Jack Evans, voted 12 to 1 this week to allow city officials to ask a court to compel the lawmaker’s private clients to cooperate.
WAMU: Most People Spend 43 Minutes Commuting, Plus 9 Other Facts From ‘The State Of The Commute’
The State of the Washington Region Commute is… not great.