Washington Post: An elite D.C. girls’ school thought its founding nuns taught slaves to read.…
The cash-strapped nuns were desperate to sell their slaves.
Washington Post: Chicago remade its 127-year-old rapid transit system. Are there lessons for Metro?
CHICAGO — Commuters in the Windy City aren’t an overly effusive bunch. Even so, to hear them talk about their rapid transit system these days would make even the most hardened Washingtonian envious.
Press Release: Three Playgrounds Closed for Further Lead Safety Testing
News Release — DC Department of General Services
August 2, 2019
CONTACT:
John Stokes – (DGS)
Donna Harris – (DGS)
Temporary Closures Effective August 2, 2019
(Washington, DC) – The Department of General Services…
Press Release: DCPSC Releases Staff Proposed Order on Grid Modernization Recommendations
News Release — DC Public Service Commission
August 2, 2019
Media contacts:
Kellie Didigu
The Staff Proposed Order is Available for Public Comment
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, the Public Service Commission of the District of…
Press Release: DDOT to Launch New Shared Mobility Pilot for Motor-Driven Cycles
News Release — District Department of Transportation
August 2, 2019
Media Contact
Lauren Stephens
Today, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced a four-month demonstration pilot for motor-driven cycles, also…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces District’s First Open Streets Event on Georgia Avenue Corridor…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and District Department of Transportation
August 2, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Lauren Stephens (DDOT)
Roadway Will Be Car-Free and Full of Activities for Washingtonians of…
Press Release: AG Racine Leads Multistate Coalition Challenging Trump’s Move To Gut…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
August 2, 2019
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
21 Attorneys General Argue Changes to Asylum Standards Violate Federal Law and Judicial Precedent
WASHINGTON,…
Washington Post: Two terminally ill D.C. residents legally ended their lives in 2018, report says
At least two terminally ill D.C. residents ended their lives last year under a medical aid-in-dying law, according to city statistics released Friday.
Washington Post: Senate confirms four D.C. attorneys as D.C. Superior Court judges
D.C. Superior Court will add four new associate judges to its bench after the Senate approved their appointments Thursday.
DCist: Lots Of D.C. Donors Are Giving Their Money To Mayor Pete
With Federal Election Commission data in through the end of June, the New York Times created a series of maps showing where Democratic presidential contenders are raising their money from. Individual donors serve as a barometer of how much…
Bisnow: D.C. Provides $32M In Financing For Affordable Housing Project In Deanwood
An affordable mixed-use project in Ward 7's Deanwood neighborhood has received financing from the D.C. government.
Tina Frundt and Yasmin Vafa in The Post: There’s a way to legalize prostitution without putting…
Several D.C. Council members have introduced legislation that would fully decriminalize the commercial sex trade in the District, including acts of pimping, sex buying and operating brothels. It’s necessary and long overdue to…
Curbed: D.C. will allow shared mopeds on city streets under a new pilot program
Mobility companies will be able to deploy up to 400 mopeds each
City Paper: Longtime D.C. Government Watchdogs’ Property Auctioned at Tax Sale
Dorothy Brizill says the tens of thousands in unpaid property taxes are a mistake.
City Paper: Advocates Allege “Disturbing Staff Abuses,” “Serious Staff Violations” of Law at St.…
By law, hospitals can only use restraints as a last resort. In 2018, St. Elizabeths used them almost 20,000 percent more than in 2013.
WAMU: First Dockless Bikes, Then Electric Scooters, Now Mopeds Are Coming To D.C.
Fans of both electric scooters and sitting are in luck.
DCist: Man Pleads Guilty To Bribing MPD Officials With $40,000
A Maryland man pleaded guilty in federal court to bribing employees at the Metropolitan Police Department for crash reports, which contained information about people that had been involved in traffic accidents, the United States Attorney’s…
Colbert King in The Post: Let’s try keeping kids out of caskets
“This is not normal,” the Rev. Thomas Lee Cardwell Jr. said in his eulogy at Allen Chapel AME Church this week for Karon Brown, the 11-year-old who was gunned down on July 18. “Something is wrong in Washington, D.C.”
DCist: Kennedy Center Picks George W. Bush’s Artwork For First Exhibit In New Venue
Paintings by former president George W. Bush will be the very first exhibit at the Reach, the Kennedy Center’s brand new arts space.
Washington Post: D.C. tests system that allows delivery drivers to reserve space at the curb
Delivery drivers jockeying for parking on D.C. streets can now reserve curb space in advance — part of the city’s attempts to discourage double-parked vehicles that block traffic, bike lanes and crosswalks.