Press Release: AG Racine Sues Ward 7 Landlord for Exposing Tenants to Toxic Lead Paint
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
July 30, 2019
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OAG Alleges Building Owner Flouted Laws that Protect Residents’ Health and Safety Since 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney…
Ramona Edelin in HillRag: Provide Excess Space to Public Charter Schools
An important new campaign to boost public education in the District of Columbia is underway. Scandalously, while there are 12,000 students on waitlists for public charter schools, the city owns around one million square feet of surplus…
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Remove Statue of Confederate General Pike from Judiciary…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 30, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to remove a statue of Confederate General Albert Pike from federal…
District Links: Entire DC Council opposes Bowser admin ending disability services contract with…
Good Tuesday morning. There’s a new date for the congressional hearing on statehood: Sept. 19.
WUSA9: DC’s rooftop bars are hot, they’re fun – and some might be serious fire hazards
WUSA9 investigation uncovers D.C. fire marshal not inspecting rooftop bars as often as he says he should.
WUSA9: ‘This is not good for us’ | Rising rents, taxes and changing neighborhoods create…
Locals have noticed more business turnover in the city's Glover Park and Georgetown neighborhoods in the last several years.
Washington Post: ‘This is not normal’: Hundreds remember 11-year-old Karon Brown, urge end to gun…
Outside Allen Chapel AME Church, schoolchildren mourning their friend lined up for cupcakes and goody bags filled with candy and decorated with photos of 11-year-old Karon Brown.
Washington Business Journal: Exclusive: A media production center will soon take shape at The…
The nation's capital is not lacking in politicians, trade organizations, visiting dignitaries and the like with something to say. A new partnership will soon open a media hub where they can do their talking, and deliver it to the world.
DCist: Unlike D.C.’s Rivers, Rock Creek Is Nowhere Near Swimmable
While some folks anticipate being able to swim in D.C.’s rivers in the near future, don’t expect being able to (safely) jump into Rock Creek anytime soon.
Curbed: Congress reschedules its first D.C. statehood hearing in years to September 19
The original date was moved to avoid a conflict with Robert Mueller’s testimony
UrbanTurf: Union Market Sister Building Expected to be Set Down for Public Hearing
Four years after a planned-unit development for Union Market and the adjacent warehouse were first approved, the Zoning Commission (ZC) will hold its first vote on the project's newest iteration this evening.
DCist: There’s A Stomach Bug Going Around And It May Be Tied To Fresh Basil
A tiny parasite is making some District residents sick to their stomach and health officials say it may be linked to fresh basil brought to the region from Mexico.
WAMU: Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg? NoMa Sculpture Pays Homage To The Question
“It’s a question as old as philosophy itself: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? In NoMa, it turns out, they arrived simultaneously.”
DCist: You Can Be Alone, Together At This Silent Tour Of The Monuments
To bystanders, it will look like any other walking tour: A few dozen people wandering through the Tidal Basin, clearly together, gazing at the Jefferson Memorial and wide-eyed at the Washington Monument.
Curbed: D.C.’s first open streets event to occur in October along nearly three miles of Georgia…
From Pleasant Plains to Brightwood, the avenue will be shut to drivers for 11 hours
UrbanTurf: DC Council Chair Applies for Short-Term Rental Zoning Amendment
Eight months ago, the DC Council passed a bill regulating short-term rentals around the city. Now, two months before the bill is scheduled for implementation, the Council is nudging the Zoning Commission to amend how the zoning code treats…
DCist: Union Station Has Serious Security Vulnerabilities, Per Amtrak Inspector General Report
Washington’s Union Station and the Ivy City Yard maintenance facility continue to have serious security gaps that make them vulnerable to trespassers and potential safety problems, according to a report from Amtrak’s inspector general…
Washington Business Journal: Adventist HealthCare in talks to take over Howard University…
Howard University Hospital and Adventist HealthCare are working toward a deal that would make Adventist the new operator of the D.C. hospital as early as next year.
Washington Business Journal: GWU inks 75-year ground lease for Foggy Bottom development site
George Washington University has executed a deal to lease a Foggy Bottom development site to an affiliate of Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP) for the next 75 years, triggering the construction of a planned office development slated for…
Washington Post: New date set for D.C. statehood hearing in U.S. House
A U.S. House hearing on D.C. statehood has been rescheduled for Sept. 19.