City Paper: George Washington University Hospital Violated Labor Law, Judge Rules
That’s why unions are worried about who’s operating the new Southeast hospital.
Ezra Levin and Meagan Hatcher-Mays in GQ: The Senate is Broken. Washington D.C. Statehood Can Save…
As more Americans are concentrated in fewer states, we'll need a fix to better fulfill representative democracy.
Darrell Gaston: District’s second-look law doesn’t help victims of violent crime
A young man is facing trial for killing my 15-year-old godson. If he is convicted, I believe he should do all his time — despite the District’s Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act (IRAA), which allows judges to reconsider the sentence of…
District Links: House Dems ask Metro’s IG to review actions of Jack Evans, Corbett Price on…
TGIF! The District will rebid the massive, $1 billion-plus Medicaid contract that provides health care for the city’s neediest residents, the Department of Health Care Finance announced on Wednesday.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Signs Order Clarifying the District’s Cannabis Policy
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
September 13, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mayor’s Order Provides Clearer Path Forward for DC Government Employees, Contractors, and Grantees Regarding Cannabis Use
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Press Release: Mayor Bowser Breaks Ground on Safety Improvement Project at the 4th Street, Cedar…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the District Department of Transportation
September 13, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)Lauren Stephens (DDOT)
Nearly $2 Million Project in Takoma Will Create…
Press Release: Department of General Services Accepts Grounds Maintenance Requests Via 311
News Release — DC Department of General Services
September 13, 2019
CONTACT:
John Stokes – (DGS)
Donna Harris – (DGS)
Residents May Request Mowing, Fallen Tree Removal and Hedge Trimming for District Properties
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Washington Post: GWU aims to get smaller and better. Will that mean cuts to faculty and financial…
By many measures, George Washington University looks healthy. The largest school in the nation’s capital boasts growing enrollment, solid finances, expanding research prowess and robust demand for programs such as politics and…
Roger K. Lewis in The Washington Post: Despite recent efforts, many obstacles to fixing the…
We will never solve the country’s persistent affordable housing problem unless fiscal and land-use policies change dramatically, and unless views and attitudes of American voters and their elected representatives also change.
WUSA9: Education equity and the long commute to DC schools
Kids in Ward 7 and 8 travel the longest to get to school -- many over an hour.
WUSA9: DC Police underreported stop and frisk numbers for years. What is the city going to do about…
Councilman Allen concerned by number of police stops.
Deborah Simmons in The Washington Times: It’s the charter children, stupid, not the buildings
The D.C. government has a law on the books: D.C. charter schools have a “first right of offer” on vacant school buildings. But the D.C. government has a conflicting policy: If a schoolhouse owned by the city is closed, first right of…
Washington Post: Metro board wants future ethics investigations to be made public, unlike in Evans…
Metro board leaders on Thursday proposed requiring future ethics investigations be made public, after the secrecy surrounding the recent inquiry into former board chairman Jack Evans drew widespread scorn.
Associated Press: DC’s free commuter paper ends run with shot at smartphones
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s daily free commuter newspaper, Express, always prided itself on wit. The paper is published by The Washington Post and when Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos bought the Post in 2013, Express ran the headline:…
DCist: The 75 Distributors Of The Now-Shuttered Washington Post Express Received No Notice, No…
Every weekday morning, David Anderson’s alarm goes off at 3:45 a.m. He takes a bus from Oxon Hill, Md. into D.C. and switches trains twice to arrive at the Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metro to distribute the Washington Post Express to…
City Paper: Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Inaugural Committee Refunds $20,000 After Audit Finds Excessive…
The Office of Campaign Finance also found record-keeping errors and a questionable expenditure for "personal shopping."
Dan Caccavaro in The Washington Post Express: It’s the end of the line for The Washington Post…
I’ve always known this day would come, but I’ve chosen to think of it the way you might contemplate the death of the sun. Sure, it’s inevitable, but no need to worry about it today.
UrbanTurf: Ivy City Target Will Open in November
Earlier this year, UrbanTurf took a look at the timelines and locations for the new Target stores slated to open in the District. Now, one of those locations has an opening date — and it's ahead of schedule.
WAMU: ‘It’s Very Sad’: Commuters Lament The End Of Washington Post Express
Only a few cars were parked in a lot near the Wiehle-Reston East Metro stop when O’Neil Paul pulled up around 5 a.m. in a white flatbed truck. The truck was filled with Washington Post Express papers stacked in the back.
Bisnow: As Key Vote Nears, D.C. Housing Advocates, Planners Scramble To Address Comp Plan…
The D.C. Council is nearing a final vote on the first set of amendments to the city's comprehensive plan, but planning officials and advocates are raising concerns around changes that they say could allow more of the appeals that have…