District Links: Council hearing set for bill to open betting app to competition; nonprofit stops…
Just as mobile and online sports betting gets underway in Maryland, a DC Council committee is preparing to hold a public hearing on Dec. 13 on legislation to allow commercial operators like FanDuel and DraftKings to compete against the…
City Paper: Initiative 82 Passed By a Much Larger Margin Than Its Predecessor. How Much Did…
The DSA sees its tipped wage ballot measure organizing as a ‘test case’ for a future citywide campaign.
Washington Post: World Cup watch party brings devoted soccer fans to D.C. park
Britt Robinson could have stayed home or gone to a bar to watch the United States play Wales in its opening game of the World Cup on Monday afternoon. But what fun would that be? Instead the 27-year-old congressional staffer opted to join…
DCist: Bread For The City Ended Its Annual ‘Holiday Helpings’ Early Due To Unprecedented Demand
Bread for the City unexpectedly announced it would end its annual Holiday Helpings program early. The decades-old event assists D.C. residents who need extra support during the pricey holiday season with a free turkey and a $50 gift card.…
Press Release: Modified District Government Services for Thanksgiving Day
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 21, 2022
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Thursday, November 24, and Friday, November 25, 2022, the…
Press Release: National Park Service announces 2022-2023 deer management operations for Rock Creek…
News Release — National Park Service
DATE: November 21, 2022
CONTACT: Megan Nortrup
WASHINGTON—Since 2013, when the National Park Service (NPS) began reducing the deer population in Rock Creek Park, tree seedling density has…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Launches Sixth Annual Home for the Holidays Campaign
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Human Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 21, 2022
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Kevin Valentine, Jr. (DHS)
District Seeks to…
District Links: Applicants for DC’s foreclosure relief funds endure delays; advocates warn of…
With Thanksgiving just days away, Mayor Muriel Bowser is embarking on her administration's sixth annual Home for the Holidays campaign with a goal of placing 900 families and individuals experiencing homelessness into housing by the end of…
Axios: D.C. teachers’ union, city go to arbitration as contract drags on
Union contract negotiations between D.C. public school teachers and Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration is in arbitration — three years after the initial contract expired.
Washington Post: D.C. homeowners wait for financial aid as foreclosure notices pile up
As of Nov. 1, the District has assigned about $1.7 million of the $50 million the federal government gave the city for foreclosure relief
Washington Post: Federal court border ruling may increase migrant buses to D.C. area, advocates say
The arrival of the buses has slowed, but advocates helping migrants build new lives are preparing for a potential increase
DCist: Stephen Starr, Nancy Silverton To Open Italian Restaurant In Georgetown’s Old Dean &…
Stephen Starr, the restaurateur behind D.C.’s Le Diplomate and St. Anselm, is officially partnering with Los Angeles-based chef Nancy Silverton to bring an Italian market and restaurant to the former Dean & DeLuca location, part of the…
DCist: ‘He Was Pursuing That Moped’: MPD Captain Testifies Against Officers In Murder, Obstruction…
When Captain Franklin Porter got to his desk around 9 p.m. on October 23, 2020, it appeared he was in for a pretty normal shift as watch commander for the Metropolitan Police Department. As the supervisor in charge of MPD’s entire Fourth…
DCist: Slew Of Longtime Local Radio Voices Take Buyouts At WTOP
Eight veteran WTOP journalists, including several whose voices many Washingtonians hear on air every day, will leave the station at the end of year after accepting voluntary buyouts.
DCist: D.C. Teachers March For New Contract As Union Bargaining Resumes
D.C. teachers held demonstrations at at least five schools across the city after school on Thursday, continuing their push for a contract after their last one expired in 2019. At one school, they chanted slogans like, “Support your…
DCist: Street Vendors Renew Call To Decriminalize Unlicensed Selling Before 2025
Kahssay Gebrebrhan has been selling hot dogs in the District on Indiana Avenue NW for more than 30 years. Gebrebrhan says that for many of them, he’s experienced harassment from both law enforcement and representatives from the Department…
District Links: Racine sues Commanders over withheld season ticket deposits; advocates push DC to…
A week after filing suit against the Washington Commanders, AG Karl Racine is back this week with a second court challenge.
jonetta rose barras: Transform this!
After winning her historic third term as mayor of the nation’s capital and chief executive officer of the DC government, Muriel Bowser started throwing around terms like “transformation.” She is supposed to have a “big ideas” summit Dec. 3…
Washington Post: D.C. attorney general files second lawsuit against Commanders
The office of D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Washington Commanders regarding refundable deposits that allegedly were not returned by the team to season ticket holders from the District.
Axios: D.C. attorney general sues Washington Commanders for allegedly cheating ticket holders
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced a new civil lawsuit Thursday against the Washington Commanders, alleging the football team used an illegal scheme to trick D.C. ticket holders out of their season ticket deposits and used the…