City Paper: Residents, Including Mayor’s Dad, Battle Liquor Store Proposal Late Into the Night
At the main intersection is what residents call the “historic” McDonald’s. Down a side street is the Faith United Church of Christ. Surrounding the small collection of businesses and institutions: acres of semi detached houses.
WAMU: ‘I’m Going To Shut Down, Too’: Restaurants And Food Trucks Suffer During Government Shutdown
On a regular day at lunchtime, the streets around Gallery Place are crammed with tourists and office workers. But these are the days of the shutdown, and things are far from normal.
Curbed DC: Metro puts up for sale developable Columbia Heights parcel that hosts unofficial dog park
Metro wants to fetch at least $2.15 million by selling a large corner lot in Columbia Heights. The catch? The land, covering more than 7,000 square feet, is currently home to a dog park.
Washington Post: Metro is losing $400,000 a day during shutdown, agency says
The loss of federal workers is cutting into ridership, and the agency could be forced to scale back service, or ask local jurisdictions for more money.
Washington Post: D.C. restaurant fined $7,000 after asking transgender woman for ID before letting…
A D.C. restaurant will pay $7,000 as part of a settlement after an employee tried to stop a transgender woman from using a women’s restroom last summer, D.C.’s attorney general said this week.
City Paper: DC Housing Authority Board Opens Door to Privatizing Some Public Housing
A majority of commissioners on the D.C. Housing Authority board voted Thursday afternoon to establish a plan for abating the dismal conditions in thousands of the Authority’s public housing units—a plan that some attorneys and nonprofit…
WAMU: Will These Yellow Poles Help Protect Pedestrians From Deadly Left Turns? D.C. Hopes So.
Picture this: You’re sitting at a busy District intersection with your turn signal on waiting to turn left. Traffic from the other direction is heavy. You’re poised to find your opening. Maybe your phone goes off. Or your kids are screaming…
Washington Business Journal: Washington Convention Center picks new concessions contractor
We now know who will be providing concessions and catering services at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for at least the next 10 years: Philadelphia-based Aramark Corp.
Bisnow: EXCLUSIVE: DC United In Talks To Develop $200M Mixed-Use Project By Audi Field
Audi Field has helped spark a wave of development on Southwest D.C.'s Buzzard Point since it opened in July, and now D.C. United is looking to get in on the action itself.
DCist: ‘A Juggernaut That Needs A Solution’: Bowser Commits To Fixing One Of The City’s Most Vexing…
On a walk through NoMa on Wednesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser committed to fixing one of the more vexing intersections in the District, the triangular plot of land that forms a “virtual circle” where New York Avenue crosses Florida Avenue in…
Washington Blade: D.C. restaurant agrees to second trans nondiscrimination settlement
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced on Wednesday that his office reached a settlement with the Cuba Libre Rum Bar and Restaurant that requires the establishment to adopt policies and procedures to prevent it from discriminating…
Curbed DC: D.C. mayor vetoes bill to decriminalize fare evasion on Metro, warning of ‘lawlessness’
The lead sponsor of the legislation, though, says he will seek to override the veto
Bowser Administration Announces a Police Non-Emergency Line
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January 17, 2019
CONTACT:
Wanda Gattison (OUC)
Bowser Administration Announces a Police Non-Emergency Line
Residents and visitors of the District now encouraged to call 3-1-1 for less critical incidents …
Mayor Bowser’s Statement on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Devastating Decision for Federal Workers…
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January 17, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mayor Bowser’s Statement on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Devastating Decision for Federal Workers and Their Families
U.S. Department of Labor Refuses to Relax…
Norton Thanks Senate Democrats for Blocking Republican Bill to Permanently Ban Local D.C. Funding…
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
January 17 2019
Norton Thanks Senate Democrats for Blocking Republican Bill to Permanently Ban Local D.C. Funding for Abortion
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked Senate…
Roots of collaboration: Designs underway for tree plaza off Dupont Circle
Through the collaboration of a tree-planting nonprofit and an engineering firm, a stretch of sidewalk near Dupont Circle’s namesake park could be transformed into a community plaza dotted with new trees and other environmentally friendly…
This Week in DC History: Jan. 14 – 21
America’s capital city hosts so many significant events that it only makes sense that there are notable historical anniversaries every week of the year of local and national renown. Here are some notable occurrences in and around the…
Norton Announces Record-Breaking 182nd Cosponsor of Her D.C. Statehood Bill
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch – o: 202-225-8050, c: 202-225-8143 January 17, 2019
Norton Announces Record-Breaking 182nd Cosponsor of Her D.C. Statehood…
Mayor Bowser Kicks Off Application Period for 2019 Mayor Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment…
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January 17, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Diane Watkins (DOES)
Mayor Bowser Kicks Off Application Period for 2019 Mayor Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program
Mayor Celebrates Four Decades of…
District Links: Feds audit how DC handled millions in grants meant for opioid addiction; Bowser…
Good Thursday morning. Muriel Bowser sent the decriminalization of fare evasion in Metro back to the DC Council, exercising her second veto ever. The bill had passed 10-2, but defections are possible …