WAMU: Addresses Of Domestic Abuse Survivors, Abortion Providers Will Soon Be Allowed To Remain…
Finding someone’s home address in D.C. isn’t particularly hard — the city’s elections board, for one, makes sure that information on registered voters easily available to the public. But now, D.C. is taking steps to make private the…
Washington Business Journal: Prime Day protesters chant, leave boxes at Jeff Bezos’ D.C. home
Demonstrators with the For Us, Not Amazon coalition protested in front of Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos' home in D.C.'s Kalorama neighborhood Tuesday morning.
Curbed: D.C. permits electric scooters from company co-founded by former Olympic athlete
Bolt Mobility may deploy up to 600 electric scooters in the District
Washington Post: Love the D.C. flag? Now you can get a snare drum emblazoned with the design.
If I had to rank the flags of our area from best to least-best — and I do — I’d put them in this order: the District, Maryland, Virginia.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Activates Heat Emergency Plan
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
July 16, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Christopher White (HSEMA)
Dora Taylor-Lowe (DHS)
Michael Tucker Jr. (DPR)
Mayor Extends Hours for Low-Barrier Shelters and…
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill Requiring Federal Officials Serving D.C. to Live in D.C.
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 16, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
D.C. Equality Bill Establishes Same Requirements for Federal Officials in D.C as in States and Territories
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor…
Washington Business Journal: Metro fills out team to design, build new D.C. headquarters
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has filled out the development team that will bring its new D.C. headquarters to life.
From Howard to the White House? DC campus astir over Kamala Harris
On the morning of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Kamala Harris announced in a TV appearance that she was running for president in 2020. Her next stop was her alma mater: Howard University.
Harris, the junior U.S. senator from California,…
UrbanTurf: The 2,000 Residences on the Boards in Anacostia
Between the Opportunity Zone designation, the 11th Street Bridge Park, and delivery of Maple View Flats (which is expected to house the first Starbucks east of the River) and the Anacostia Busboys and Poets just steps away from each other,…
Bisnow: Trump Administration Moving Another Federal Agency Out Of D.C. Region
The federal government is continuing an effort to relocate agencies away from the Washington region in a move that could hurt the D.C. office market.
DCist: House Republicans Demand Information On Jack Evans Probe, Suggest Metro Investigation Was A…
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is wading into the ethics scandal that continues to balloon around Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, asking the Metro board on Tuesday for more information about its investigation into ethics…
Washington Post: Republicans in Congress seek records on Metro ethics probe of Jack Evans
Republican members of Congress have asked the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to provide records relating to its ethics investigation of former board chair Jack Evans.
Washington Post: Chef Kwame Onwuachi’s memoir to get the big-screen treatment by the company behind…
Kwame Onwuachi, the James Beard Award-winning chef and author of the heartbreaking/inspiring memoir “Notes From a Young Black Chef,” can now add a new title to his résumé: executive producer.
WTOP: House Republicans ask Metro for ethics probe documents on Jack Evans
Two top Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are pressing Metro for additional details on the ethics probe that eventually led to former board Chairman Jack Evans’ resignation.
City Paper: Congressional Republicans Request Documents Related to Jack Evans Metro Investigation
In a letter, representatives hint at the scandal's potential impact on D.C.'s push for statehood
Press Release: Norton Vows to Fight Bureau of Land Management Sabotage
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 16, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today vowed to fight the Trump administration’s plans to move more than a…
Press Release: Domestic Violence Prevention Efforts in D.C. Show Significant Improvements
News Release — Office of the DC Auditor
Contact: Diane Shinn
New report shows D.C.’s practices align with national guidance and practices in many other jurisdictions
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2019–The Domestic Violence Fatality…
Yasmin Vafa in Washingtonian: DC Council Bill Would Turn Our Nation’s Capital Into a Capital for Sex…
I wish I could say I was shocked by the sex trafficking charges against Jeffrey Epstein. But as someone who supports survivors of sexual exploitation and trafficking, the disturbing allegations that he and a handful of powerful men…
DCist: Kwame Onwuachi’s Memoir Is Being Made Into A Movie
Kwame Onwuachi is getting the Hollywood treatment. The D.C.-based chef’s three-month-old memoir Notes From a Young Black Chef is being adapted into a film. Atlanta star Lakeith Stanfield is attached to star as Onwuachi, Variety reports.
DCist: D.C. Is Part Of A New Mid-Atlantic Whiskey Trail
It may not be as expansive or dense as Kentucky’s famous bourbon trail, but D.C. now has its own tour of locally-made whiskey and other spirits. The Whiskey Rebellion Trail is a collaboration among four Mid-Atlantic cities—Washington,…