Press Release: AG Racine Leads Coalition of 18 AGs Urging Regulators to Protect Workers from Harmful…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
July 16, 2019
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AGs Recommend State and Federal Collaboration to Increase Antitrust Enforcement in Labor Market, Fight Practices that…
Press Release: Norton Opposes House Bill that Creates Special Federal Crime in D.C. for Female…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 16, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that she opposes, for home-rule reasons, the Federal Prohibition of Female…
Press Release: DDOT Grants Mid-Year Permit to Dockless Vehicle Operator
News Release — District Department of Transportation
July 15, 2019
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Lauren Stephens
(Washington, DC) –Today, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced that Bolt Mobility was awarded a mid-year…
District Links: How DC is planning for climate change, which may bring weeks of 100+ degree days by…
Happy Tuesday. Last week’s flash flooding highlights the importance of “resilience planning,” the city’s Office of Resilience says.
Gordon Chaffin: What we can all learn from the Arlington runner who circled the entire Beltway
You may have heard recently that some crazy Virginia man just ran around the whole Beltway. Well, his name is Mike Wardian, he lives in Arlington, and he’s a professional runner. Mike is actually an ultramarathoner, specializing in…
WUSA9: Mayor Bowser on motherhood, Miranda and making the case for immunization
Mayor Muriel Bowser leads a city of more than 670,000 people in the Nation's Capital. But her most demanding constituent greets her before she leaves home.
Deborah Simmons in The Washington Times: Bowser offers help against the measles menace — sort…
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday that the city will be offering free measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations at clinics and doctors’ offices in all eight of the city’s wards.
Curbed: Activists plan memorial for two people killed by driver in Pennsylvania Avenue NW park
The two people were resting in the park when they were fatally struck
Washington Business Journal: Arne Sorenson says Marriott will fight D.C. resort fees lawsuit
Marriott International Inc. CEO Arne Sorenson is promising to fight the lawsuit from D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine alleging the Bethesda hotel giant is using deceptive pricing tactics with its resort fees at some of its hotels around…
Washingtonian: Poplar Point Could Be DC’s Next Great Development—Here’s How
Three ideas for one of the city's biggest open plots.
WAMU: D.C. Averages A Week Of 100-Degree Days. Climate Change Could Make That Two Months.
Washingtonians love to complain about the region’s sultry summer weather. Well, get ready to complain some more.
Washington Business Journal: Up in the air, it’s … a Washington Kastles’ match
Monday marked the Washington Kastles’ inaugural match in their new stadium — more than 30 feet up, on the roof of Union Market.
Flooding issues bring attention to one of DC’s first projects under new resilience strategy
As commuters abandoned cars to flash flooding a week ago while about a month’s worth of rain fell on DC in just an hour, residents saw “an example of what makes resilience planning so important,” according to the District’s deputy…
Washington Times: Poll finds weak support for D.C. statehood nationwide
Years of lobbying, begging and threatening have barely moved the needle for proponents of statehood for the District of Columbia. A new Gallup poll out this week finds that Americans oppose D.C. statehood by a more than 2-to-1 margin, with…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Dear America: Stop dissing D.C. We deserve the same rights as you.
Haven’t visited D.C.? No worries, we get it. There are so many other places in this great, sprawling country of ours to visit.
WAMU: More Of Those Notoriously Slippery Metro Tiles Are Getting Replaced
Metro’s red-brown clay tiles are a key feature of the transit system’s architecture. They’re also notoriously slippery when wet.
WTOP: Rescuers offer $5K reward for info on abused puppy found in Northeast DC
The Humane Rescue Alliance is offering $5,000 for information leading to the person responsible for abandoning an emaciated puppy in need of emergency veterinary care.
WTOP: Lane closures, flaggers back out on already-rehabbed portion of Beach Drive
A three-year project to rehabilitate Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park is on track for on-time completion this fall. So drivers might be surprised to find lane closures on part of the project that was already supposed to be done.
CNN: Nearly two-thirds of Americans oppose D.C. statehood, a Gallup poll finds
(CNN) — Should the District of Columbia be its own state? A new Gallup poll finds that 64 percent of Americans say no.
Washingtonian: Tryst in Adams Morgan Temporarily Closed Due to Roof Fire
An employee of Madam's Organ helped contain the fire before firefighters arrived