WUSA9: ‘It’s our duty to fight for our freedom!’ | Hundreds protest detention…
Activists in D.C. took part in the international Lights for Liberty vigils Friday in response to the President's immigration policies.
NBC4: Protesters Support Immigrants in ‘Lights for Liberty’ Vigils
Protesters gathered at "Lights for Liberty" vigils in the D.C. area Friday night in support of immigrants across the country.
ABC7: Community-wide effort helps fund funeral for slain transgender woman Zoe Spears
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — It's been nearly a month since 23-year-old Zoe Spears was shot and killed, the second transgender woman to be murdered just over the DC line in Prince George's County. 27-year-old Ashanti Carmon was found dead in the…
WTOP: Ahead of ICE raids, police address DC’s immigrant community — in 8 languages
D.C. police want to maintain trust with the city’s immigrant communities, and they’re letting them know in their own languages.
DCist: ANC Commissioner Anthony Lorenzo Green Announces Run For Vincent Gray’s Ward 7 Seat
Outspoken ANC commissioner Anthony Lorenzo Green announced today that he will seek the Ward 7 seat currently held by former mayor Vincent Gray.
Washington Post Editorial Board: Trump stiffed D.C. taxpayers. The city should be repaid for…
DURING HIS years in private business, Donald Trump was frequently accused of not paying and underpaying people who performed services for his real estate holdings. Everyone from carpenters to waiters to drapery makers complained that they…
Washington Post: Trump’s July Fourth: House Democrats urge reimbursement of D.C. security fund
Democratic leaders of the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Friday sent a letter to President Trump asking that he reimburse a special D.C. government security fund that was exhausted by the president’s overhauled Fourth of July…
Washington Business Journal: Trader Joe’s sets opening date for Glover Park store
Trader Joe's will open its 17th Greater Washington location in Glover Park on July 19th.
Associated Press: Washington AG opens inquiry into NRA’s financial affairs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The attorney general for Washington D.C. has issued subpoenas to the National Rifle Association and its related charitable foundation as part of an investigation into allegations of financial misconduct inside the…
Washington Post: D.C. government official fined $5,000 for using assistant for personal tasks
The District’s chief advocate for utility ratepayers has agreed to pay $5,000 to settle an ethics investigation for using government staff to perform personal tasks such as booking hair and nail appointments.
WTOP: House Oversight to Trump: Pay DC what’s owed for ‘Salute to America,’ inauguration expenses
The Democrat-led Committee on Oversight and Reform fired off a letter to President Donald Trump on Friday, requesting that he commit to reimbursing D.C. for expenses incurred during his July Fourth “Salute to America” on the National Mall,…
WTOP: Metro didn’t have the right bolt to hold rail cars together
A Metro train pulled apart on the tracks last year because the agency was using the wrong parts, installing parts that were used incorrectly, and not checking to ensure things were done right, according to a just-completed investigation.
Colbert King in The Post: All of D.C.’s children must come first. Not just the ones in Northwest.
Families in crime-plagued Northeast and Southeast D.C. neighborhoods must have looked with envy at the police presence during last Saturday’s Demand Free Speech rally around Washington’s Freedom Plaza. It was, in a word, massive.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces $2.5 Million Available for FY 2020 Immigrant Justice Legal…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
July 12, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser announced that her Administration is making a total of $2.5 million available through the…
WAMU: D.C. Subpoenaed The NRA As Part Of An Investigation Into Their Nonprofit Status
After a tumultuous few months, the National Rifle Association suffered another in a series of blows Friday when a second attorney general opened an investigation into its nonprofit status.
Bisnow: How To Build More Housing In Upper Northwest? Change Policies, Minds
D.C. leaders are looking to encourage more housing development in the wealthy enclaves of Upper Northwest as part of the city's goal of increasing residential supply across the District, and they now have a lengthy list of new ideas to…
City Paper: Brandon Todd’s Lemonade Stand Bill Creates an Exemption That Already Exists
Todd says the widely supported, and reported on, bill creates cohesion between two sections of D.C. law.
DCist: Adams Morgan ANC Supports Construction Of A Library At Controversial SunTrust Plaza
At its meeting Wednesday night, ANC 1C passed a resolution in support of a new library in the neighborhood. That might be a mostly uncontroversial suggestion, if it weren’t for the long-standing battle over the plot of land the Advisory…
UrbanTurf: Raze Application Paves Way For Palisades Safeway Redevelopment
A raze application has been filed for the former Safeway grocery store at 4865 MacArthur Boulevard NW (map), paving the way for redevelopment of the now-shuttered store.
Curbed: Flooding damage forces prolonged closure of 1.5-mile stretch of Canal Road NW
D.C. transportation officials say emergency repairs will be done for at least a week