WAMU: Capital Fringe Festival Brings A Shakespeare Spoof, A 30-Hour Show And A Video Arcade To D.C.
It’s that time of year again — when local actors, directors, stage managers and lighting and set designers emerge from the earth like cicadas for the Capital Fringe Festival. The 14th annual celebration returns to the Southwest Waterfront…
UrbanTurf: New Zoning Amendments Could Result in Artist Performances and More Homes in DC’s Alleys
A proposed zoning amendment could expand what is possible in DC's alleys.
Northwest Courier: ANC 2E Commissioner Throws Hat into Ward 2 Council Race
Two-time ANC commissioner Kishan Putta joined the increasingly crowded race for the Ward 2 Council seat on Wednesday, June 26.
Norton’s D.C. Statehood Press Conference Remarks with National Advocacy Groups
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 2, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
Norton’s D.C. Statehood Press Conference Remarks with National Advocacy Groups
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Breaks Ground on Ward 1 Short-Term Family Housing
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Department of Human Services
July 2, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Dora Taylor-Lowe (DHS)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser broke ground on the Ward 1…
Press Release: AG Racine Introduces Legislation to Crack Down on Contracting Fraud that Harms Local…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
July 2, 2019
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Proposal Would Increase Accountability for Non-District Companies That Cheat to Win Government Contracts
WASHINGTON,…
District Links: Jack Evans’ meeting with colleagues fails to stem tide of ethics questions;…
Seated in a cramped conference room for two hours today, Jack Evans tried to assuage his 12 DC Council colleagues about his ethical standing in the midst of multiple investigations. But not a single legislator appeared to soften their…
Press Release: Hole-in-one business opportunity with the National Park Service
News Release — National Park Service
July 1, 2019
Contact: Katie Liming
Long-term lease opportunity offered for East Potomac, Langston and Rock Creek golf courses
Langston Golf Course, first opened in 1939, is one of three…
WTOP: National Park Service wants to lease 3 historic DC golf courses
The National Park Service has decided to offer long-term leases for three historic golf courses in the District when the current concessions contract expires.
Hill Rag: Mayor Celebrates Minimum Wage Increase at Frager’s
Garden Center Press Conference Celebrates Third Step Towards $15-an-Hour Wage
MemoryWell: D.C. woman is turning her childhood home into affordable housing for LGBT seniors
From Stonewall to now: first ‘out’ generation of LGBT Americans face discrimination in old age
City Paper: Three Generations of a Ward 7 Family Find Work and Fulfillment in Urban Farming
"I did not set out to be no farmer. It’s relaxing once you settle into it."
NPR: D.C. Prosecutors, Once Dubious, Are Becoming Believers In Restorative Justice
A teenager's life is on the line — but he is nowhere to be found.
Washington Post: Jack Evans to address D.C. Council about growing ethics scandal
D.C. Council member Jack Evans is set to address fellow lawmakers Tuesday morning about the recent FBI search of his home and a law firm investigation that found multiple ethics violations while he chaired the Metro transit agency’s board.…
Norton Statement on President Trump’s Latest Plans for Fourth of July
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 1, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after news broke that President Trump wants to…
Bisnow: Monument Realty Wins Rights To Build 577-Unit Project In NoMa
Monument Realty now has control of two adjacent NoMa sites that could yield nearly 900 residential units.
Washington Post: RCN will no longer carry MASN or MASN2 after carriage impasse
RCN on Monday stopped carrying the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, which broadcasts Nationals and Baltimore Orioles games, after the cable company and the regional sports network could not reach a carriage agreement. Effective Monday, RCN…
WTOP: Maryland to withhold Metro capital funding
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration is refusing to give Metro $55.59 million in capital funding that was due Monday.
Washington Post: Maryland withholds $55.6 million from Metro, citing ‘stonewalling’ on audits
Maryland said Monday that it is withholding $55.6 million in funds from Metro because the transit system has refused to account for money received earlier from the state in what it called “an ongoing pattern of fiscal obfuscation and a…
DCist: Nearly 300 Unionized Food Workers At Washington Convention Center Authorize A Strike
Carmen Valencia has been working at D.C.’s convention center since before the current building, the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, was built.