Washington Post: Initiative 77 fight over tipping could return to ballot
The fight over tipping and how restaurant workers are paid in the nation’s capital may be returning to the ballot. The D.C. Council this month repealed Initiative 77, which voters passed in June to require employers to pay more to servers,…
Washington Post: Mayor’s donor network continues pumping cash into Dionne Reeder’s council bid
D.C. Council candidate Dionne Reeder has continued raising money at a breakneck pace with help from the fundraising muscle of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), according to newly released campaign finance reports. Reeder (I) raised $118,000 in 18…
Citizens Form “Save Our Vote” Referendum Campaign Committee to Reinstate Initiative 77
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Contact: Josh Glasstetter
Citizens Form “Save Our Vote” Referendum Campaign Committee to Reinstate Initiative 77
In response to DC Council’s repeal of Initiative 77, tipped workers and…
New Alcohol Law Provides Business Opportunities for District Alcohol Manufacturers
New Alcohol Law Provides Business Opportunities for District Alcohol Manufacturers
(WASHINGTON, DC) — An alcohol law going into effect today provides new business opportunities for District alcohol manufacturers. The Omnibus Alcoholic…
WAMU: Bowser Closes D.C. General Family Homeless Shelter
Fulfilling a promise she made when she first ran for mayor four years ago, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday declared the D.C. General family homeless shelter closed. “The last family has moved out of the facility,” she said. “It’s no…
DCist: This Board Of Education Race Is Flooded With Bizarre Listserv Messages And Oodles Of Cash
Last Thursday, Emily Gasoi made a strange announcement. The Ward 1 candidate for the D.C. State Board of Education tweeted that someone had used fake email addresses to impersonate her campaign on local listservs, posting racially charged…
DCist: Following Uptick In Traffic Fatalities, D.C. Will Increase Walk Time At More Than 90…
The Bower administration announced on Tuesday that it will retime traffic signals at 93 intersections in Wards 6, 7, and 8 as a part of the mayor's Vision Zero Initiative, which aims to eliminate pedestrian fatalities by 2024. All the…
District Dig: Elissa Silverman didn’t know what she wanted to do when she grew up, now she’s a force…
If you’ve ever observed At-Large D.C. Councilmember Elissa Silverman on the dais grilling a public witness or city official, or on the campaign trail, it might surprise you to learn that for a long time, in fact well into adulthood, she…
DCist: Fish In The Hood Reopens More Than A Year After Fire Shut Down The Restaurant
More than a year after a fire at Fish in the Neighborhood shuttered the restaurant, the popular Petworth eatery is open and ready to serve the people who helped resurrect it. Fish in the Hood, as it’s known—owner Bill White, who opened the…
Washingtonian: DC’s Restaurant Association Is Launching Culinary Training at Public High Schools
Careers in the culinary world will become more accessible for students at three DC public schools this fall. ProStart, a national program that’s run locally by the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW), will launch a…
DCist: D.C. Agency Highlights Strong Local Law As Trump Administration Seeks To Roll Back Trans…
As the Trump administration moves to limit civil rights protections for transgender people, the D.C. government is working to assure its citizens that local laws will continue to cover them. "Gender identity and expression are explicitly…
WTOP: Metro to buy new headquarters at L’Enfant Plaza
WASHINGTON — Metro has reached a tentative deal on a new headquarters at L’Enfant Plaza. Metro plans to buy a 149,700-square-foot vacant building at 300 7th Street SW, formerly known as the Reporter’s Building. The building would be…
City Paper: Judge Issues First Decision in Favor of Tipped Server in Mastro’s Labor Suit
Mastro's Steakhouse is in hot water. A former server at the D.C. location is suing the national chain, alleging that the company violated labor standards when it forced him to share his tips with colleagues who don't regularly interact with…
Norton Says Reports of ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s Death at BOP’s Hazelton Prison Heighten Her Request for IG…
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
October 30, 2018
Norton Says Reports of ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s Death at BOP’s Hazelton Prison Heighten Her Request for IG Investigation into Prisoner Conditions, Calls for Removal of D.C. Inmates from Facility…
Washington Post: Varied blasts from the past at this weekend’s annual D.C. History Conference
On Feb. 17, 1947, mechanical problems with an Eastern Airlines plane delayed a flight from Washington National Airport to St. Louis. The temporarily grounded passengers received vouchers from Eastern to eat in the airport’s terrace…
Pedestrians Get More Time to Cross Busy Streets Under Mayor Bowser’s Vision Zero Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 30, 2018
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Terry Owens (DDOT)
Pedestrians Get More Time to Cross Busy Streets Under Mayor Bowser's Vision Zero Initiative
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser announced…
Historic, dilapidated Petworth building will see new life as senior housing
After nearly two decades of disuse, the neglected Grant Building in DC’s Petworth neighborhood will soon come back to life — as an affordable assisted-living facility for eligible seniors.
Since 2001, the Renaissance Revival structure…
AG Racine Recovers $15K in Stolen Wages for DC Cell Phone Store Workers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 30, 2018
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
AG RACINE RECOVERS $15K IN STOLEN WAGES…
Metro announces location for new headquarters building as major office consolidation plan advances
For immediate release: October 30, 2018
Metro announces location for new headquarters building as major office consolidation plan advances
Metro has selected L'Enfant Plaza as the home for its new, centrally located headquarters building,…
WTOP: Road safety blitz underway in DC with rise of traffic-related deaths
WASHINGTON — It can be a dangerous time of the year on roads with heavier traffic, lower sun angles, shorter days and more pedestrians. Days before trick-or-treaters hit the streets, D.C. police and traffic enforcement officers have…