Norton Thanks Cummings for Abolishing D.C. Subcommittee as She Moves to Reduce Congressional…
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January 29, 2019
Norton Thanks Cummings for Abolishing D.C. Subcommittee as She Moves to Reduce Congressional Interference in Local District Matters
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton…
City Paper: Marathon Hearing on Opioid Crisis Reveals Confusion Over D.C.’s Plan to Reduce Deaths
Amid angry testimony, the District reports a 30 percent reduction in opioid deaths in the last year. But leaders don’t trust that data point.
Washington Post: First public hearing on nomination of D.C. chancellor scheduled for Wednesday
The first of three hearings leading up to the D.C. Council’s vote on the nomination of Lewis D. Ferebee as the District’s schools chancellor is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday.
City Paper: D.C. Seeks Reimbursement for Shutdown Losses and Residents Face Ongoing Woes
Even the homeless who stay outside federal buildings suffered acute hardship during the shutdown.
District Links: District’s response to overdoses criticized; Bowser seeks reimbursement for…
Good Tuesday morning. Muriel Bowser will offer her administration’s “plan to reduce violent crime in the District” this morning at a mayor-council breakfast. The mayor will also give an update on the partial federal shutdown’s impact on…
Mendelson renews push to split up DCRA amid criticism over slow action on demolition at Franklin…
Critics of the District’s building code enforcement pointed earlier this month to unauthorized demolition at a museum project downtown as evidence of a need for change. Last Tuesday, in an effort to improve the performance of the…
Exhibit highlights local artist’s love of museums — as seen in his paintings of viewers…
Bradley Stevens’ new solo show at the Zenith Gallery — Museum Studies II: Honoring the Female Perspective — takes viewers on a painted tour of galleries in such familiar DC spaces as the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian American…
Evening Activities at DC Public Schools and DPR Recreation Centers Canceled on Tuesday, January 29
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Evening Activities at DC Public Schools and DPR Recreation Centers Canceled on Tuesday,…
Washington Business Journal: Debate over sole-source contract for D.C. Lottery vendor heats up
The D.C. Lottery wants the D.C. Council to approve a bill that would allow the agency to negotiate a new contract with its current vendor, circumventing an open procurement process and ensuring the city gets a sports betting platform…
WTOP: DC lottery contract might impact timeline for legal sports betting
WASHINGTON — How soon people can place legal sports bets in D.C. will depend on how city lawmakers decide to handle the March 2020 expiration of the D.C. Lottery contract.
Washington Post: On patrol with the enforcer of D.C.’s plastic-straw ban
Warning letters in hand, Zach Rybarczyk patrolled the food court at Union Station, looking for offenders.
WUSA9: DC saw more than half the murders NYC saw in 2018
DC Police Chief Peter Newsham plans to announce even more crime prevention measures as the homicide wave from last year pushes into 2019.
Deborah Simmons in The Washington Times: D.C. should reach out to clergy to fight crime
This past weekend four men were killed in the District.
Washington Post: Dozens criticize city response to opioid crisis at D.C. Council hearing
D.C. lawmakers, public health experts, doctors and addiction treatment providers forcefully criticized the city’s efforts to address an explosion in fatal opioid overdoses, saying at a D.C. Council hearing Monday that city officials failed…
Washington Post: D.C. legalized sports betting — but who gets to profit is a new source of drama
D.C. officials on Monday defended efforts to award a sole-source contract to run the city’s upcoming sports gambling program, insisting that the normal competitive bidding process would delay legal bettingand cost the city tens of millions…
Curbed: D.C. area Congress members ask for official study on helicopter noise, citing shaking homes
It sounds like a lot of residents in the D.C. region are hearing bothersome helicopter noise on a regular basis, according to five Democratic congressional members who represent the area.
Washington Business Journal: Shop Made in D.C. opening second location
Shop Made in D.C. is expanding into a new quadrant.
City Paper: D.C. Sports Betting Bill on the Fast Track After Four-Hour Hearing
The District’s chief financial officer said Monday that online sports gambling could begin as early as this fall. Bettors could wage phone-based bets on outcomes and performances of both pro and college sporting events.
Washington Business Journal: Whitman-Walker 14th Street project to deliver in June — with a new name
Whitman-Walker Health System’s 14th Street NW redevelopment including the former Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center is on track to deliver in June — as Liz.
City Paper: So Far, 30 Freshmen in the 116th Congress Support Statehood
The re-introduced D.C. Statehood bill in the House of Representatives, H.R. 51, is having a historic moment with a record 189 co-sponsors as of Jan. 25, 2019—30 of them among the 101 freshman members of the 116th Congress.