Norton to Speak at Smithsonian’s Memorial Service for Lori Yarrish, Tomorrow
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
October 11, 2018
Norton to Speak at Smithsonian’s Memorial Service for Lori Yarrish, Tomorrow
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the Smithsonian Institution’s memorial…
WAMU: Matthew Shepard’s Remains To Be Interred At Washington National Cathedral
The ashes of Matthew Shepard, a gay man who was murdered because of his sexual orientation, will be interred at the Washington National Cathedral later this month. Shepard’s remains have been in storage in Wyoming, where he lived, since his…
Washington Informer: Anti-K2 Activists Seek Crackdown on Local Businesses
Emergency anti-K2 legislation recently passed by the D.C. Council and signed by Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) expands the definition of synthetic cannabinoids and reinstates expired enforcement policy, part of an effort to curb an ongoing…
Washington Post: The District’s HPAP has been helping buyers for 40 years own their first home
In 1986, Juanda Smith was saving money toward her dream of becoming a homeowner. It wasn’t enough. “I saw a condo I liked, and I was so fortunate that the sales person there encouraged me to contact the Manna/FLOC nonprofit,” says Smith,…
AG Racine Sues Personal Care Aides for D.C. Medicaid Billing Fraud
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October 11, 2018
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AG RACINE SUES PERSONAL CARE AIDES FOR…
DC Public Schools Announce More Than $3 Million in New Funding, Opportunities for Students
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Thursday, October 11, 2018
CONTACT: Shayne Wells
DC Public Schools Announce More Than $3 Million in New Funding, Opportunities for Students
New supports include grants to support young women and…
DC4D members show disapproval of DC Council action on Initiative 77
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Thursday, October 11, 2018
DC4D members show disapproval of DC Council action on Initiative 77
Washington, DC - At the monthly meeting on October 10th, DC for Democracy members voted to pass a resolution…
Norton Blasts New BOP Requirement that D.C. Halfway House Must Accept Child Sex Predators
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
October 11, 2018
Norton Blasts New BOP Requirement that D.C. Halfway House Must Accept Child Sex Predators
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter…
Celebrate Holiday Traditions at the 2018 National Christmas Tree Lighting
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Contacts: Katie Liming
Alanna Sobel (NPF)
WASHINGTON– Your chance to make the 2018 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony part of your holiday plans is quickly approaching!…
Mayor Bowser Reaches Agreement with Union on New Contract for OSSE Bus Drivers, Attendants
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October 10, 2018
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Mayor Bowser Reaches Agreement with Union on New Contract for OSSE Bus Drivers, Attendants
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Mayor Bowser today announced a three-year agreement…
City Paper: Clean Energy Bill Could Come at a Cost for Low Income Individuals
In the battle over clean energy and global warming, the District of Columbia rates barely a speck on the nation’s landscape, a tiny 68 square miles out of the nation’s nearly 3.8 million square miles.
Washington Post: D.C. mayor’s endorsement unleashes flood of money to Silverman challenger
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s recent embrace of Dionne Reeder, who is trying to unseat D.C. Council Member Elissa Silverman next month, has filled Reeder’s campaign coffers - with much of the cash coming from Bowser’s donor network.
City Paper: Tenants and Their Catholic Neighbors Fight for Affordable Housing
Residents of Northeast D.C. are trying to secure housing from the National Shrine.
City Paper: D.C. Democratic Socialists Are Going Hyperlocal for the Upcoming General Election
The Democratic Socialists of America are on the rise nationwide, and the D.C. chapter is currently focusing their efforts on the ANC races.
Washington Post: This D.C. monument is ‘virtually impossible’ to reach. Here’s how I found it — past…
The hornets almost made me turn back. I was standing beneath the Oxon Cove Bridge, an unremarkable stretch of the Anacostia Freeway that crosses over Oxon Creek just before it empties into the Potomac, on the border of Maryland and…
Curbed DC: Report: ‘Affluent families are displacing low- and middle-income families’ from D.C.
A D.C. business group that has previously criticized the District’s unemployment and estate taxes as well as its progressive paid leave law for being too costly has a different message in its latest report: Many people are falling behind or…
D.C. Policy Center: D.C.’s shadow rental market
When we discuss the District’s rental housing supply, those discussions usually center on units in apartment buildings, as opposed to units that are rented out by their owners. However, in the District of Columbia, units rented out by their…
City Paper: D.C.’s Master Facilities Plan Will Shape the City’s Balance Between Neighborhood…
This week D.C. will hold its third and final round of public meetings for a little-known planning process that could reshape the city’s balance between neighborhood schools and charters. For the past 16 months, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office…
WAMU: A ‘Medical Red Line’: Dozens Testify Against Closure Of Providence Hospital
Patients, nurses and community leaders testified during a standing room-only D.C. Council committee hearing on Wednesday about the planned closure of acute-care services at Providence Hospital in northeast Washington.
WTOP: DC Police: Phone scammers are impersonating officers
WASHINGTON — Scammers are working the phones again, D.C. police warn. This time, the crooks’ angle involves the use of “spoofing” technology, which makes the call appear like it’s coming from a Police Department number. The aggressive…