Curbed: D.C. picks ride-hailing company Via to help transport government employees
A new partnership is designed to reduce the use and costs of the District government’s vehicle fleet
Washington Post: An aged tree, witness to history, falls near the Washington Monument
One day around 1890, the seed of a white mulberry tree, perhaps borne from the droppings of a passing bird, fell on the grounds of the newly dedicated Washington Monument.
WAMU: It’s Hard Enough Pushing Kids In A Stroller. It’s Harder On Metrobus.
Olga Cano, 38, wakes up before 6 a.m. to start her daily shuffle. She gets ready for work, then wakes up her two daughters. Her older daughter is 3, the younger one is 9 months.
WAMU: Giant Bugs And Neon Houses Take Over Smithsonian Gardens
There’s a praying mantis the size of an adult human in the Pollinator Garden next to the Natural History Museum.
WTOP: DC police disproportionately target black people for minor violations: study
Black residents in the District are disproportionately arrested for minor violations, despite making up less than half of the population, according to a study by two watchdog groups.
WTOP: DC Council moves to close United Medical Center
The D.C. Council voted to start defunding Washington’s only hospital east of the Anacostia River — a hospital the city owns and pumps millions of dollars in subsidies into annually.
Anthony Wiliams in The Post: Alice Rivlin turned visions of Washington into reality
Alice M. Rivlin, who died Tuesday at 88, was not some callous budget maven or austere fiscal hawk who cared only about balanced budgets and financial austerity. She wanted government to work and investment to flow back into the District in…
Washington Post: D.C. Council: No more free rides on Circulator
The Council voted Tuesday to nix funding for Mayor Bowser’s ride-free program, but it added money for a congestion-pricing study, scooter parking and a new NoMa Metro station tunnel.
Norton Introduces D.C. Courts Home Rule Act
May 15, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
Norton Introduces D.C. Courts Home Rule Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today she has introduced the District of Columbia Courts Home Rule Act, which…
Court considers an injunction to halt repairs as legal battle continues over former Sanford Capital…
A D.C. Superior Court judge will hear arguments today regarding the selection of a new receiver for a dilapidated apartment complex in Ward 8. The contested buildings are at the heart of a civil case brought in 2016 by the Office of the…
Bowser Administration Asks Residents to Provide Feedback on DC Values
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 14, 2019
CONTACT:
Mekdy Alemayehu (DCOP)
Bowser Administration Asks Residents to Provide Feedback on DC Values
Survey Asks Residents About Accessibility, Diversity, Equity,…
Washington Post: D.C. Council rejects mayor’s proposal to move Banneker High
The D.C. Council narrowly rejected Tuesday a proposal from Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to build a new campus for an elite high school on vacant property in the booming Shaw neighborhood.
Washington Post: As part of budget vote, D.C. lawmakers opt to close city’s public hospital within…
D.C. lawmakers voted Tuesday to close the District’s only public hospital within four years, ending six decades of turbulent history at the only full-service hospital in the low-income and predominantly African American neighborhoods east…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. Council votes to speed up East End hospital, cap UMC subsidy at…
The D.C. Council threw its support behind speeding up the delivery of a new East End hospital by a year as the beleaguered United Medical Center struggles to stay afloat.
Washington Post Editorial Board: With Alice Rivlin’s death, D.C. has lost a fierce advocate
FOUNDING DIRECTOR of the Congressional Budget Office. Vice chair of the Federal Reserve. Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Co-chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s…
City Paper: Committee on Finance and Revenue “Concerned With Additional Delay” of Public…
Despite the D.C. Council's desire to fast-track sports betting in D.C., a citywide mobile sports gambling app won't be available until January 2020 at the earliest. A recent report from the Council's finance and revenue committee expresses…
City Paper: An Appreciation for Alice Rivlin
Former Mayor Tony Williams recalls her local touch
Washington Post: Study finds disproportionate number of black people arrested in D.C.
A disproportionate number of black people in the District are arrested for minor violations that include smoking marijuana in public, driving without a license and gambling, a study from two watchdog groups found.
Courtland Milloy in The Post: The District’s racial and income divide is cutting short the lives of…
The District’s latest “health equity” maps shows a city divided by race and income. How well you live, or sometimes whether you live at all, can depend on what side of the line you are on.
Statement from Mayor Bowser on the Passing of Alice Rivlin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 14, 2019
CONTACT:
EOM Communications (EOM)
Statement from Mayor Bowser on the Passing of Alice Rivlin
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser released the following statement on the passing of…