Yesim Sayin Taylor: DC’s budget is growing at a faster pace than economic fundamentals can support
Relying on short-term revenue fixes to pay for spending increases doesn't bode well for fair and competitive tax policy. Yet this is one of several troubling aspects of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s budget proposals now under review by the DC…
DCRA Announces Enforcement and Consumer Protection Enhancements
DCRA Announces Enforcement and Consumer Protection Enhancements
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) is launching a series of efforts to strengthen consumer protection by streamlining its housing…
Washington Post: Liberal, conservative organizations unite against National Park Service proposal to…
Eight organizations have joined forces against a National Park Service proposal that would require activists to pay the government back for the cost of protests and limit where in Washington demonstrators can gather.
NBC4: DC Residents Say MPD Ignored Complaints Against Special Police Officer
Parts of the videos are disturbing to watch. They all feature encounters with the same special police officer, and the D.C. residents he arrested say they are still struggling with the impacts months and years later.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: The kids talked about shootings, college costs, depression. Were the…
It’s still hard for McKenzie Turner to talk about that day.
Washington Business Journal: Howard University chooses new partners to tackle the former Howard Town…
Howard University has, at long last, struck a new deal for the redevelopment of two historic buildings near its campus.
Curbed: D.C. court green-lights Union Market project featuring ‘DeafSpace’ design principles
With lawsuit rejected, major joint development by Gallaudet University and JBG Smith is set to advance
Washington Business Journal: Treasury could stop printing money in D.C., move bureau out to…
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing could soon move its money manufacturing operations out of its downtown D.C. headquarters in favor of a new facility in Maryland.
Washington Post: D.C. bilingual teacher exchange program threatened deportation, lawsuit says
The D.C. Attorney General’s Office on Monday sued a man who recruited foreign teachers to work in District schools, saying he charged teachers high fees for services he did not provide and threatened them with deportation if they didn’t…
UrbanTurf: Two Large Rental Buildings Hit the Market in Petworth
Two large residential buildings are hitting the market in Petworth.
DCist: MPD Arrests At Least One Boy On Charges Of Armed Robbery
Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested at least one juvenile on the street near H Street Northeast on Saturday afternoon, sparking outrage from a small crowd that gathered on the scene and across social media, where a video of…
City Paper: D.C.’s Arts Commission Faces Major Changes in Council Shift, Mayor’s Budget
A new councilmember to oversee the Commission will be decided at tomorrow's legislative meeting.
Washington Post: Police charge driver of D.C. Council member’s car with leaving scene of crash
A 28-year-old man who D.C. police said left the scene of a crash while driving a vehicle owned by D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. has been charged in connection with the case, according to court documents.
WAMU: Miranda And Mayor Bowser: ‘We’re Just A Normal Little Family On Orchid Street’
For over a decade, Muriel Bowser has been the boss: First of her D.C. Council office and its small staff, then of the entire D.C. government, a $15 billion enterprise that employs more than 35,000 people.
City Paper: Dear Ted Leonsis: Don’t Let Steve Buckhantz Leave
“My passion has always been for the Wizards and our broadcasts. This is where I’d like to be.”
WTOP: ‘You turn us on and we’re there’: Looking back at 50 years of news on WTOP
We have to give credit where it’s due. Back in 1969, legendary Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham had been listening to WAVA, a small AM station out of the Virginia suburbs that broadcast all news.
Cheh Calls on Attorney General to Investigate Homeless Shelter Food Contracts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 1, 2019
Communications Director: Kelly Whittier
Cheh Calls on Attorney General to Investigate Homeless Shelter Food Contracts
Letter to the Attorney General details multiple irregularities with food…
Mayor Bowser Highlights FY 20 Budget Investments in Child Care After Participating in Read Across…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 1, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Fred Lewis (OSSE)
Mayor Bowser Highlights FY 20 Budget Investments in Child Care After Participating in Read Across America
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today,…
Norton Says Every Democratic Senator Now Backs Findings Endorsing D.C. Statehood
April 1, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
Norton Says Every Democratic Senator Now Backs Findings Endorsing D.C. Statehood
Applauds Democratic Senators for Cosponsoring Companion to H.R. 1
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of…
Washingtonian: DC Author Shares the Secrets of José Andrés, Patrick O’Connell, and the World’s Top…
In his new book "A Wealth of Insight," journalist Rahim Kanani talks to 44 culinary legends