Jay Mathews in The Post: How to defame dozens of school parents and never say you’re sorry
Want to see a prime example of cowardice? Read the “Interim Update on Duke Ellington Investigation” by the District’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
WAMU: D.C. Gives Tech Companies Millions Of Dollars In Tax Breaks. Are They Worth It?
The District has spent more than $184 million on tax incentives that are supposed to encourage high-tech employment in the city. But those incentives don’t appear to be paying off, according to a recent report from D.C.’s Office of the…
The Rev. Ben Roberts: Don’t divert money for homelessness to corporate tax cuts
Every day at our church in Dupont Circle, I encounter neighbors sleeping outdoors without the dignity of a home. Some sleep on our church steps, looking for shelter that gives some break from the wind or rain. With more than 6,900 DC…
Washington Post: D.C. schools are still a long way from meeting physical education targets
D.C. schools continue to fall well short of meeting physical education and activity requirements set forth by the city, according to a report from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
Washington Post: Employee shot during robbery attempt inside Whole Foods on H Street Northeast
An employee was shot inside a Whole Foods Market during an attempted robbery Sunday morning, terrifying shoppers and diners — many with small children — who fled the popular gathering spot in the city’s trendy H Street corridor.
Washington Post: Meet the candidates running to represent Ward 4 on the D.C. State Board of…
On Election Day in November, D.C. voters decided four surprisingly contentious elections for seats on the D.C. State Board of Education. Those races highlighted divides between the traditional public school system and the city’s robust…
Street Sense: The first three D.C. General replacement shelters open
On Nov. 13, the District of Columbia opened the third of its new short-term family facilities, The Triumph, in Ward 8. It was preceded by The Kennedy in Ward 4 and The Horizon in Ward 7. Ribbon cutting ceremonies for each short-term…
Tom Davis, Ted Leonsis and Matt Kelly: Let’s get the Georgetown gondola going
Our region came together this year to secure $15 billion in dedicated funding for Metro, the backbone of our regional transportation network. This historic achievement was a result of bold public leadership in response to a clear public…
Chalkbeat: Indianapolis’s Lewis Ferebee a finalist for D.C. schools chief job, sources say
Indianapolis Public Schools superintendent Lewis Ferebee is a finalist for the open Washington D.C. schools chief job, according to someone with knowledge of the search process.
Washington Post: D.C. interim chancellor, Indianapolis schools chief are finalists to lead D.C.…
Two finalists to lead the District’s public schools emerged Saturday after a six-month search for a chancellor, according to people with knowledge of the process: Amanda Alexander, the interim D.C. chancellor, and Indianapolis Public…
Washington Business Journal: Providence to keep emergency services open into the new year
The change follows last-minute negotiations with D.C. health leaders days before the Northeast D.C. hospital was slated to shut down its ER.
Statement: Providence Hospital to Stay Open Until April 2019
For Immediate Release: December 1, 2018
Contact: Nolan Treadway
Washington, D.C. – Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie issued the following statement upon the announcement that Providence Hospital will not close its acute care services…
Afro-American: Barry’s Legacy Remembered
For the fourth consecutive year the legacy of former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion S. Barry was honored by those trying to follow in the footsteps of the man who many believe was the greatest advocate for indigent residents of the nation’s…
The Hoya: Georgetown Launches Inmate Re-Entry and Education Program
Washington, D.C. residents released from local correctional facilities are eligible for an academic and employment-centered fellowship program.
Washington Informer: Views Vary on Priorities for Ward 8
A growing number of citizens in Ward 8 agree that time remains of the essence in stopping, or at least retarding, forces that threaten to increase the cost of living for some of the District’s poorest residents and spur inevitable mass…
Street Sense: A woman died from exposure near Union Station during the first hypothermia alert of…
The morning of Sunday, Nov. 11, when the temperature hovered near freezing, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Denise Rucker Krepp called 911 to assist a homeless woman she came across near Union Station. Krepp described the woman, Helen…
Washington Informer: Residents Wary of St. Elizabeths Development
The highly anticipated transformation of St. Elizabeths East Campus in Congress Heights continued this week as the Bowser administration broke ground on the Residences at St. Elizabeths, seven historically preserved red brick buildings…
Afro-American: District of Columbia Historian Dr. Janette Hoston Harris, dies at 79
Dr. Janette Hoston Harris, the District’s first “City Historian, and founder of the Hall of Fame Society, died of cancer November 2, 2018. She is being remembered as an Civil Rights activist, educator and entrepreneur who worked hard to…
City Paper: D.C. Public Schools Employee Used His Position to Drive Business to His Event Planning…
A support specialist for D.C. Public Schools was found to have used his government job to drive business to his private catering company, according to the D.C. Office of Government Ethics.
Mayor Bowser Announces Key Appointments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 30, 2018
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mayor Bowser Announces Key Appointments
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a series of appointments in her Administration:
Dr. LaQuandra S.…