Silverman Wage Garnishment Protection Bill Passes D.C. Council Unanimously
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 20, 2018
CONTACT: Ashley Fox
Silverman Wage Garnishment Protection Bill Passes D.C. Council Unanimously
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bill introduced by D.C. Councilmember Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) to…
State Board of Education contenders for vacant Ward 4 seat face community scrutiny at forum
Election Day may be over, but there’s still more voting to come this year in one corner of DC. Four candidates vying to become the Ward 4 representative on the DC State Board of Education squared off at a recent forum on how they would…
Council castigates DCRA housing enforcement as inadequate amid public complaints that ‘continue…
Just weeks before Monday’s shake-up atop the city’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, DC Council members joined tenants and affordable housing advocates in criticizing the agency for years of overlooked housing violations and…
DCist: Metro Is Really Not Happy About Council Proposal To Decriminalize Fare Evasion
The D.C. Council is poised to decriminalize Metro fare evasion with just one more council-wide vote, and WMATA isn’t taking it lying down. The transit agency took to Twitter on Monday to express its displeasure with the measure, which would…
City Paper: Council Passes Watered-Down Measure to Strengthen Rent Control
The D.C. Council voted unanimously this afternoon to move forward a bill that would aim to strengthen rent control laws in the city, reducing the amount by which a landlord can increase a unit’s rent after its occupant moves out.
DCist: Parents Have Led Play Groups For Decades. Now, D.C. Is Struggling To Figure Out If They…
A group of two year olds were playing together in an empty room at a Capitol Hill church in September when representatives from the Office of the State Superintendent for Education showed up to investigate.
WTOP: Georgetown’s J. Paul’s is closing after four decades
WASHINGTON — One of Georgetown’s longest-running restaurants is calling it quits.
Washington Times: Department of Transportation to expand pilot program to maximize parking
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is planning to expand a pilot program to manage parking in the city, now that officials say ride-sharing services have made curbside safety a key concern.
Modified Holiday Schedule for Select District Services
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November 20, 2018
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Jonathan Kuhl (DPW)
Terry Owens (DDOT)
Dora Taylor (DHS)
Michael Tucker Jr. (DPR)
George Williams (DCPL)
Vanessa Newton (DMV)
Modified Holiday Schedule for…
In first vote, Council passes campaign finance omnibus bill restricting pay-to-play contributions,…
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November 20, 2018
Contact: Erik Salmi
In first vote, Council passes campaign finance omnibus bill restricting pay-to-play contributions, limiting money in politics
Today, the DC Council voted 11-0 to pass…
jonetta rose barras: Saluting AG Karl Racine
It’s not just that DC Attorney General Karl Racine persuaded 207,451 voters to mark their ballots for him in this month’s recent general election that brought me to this decision to “salute” him.
Yes, his showing was impressive. After…
DC principal wins prestigious educator award that comes with a $25K prize
Principal Rachel Tommelleo has the Midas touch of kindness. It’s her compassion for every student that makes her school in Ward 4’s Brightwood neighborhood a warm, welcoming place for each and every student.
“If she had it her way, she…
WUSA 9: ‘My beef is with them!’ DC man says city agency helped landlord kick him out of…
Man says when landlord refused to make repairs, she got an assist from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs to push him out of his home.
WUSA 9: ‘I pray every time I get on this thing:’ DC woman says wheelchair lift was…
A woman living with disabilities shares her nearly year long nightmare with the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs in an effort to maintain her independence.
Washington Post Editorial Board: The D.C. Council should take action against pay-to-play politics
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING controversies in the District on matters ranging from the lottery to grass-cutting to homeless shelters have underscored an urgent need for reform. But efforts to bring the District in line with the good-government…
Washington Post: D.C.’s old-school boxing scene is mostly gone. Enter the Instagram-ready gyms.
Ask old-timers, and most will say the District used to be a boxing town. Even if the town’s fight scene didn’t stack up against Los Angeles, Philadelphia or Las Vegas, there was the House of Champions, the Latin Connection, Round One and…
UrbanTurf: HPO Recommends Approval For Moving a Cleveland Park House
Earlier this month, UrbanTurf reported on a proposal to rotate a house on Wisconsin Avenue in the Cleveland Park Historic District, convert it into two units and construct a six-story, 14-unit addition. Now, the project has been given a…
Washington Post: D.C. offered Amazon up to $1 billion for headquarters
The District offered Amazon.com up to $1 billion in tax incentives to open a second headquarters with 50,000 jobs in D.C., likely the largest subsidy ever offered by the city to a single employer but also far less than other jurisdictions…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Alleged white nationalists in liberal D.C. show hatred can be found…
As we’ve learned in Charlottesville, Pittsburgh and Orlando, hate is not about geography.
Bisnow: Toll Brothers Begins Demolition Of Sursum Corda Community, Plans 1,100-Unit Project
The 1960s-era Sursum Corda low-income housing community near North Capitol Street, a property with a rough history that has long been eyed for development, has begun to be torn down.