DCist: Report Shows Staff Missed Multiple Opportunities To Prevent Murder Of Patient At St.…
Staff at St. Elizabeths Hospital — the District’s only public psychiatric hospital — should have been able to prevent the murder of a patient in his room in March, according to a new investigative report by Disability Rights DC, the…
Press Release: Norton Announces Her Provisions Authorizing Studies on Secondary Drinking Water…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
December 23, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that President Biden today signed into law her provisions…
Press Release: DC 3-1-1 and DPR’s Crank Music Program Integrate Go-Go Music into Customer Service…
News Release — DC Department of Parks and Recreation and the DC Office of Unified Communications
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 23, 2022
Media Contacts:
Michael Tucker Jr.
Anna Noakes (OUC)
Holiday Music Produced by DC…
Washington Post: Fans find nostalgia in the wreckage of RFK Stadium
The decrepit stadium is being torn apart, and those who went to games there are taking home pieces of history.
jonetta rose barras: Mayor Muriel Bowser causes delay of some Medicaid managed care services, again
It’s unsurprising that many of the District’s poor and working-class residents — and their advocates — lack faith in Mayor Muriel Bowser to act in their interests. There have been myriad occasions where she seems to have ignored their…
Washington Post: D.C.’s population grew last year, reversing pandemic-related decline
The District’s population grew slightly last year, reversing the pandemic-related decline from the previous year, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday.
Washington Post: Fans find nostalgia in the wreckage of RFK stadium
The decrepit stadium is being torn apart, and those who went to games there are taking home pieces of history.
Washington Post: Georgetown hires Adnan Syed after court tossed his murder conviction
Prosecutors have acknowledged Syed, subject of the true-crime ‘Serial’ podcast, was wrongly convicted
Petula Dvorak in The Post: A D.C. mom needed gifts for her daughter. Nextdoor Santas delivered.
After putting away the dishes, Kim Wright finally sat down to write the thing she’d been composing in her head all day.
Washington Post: D.C.’s deputy attorney general will take the helm at Legal Aid
Vikram Swaruup will become the first person of color and first openly LGBTQ person to permanently lead the city’s largest general legal services organization
Washington Post: A battle over an Adams Morgan plaza gains new life with court ruling
A long-standing legal battle over a neighborhood gathering spot in Northwest Washington was extended Thursday when the D.C. Court of Appeals ordered a trial to determine whether the parcel should be preserved as a public plaza.
Washington Business Journal: The District wants to expand its streetcar barn on Benning Road
The District’s Department of Transportation is proposing an expansion of its storage facility for D.C.'s streetcars.
Associated Press: Adnan Syed hired by Georgetown’s prison reform initiative
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Adnan Syed, who was released from a Maryland prison this year after his case was the focus of the true-crime podcast “Serial,” has been hired by Georgetown University as a program associate for the university’s…
DCist: Wrestling Is Back In D.C. Public Schools, And Girls Are Joining In
The whistle starts 16-year-old Maya Werbow’s first wrestling match ever. Her teammates cheer her on from the bench.
City Paper: Woman Burned in Altercation With Neighbor Denied Emergency DCHA Voucher Transfer
Sedricka Knight is trying to escape a dangerous situation after her neighbor assaulted her outside her front door. But the D.C. Housing Authority has nowhere to move her, leaving Knight in limbo.
DCist: D.C. Appeals Court Revives Fight Over Proposed Condo Building On Adams Morgan Plaza
The D.C. Court of Appeals on Thursday revived the long-running fight over whether a condo building can be built on a small, privately owned concrete plaza in the heart of Adams Morgan. A lower court must now hold a trial to consider…
District Links: Mendelson plan to reorganize committees yields discrimination protest from Gray;…
DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson yesterday unveiled his proposed committee structure that envisions a substantial overhaul for the next two-year legislative period, but a veteran lawmaker says the suggested change in his role is…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Encourages Residents to Mind Their Mental Health During the Holidays
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 22, 2022
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Sward Tondoneh…
Press Release: Norton Says Lack of Statehood Cost D.C. Tens to Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
December 22, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said the District of Columbia was shortchanged tens to hundreds…
National Park Service closes Scott Circle encampment during hypothermia alert
It was just 30 degrees outside when Jamaar Andre Taylor unzipped the outer flap of his tent to find a dozen people telling him he had to leave.
On the morning of Dec. 14, the National Park Service (NPS) closed the Scott Circle…