Council votes for wage garnishment bill to protect DC’s lowest earners
Lower-income DC residents struggling with debt are set to receive more protections for their wages under a new law the DC Council passed last month.
The Wage Garnishment Fairness Amendment Act of 2018 updates DC’s existing law on wage…
The DC Lineup for this weekend: Activism with the Women’s March and MLK Day
There are lots of opportunities to honor history and to be a part of history in the making this weekend, Jan. 18 to 21. The third annual Women’s March is Saturday, Jan. 19, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed on Monday, Jan. 21,…
District Links: Bowser allows campaign finance bill to become law — without her sig; MPD to get…
TGIF! Muriel Bowser announced today she will allow a campaign finance bill to become law without her signature, after activists worried in recent days whether she would veto the bill. “I don’t think the council landed in the right place” on…
D.C. Mayor Signs Climate Legislation, Putting Nation’s Capital on Path to 100 Percent Renewable…
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January 18, 2019
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Stephanie Steinbrecher, Sierra Club Ready for 100 Action
D.C. Mayor Signs Climate Legislation, Putting Nation’s Capital on Path to 100 Percent Renewable Electricity
The bill – signed…
Mayor Bowser Signs Historic Clean Energy Bill, Calling for 100% Renewable Electricity by 2032
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January 18, 2019
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LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mike Matthews (DOEE)
Mayor Bowser Signs Historic Clean Energy Bill, Calling for 100% Renewable Electricity by 2032
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser signed…
Norton and Democratic Majority Will Fight to Defeat House Bill Introduced to Permanently Ban Local…
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January 18, 2019
Norton and Democratic Majority Will Fight to Defeat House Bill Introduced to Permanently Ban Local D.C. Funding for Abortion
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today…
Mayor Bowser Announces New Public Health Plan to Equip MPD Patrol Officers with Naloxone
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January 18, 2019
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LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mayor Bowser Announces New Public Health Plan to Equip MPD Patrol Officers with Naloxone
DC Health Will Continue to Distribute Naloxone Kits to Community-Based…
DDOT Announces New Penn Quarter-Chinatown Parking Meter Rate Schedule
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January 18, 2018
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Terry Owens
Lauren Stephens
DDOT Announces New Penn Quarter-Chinatown Parking Meter Rate Schedule
(Washington D.C.) - Beginning Tuesday, January 22, the District Department of…
Capitol Projections: Music history edition
Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week.
COLD WAR
Wiktor (Thomas Kot) is a musical director holding auditions for a…
Roll Call: New Democrats hand D.C. statehood a milestone
‘Painstaking’ process may finally be paying off, says Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
WTOP: Now leasing: Novel South Capitol has 42 penthouses, coworking space
WASHINGTON — Novel South Capitol, a new luxury apartment development sandwiched between Capitol Hill and Capitol Riverfront, with an on-site coworking space, has begun leasing with first move-ins expected in February.
Washington Informer: Peace Walk, Parade to Carry on MLK Legacy
This month, members of the Ward 8 community will celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy during a peace walk and parade along a major corridor named for the martyred civil rights figure who championed nonviolent…
Washington Informer: D.C. Youths Renew Efforts to Lower Voting Age
To this day, the sting of defeat continues to burn for the young people who, on several occasions, spoke to the D.C. Council about their sense of powerlessness against the societal ills affecting their generation, only for the city’s…
Washington Informer: McDuffie, White Float Key Bills in New Council Session
Members of the D.C. Council began 2019 by introducing key bills that they hope will improve the lives of city residents.
Washington Informer: Anti-Violence Program Creator to Receive Georgetown Legacy Award
Hawah Kasat, co-founder and executive director of One Common Unity (OCU), is the recipient of Georgetown University’s 17th annual John Thompson Legacy of a Dream Award.
Washington Business Journal: Shutdown is costing Metro both riders and big money. Paul Wiedefeld has…
Metro is bleeding money as the longest federal government shutdown in history rolls on, $400,000 on the average weekday and it will only get worse, the transit agency told Virginia and Maryland’s U.S. Senate delegation Thursday.
The Current: Mayor outlines priorities, organizational changes for second term
During her Second Term Outlook Address on Tuesday, postponed due to Monday’s snow, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced renewed priorities for her next four years in office as well as a series of organizational changes within the D.C. Government.
Afro-American: Howard Center Gets Facelift and New Housing Opportunities for Students
Plans are underway to give the Howard Center a much needed makeover, adding available housing to students, university officials announced.
jonetta rose barras: We want you back — courting DC’s courts
Everyone seemed to have had a fit of indignation recently when the media reported that couples couldn’t get marriage licenses because the DC Marriage Bureau was closed — another victim of the federal government shutdown, instigated by the…
CNN: DC mayor says Labor Dept. denied request for unemployment aid for ‘essential’…
(CNN)The Department of Labor on Thursday denied a request from Washington's mayor to make more federal employees who are working without pay eligible to collect unemployment benefits, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday.