Washington Post: D.C. Council approves housing authority overhaul in final meeting of 2022
The D.C. Council on Tuesday narrowly voted to temporarily restructure the city housing authority’s governing board amid a contentious public debate on whether problems at the agency could be sufficiently addressed through an emergency…
DCist: ‘Every Kid Deserves To Unwrap A Gift’: Recently Bused Migrants Celebrate Their First…
Arianny Ramirez stares down at a pile of dough resting on a wooden counter. She pushes the strength of her arms into her palms to roll it out thin. Then, she cuts the dough’s edges to make six even rectangles before lining each one with…
DCist: Duke Ellington Students Fear DCPS Takeover Will Doom Arts Curriculum
On Tuesday morning, dozens of students at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts opted out of their morning classes and instead gathered outside D.C. Public Schools’ central offices in Northeast D.C., protesting a proposed DCPS takeover of…
DCist: Push For Mobile Voting In D.C. Collapses As Experts Say It Can’t Yet Be Implemented Safely
The brief flirtation with bringing mobile voting to D.C. has come to an end.
Press Release: Doors Opening: Councilmember Allen’s Metro For DC Bill Unanimously Passes Council
News Release — Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen
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December 20, 2022
Contact: Erik Salmi
Fare-Free Bus + Overnight Bus Could Happen by July, $100 Monthly DC Resident Subsidy in 2024
Today, in a…
Press Release: Council Passes Legislation by Councilmember Lewis George Requiring Major Traffic…
News Release — Ward 4 DC Council member Janeese Lewis George
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Alex Taliadoros
WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, December 20, the DC Council unanimously passed the…
Press Release: National Park Service issues Record of Decision for Kenilworth Park Landfill Site
News Release — National Park Service
For immediate release
Date: Dec. 20, 2022
Contact: Sean Mcginty
WASHINGTON— The National Park Service (NPS) has released the Record of Decision…
Press Release: Norton Secures Over $21 Million for D.C. Organizations in Final Fiscal Year 2023…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
December 20, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today she secured over $21 million in Community Project…
Press Release: OSSE Announces 2022 Graduation Rates
News Release — DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education
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December 20, 2022
CONTACT:
Fred Lewis (OSSE)
Schools in the District saw a 2% increase in graduation rate for the 2021-22…
Press Release: AG Racine Announces Major Victory in Eminent Domain Case, Saving District Taxpayers…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
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December 20, 2022
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Office of Communications
Jury Verdict Resolves Dispute Over the New Frederick Douglass Bridge
WASHINGTON, D.C.…
District Links: District reports rise in graduation rate to 74.9%; bill to bring mobile voting to DC…
The District's graduation rate climbed to 74.9% in the 2021-22 school year, the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education announced this morning.
Christina Grant and Allister Chang: Recovery requires commitment to literacy for all students
Some of the best teaching outside of the classroom happens on a trip to the grocery store.
Reading labels. Checking items off a list. Introducing new foods and, in the process, new words, too.
Imagine a little boy and his dad…
City Paper: Bowser, Mendelson Push for a Last-Minute Christmas Miracle on DCHA Reform
The outcome could portend the dynamics on a new, more progressive Council next year.
WTOP: DC corrections officer charged with embezzling union funds
A D.C. corrections officer has been charged with embezzling thousands of dollars from the labor union representing D.C. corrections employees.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Duke Ellington teens resist DCPS, fear losing school ‘to bureaucracy’
There is a place in Northwest Washington so sparkling and special that the first lady of France made it a point to visit — twice: Duke Ellington School of the Arts.
Washington Post: Residents return home to long-awaited Northwest One redevelopment
Before Nathan Brown was forced to move, he could have been seen playing basketball in the parking lot of Temple Courts in Northwest Washington or laughing with his neighbors while they barbecued.
DCist: Years After Demolition, Former Residents Of NoMa Public Housing Complex Move Into New…
When Nathan Brown and his family left Temple Courts in 2008, D.C. officials promised that they would eventually be able to return to the public housing complex at the corner of North Capitol and L Streets NW — though it would be fully…
Washington Post: D.C. brokers deal to keep apartment building affordable for 25 years
D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine called the first-of-its-kind settlement a “major victory” for affordable housing in the District
Washington Post: D.C. jail guard accused of spending union funds on New York vacation
A corrections officer at the D.C. jail is accused of spending thousands of dollars of union funds on a trip to New York where he caught a Broadway musical and an NBA game.
Axios: Big redevelopment will remake corner of 14th and U Street
D.C. wants to redevelop the Reeves Center on 14th and U streets NW, someday turning the municipal building into shops, offices, and hundreds of apartments.