Washington Post: GSA chief: Trump had no role in wanting FBI headquarters downtown
Administrator says she is not aware of Trump intervening for his own financial interests, as Democrats allege.
Despite Growing Urgency, Long-Stalled FBI Headquarters Project Remains In Limbo
Last month, an eight-pound piece of concrete fell from the ceiling of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, damaging a light fixture and an FBI employee's desk that he was lucky to not be occupying at the time.
WTOP: George Washington U. team wins DC funding for traffic app
A team of George Washington University students and professors has won a $25,000 award from the District to continue developing an app that would provide D.C. drivers with real-time information on traffic congestion and crashes.
Statement on Mayor Bowser’s Visit to the White House
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 13, 2019
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
Statement on Mayor Bowser’s Visit to the White House
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, following a visit to the White House, the Executive Office of Mayor Muriel…
District Links: Council members talk to general counsel about Evans investigation; emergency care…
Happy Wednesday. The DC Council’s budget office has published a new website, DCCouncilBudget.com, as lawmakers anticipate the mayor’s budget proposal next week.
DCist: U.S. Attorney’s Office Will Pursue Retrial In Transgender Woman’s 2016 Murder
Deeniquia “Dee Dee” Dodds was 22 when she died at the hospital a week after being shot in Northeast D.C. Last week, after two years, a jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of two men charged in connection with her death. A Superior…
Washington Business Journal: Top FBI official says agency, not GSA, made call on plans to stay in…
The FBI made the call to keep its headquarters in downtown D.C. without guidance from officials at the General Services Administration, according to a top agency official.
WAMU: D.C. Charter Schools Would Become More Transparent Under Council Bill
Public charter schools in D.C. have recently come under scrutiny for what many see as a lack of transparency. Unlike traditional public schools, charters aren’t required to make salaries, records, or vendor contracts under $100,000 public,…
Washington Post: New National Zoo security fencing that reduces pedestrian access is approved
The National Zoo said Wednesday that it received permission last week from the National Capital Planning Commission to proceed with a controversial plan to extend security fencing around its complex.
UrbanTurf: McMillan Reservoir Redevelopment Team Requests Time Extension
Years after a planned-unit development (PUD) for the McMillan Reservoir received zoning approval, and two years after a ceremonial groundbreaking, the project remains under appeal.
City Paper: D.C. Finally Establishes a Committee to Address Maternal Deaths
But the committee's lived-experience role remains unfilled.
Washington Blade: GLAA calls on Evans to step down as committee chair
The Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance, D.C.’s oldest continuously active LGBT rights organization, is calling for D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) to step down as chair of the Council’s Committee on Finance and Revenue while he…
UrbanTurf: Edens Plans a New 300-Unit Building at Union Market
Edens has plans in the works for a new 300-unit residential development at Union Market.
Washington Blade: Hung jury in trans murder case sparks courthouse protest
About 70 transgender activists and their supporters turned out on Tuesday for a protest outside the D.C. Superior Court building after a trial at the courthouse of two men charged with the 2016 murder of transgender woman Deeniquia “Dee…
Mayor Bowser Delivers New Affordable Housing, Community Amenities at The Beacon Center in Ward 4
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 13, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Gwendolyn Cofield (DHCD)
Mayor Bowser Delivers New Affordable Housing, Community Amenities at The Beacon Center in Ward 4
(WASHINGTON,…
DCHFA Launches Reverse Mortgage Insurance & Tax Payment Program to Aid District Homeowners
Washington, D.C. – As more Washington, D.C. residents fall behind on taxes and insurance costs associated with their reverse mortgage loans, the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA) launches the $500,000 Reverse…
Washington Business Journal: Wells Fargo rolling out new lounge-like bank concepts in D.C.
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) is experimenting with a new banking concept in the District with plans to open two “digital express centers” this year.
City Paper: The First Urgent Care Center East of the River Is on Its Way
Advocates say the center is a major step forward in the fight for health equity, and long overdue.
Metro Weekly: D.C. activists protest lack of justice for transgender victims of crime
Demonstrators say the judicial system doesn't seem to value the lives of transgender individuals
Washington Post: A white child called three black classmates a racial slur. Months later, the school…
A racist slur hurled at three black children on a D.C. schoolyard has forced a public elementary school with a mostly white and affluent student body to address its discipline policies and examine whether the school is inclusive to…