City Paper: D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson Isn’t Power Hungry
But he is power-comfortable.
Statement From Gregory M. McCarthy on Mayor Bowser’s FY 2020 Budget
For Immediate Release
March 21, 2018
Media Contact: George Williams, Media Relations Manager
Statement From Gregory M. McCarthy on Mayor Bowser's FY 2020 Budget
If you believe that libraries are an integral part of our city’s…
jonetta rose barras: Mayor Bowser’s budget ignores her own financial warning
Mayor Muriel Bowser submitted her $15.5 billion 2020 budget to the DC Council this week; $8.6 billion of the total comes from locally generated taxes and fees. The proposal as presented is a 7 percent increase over this year’s budget. New…
Washington Business Journal: Report: National Law Enforcement Museum struggling to attract visitors
Establishing the National Law Enforcement Museum was a two-decade effort, but now — only five months removed from its grand opening — it appears the museum is struggling to attract visitors and facing a financial crunch.
WUSA9: DC grandma who took custody of 3 great-grandchildren faces eviction
'My body is tired, but I’m not going to give up.'
Washington Post Magazine: The Lottery That’s Revolutionizing D.C. Schools
A Nobel Prize-winning economist designed an algorithm that transformed where Washington kids go to school. But how far can it go in addressing segregation and inequality?
Vox: The Green New Deal aims to get buildings off fossil fuels. These 6 places have already started.
The work of reducing carbon emissions from buildings has begun.
Metro Weekly: DC Eagle to temporarily close while license is suspended for 7 days
Bar also fined $2,000 due to an altercation between D.C. Councilmember Vince Gray and a bouncer
SBOE seeks District students to serve on the State Board
For Immediate Release
March 20, 2019
Contact: Paul Negron
SBOE seeks District students to serve on the State Board
Application period open for SY2019–20 Student Representatives and Advisory Committee Members
Washington, DC- …
Washington Post: D.C. Council Member Brandon Todd fined $4,000 by campaign-finance regulators
D.C. Council Member Brandon T. Todd (D-Ward 4) has been fined $4,000 after campaign-finance regulators found that he improperly used government resources to try to sway a State Board of Education race last year.
DCist: Ward 7 Is Getting Its First-Ever Urgent Care Center
Communities east of the Anacostia River will get their very first urgent care center later this year, after a D.C. regulatory agency finally granted the last bureaucratic approval the center needed to open its doors. Washington City Paper…
NBC4: DC Fines Assisted-Living Facility for Delays Reporting Sex Abuse Allegation
A Northwest D.C. assisted-living facility waited nearly a week to tell authorities about an alleged sexual abuse incident involving a woman with dementia and an on-site construction worker, the News4 I-Team has uncovered.
Washington Post: Disabled residents in the D.C. region face obstacles when searching for housing,…
On a sunny afternoon on the first day of spring, Deepa Goraya opened her laptop and sat at her dining-room table in the bright D.C. condominium she has never seen.
Washington Post: City suspends D.C. Eagle liquor license after a bouncer shoved a former mayor
D.C. alcohol regulators fined a nightclub $2,000 and suspended its liquor license for seven days because a security guard shoved and injured council member Vincent C. Gray during a September identification dispute.
DCist: The City Just Got One Step Closer To Seizing The Wendy’s In The Middle Of Dave Thomas Circle
Frosty lovers in Northeast D.C. may soon need to go beyond so-called Dave Thomas Circle to get their fix, but neighborhood groups are rejoicing at a particular nugget in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed budget: $35 million over six years to…
WAMU: More Bike Lane Enforcement And A Redesign Of ‘Dave Thomas Circle’ In Bowser Budget Proposals
Mayor Muriel Bowser addressed several transportation issues in the 2020 budget she presented on Wednesday. Among her priorities: More bike lane enforcement, fixing ‘Dave Thomas Circle’ and an expansion of the Circulator.
DCist: DC Eagle Has Its Alcohol License Suspended After Bouncer Shoved A Councilmember
The D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board has fined the DC Eagle $2,000 and suspended its liquor license for seven days over an incident last September involving former mayor and current Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray. A bouncer at the…
Washington Business Journal: Here’s an early look at one of Marriott’s first AC Hotels in D.C.
We’re getting a closer look at the AC by Marriott hotel planned for Sixth and K streets NW in Mount Vernon Triangle.
UrbanTurf: 175 Applications and $6.2 Million: One Year of DC’s Velocity Program
Last year, the DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs introduced two tools that enable developers and builders to expedite permitting applications for a range of fees. The Expedition Service offers review sessions for those in…
Washington Post: Bowser releases 2020 D.C. budget with more money for housing
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Wednesday proposed a 2020 budget that would pump additional dollars into affordable housing by raising taxes on commercial property owners, setting up a showdown with a city council that wanted to cut…