City Paper: Give It Up, D.C. 2018 Giving Guide
As 2018 draws to a close and we pause to reflect on all that happened this year, the memories can be daunting. From battles over the Supreme Court to elevated anti-immigrant and racist sentiment, it became hard at times to focus on the good…
WAMU: Want To Volunteer On Thanksgiving? Get In Line.
Central Union Mission, which runs a shelter in D.C. for men experiencing homelessness, serves about 500 Thanksgiving meals each year. But in the past, they’ve had just as many volunteers as people eating, and that can make things a little…
Washington Times: Firefighters spending own money to maintain aging trucks threatened with…
Some D.C. firefighters have been using their own money to buy auto parts and perform minor repairs on their vehicles themselves at their stations to avoid lengthy delays and shoddy workmanship at the fire department’s garage, five…
Washington Times: D.C. Council passes first campaign finance reform bill vote
The D.C. Council gave overwhelming preliminary approval Tuesday to a sweeping campaign finance reform bill.
City Paper: The D.C. Council Has a Deal to Put a New Hospital in Ward 8
The George Washington University Hospital has the District over a barrel. And the D.C. Council is thinking of giving away one of the city’s biggest bargaining chips.
Washington Post Editorial Board: There’s a smarter way to regulate D.C.’s e-scooters
GET READY to ride, D.C. — but not too fast, and not too many of you. That is the message the city has sent commuters with its updated rules and permitting process for dockless shared e-scooters. The regulations, which apply to dockless…
GWU Museum captures DC in the 1820s through the eyes of Lafayette, L’Enfant
Cameras are rolling as the audience cracks up and passes around a “rock star” concert T-shirt. Not exactly what you’d expect from a Monday afternoon history lecture.
But those cameras were from C-SPAN, and the “rock star” here — as…
UrbanTurf: Ground Breaks on the 132 Apartments at Town Nightclub Site
Late this summer, UrbanTurf previewed the proposal to redevelop the former site of Town Danceboutique in Shaw. Now, the project is breaking ground.
Washington Post: ‘Well, we’re alive’: Two months after D.C. fire, displaced seniors struggle to…
Two months after the fire took everything, a group of seniors gathered in a District ballroom to break bread and give thanks in the spirit of the holiday.
DCist: ‘It Has Shocked All Of Us’: Bloomingdale Residents Respond To Neighborhood Nazi
In a District neighborhood with “Black Lives Matter” and “Immigrants Are Welcome Here” signs displayed proudly on many of its front lawns, the revelation that two avowed Neo-Nazis lived among them has Bloomingdale neighbors reeling.
WTOP: Washington Capitals’ visit at DC school came with some surprises
WASHINGTON — A number of surprises marked the Washington Capitals’ visit to a Southeast D.C. elementary school Tuesday.
DCist: This Chocolate Company Just Became D.C.’s First Cottage Food Business
Emily Annick named her sweets company, 440 Confections, after her home address in D.C. It’s not just that she really loves her condo: Annick runs her business entirely out of her home, and is the first food company to do so under D.C.’s…
Curbed DC: To attract HQ2, D.C. pitched Amazon a taxpayer-funded ‘ambassador,’ one-day permit…
The incentives may have totaled more than $1 billion in value, Mayor Bowser’s administration told the company
Washington Post: D.C. Council approves sweeping reforms to combat ‘pay-to-play’ politics
The D.C. Council gave preliminary approval to sweeping new campaign-finance regulations Tuesday, including restrictions on government contractors’ political contributions, bringing a potential sea change to a city that has witnessed…
Metro service information for Thanksgiving weekend, November 22-25
For immediate release: November 20, 2018
Metro service information for Thanksgiving weekend, November 22-25
During Thanksgiving weekend, November 22 - 25, Metro will operate on the following schedule:
Thanksgiving Day
Metrorail:…
Councilmember Cheh Wants Guaranteed Paid Leave for District Voters on Election Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 20, 2018
Communications Director: Kelly Whittier
Councilmember Cheh Wants Guaranteed Paid Leave for…
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…