WUSA9: DC developer padlocks businesses with one day notice
In an unprecedented move, a D.C. developer padlocked long time business, including a daycare, with just a one day notice on Thursday. The sudden shutdown came just four months after 1100 Eastern LLC, a division of Neighborhood Development…
Washington Post: ‘It’s gone, all of it’s gone’: Residents of senior apartment complex that burned…
When thinking about what she may have lost in the fire that destroyed much of her apartment building, Ruth Rorls’s mind goes straight to the box on the tall bookshelf. It contains an American flag given to her in 2002 after the death of her…
DCist: D.C. Council Poised To Decriminalize Metro Fare Evasion
The D.C. Council Judiciary Committee unanimously voted Thursday to advance a bill that would decriminalize fare evasion on Metro, reducing the possible penalty to a $50 fine. The bill was originally introduced in June 2017 by eight…
Amber Harding: Mayor still has an opportunity to do right by current DC General residents
Last week, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration rightfully celebrated the opening of the first DC General replacement shelter, which is scheduled to welcome its first residents soon. Called The Kennedy, the shelter is a 45-unit building…
Councilmembers Call on Mayor to Restore Housing Counseling Funding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, October 4, 2018
Contact: Tom Fazzini
Councilmembers Call on Mayor to Restore Housing Counseling Funding
Nadeau, joined by colleagues, calls for reinstatement of drastic cuts
WASHINGTON – Today, Ward 1…
Silverman Legislation Building Pathways to District Government Careers Passes First Vote Unanimously
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 4, 2018
CONTACT: Ashley Fox
Silverman Legislation Building Pathways to District Government Careers Passes First Vote Unanimously
WASHINGTON, DC – A bill introduced in April by D.C. Councilmember…
Street Sense: Court-appointed receiver sues more than 100 affordable housing tenants
Earlier this year, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine negotiated that Sanford Capital would divest its real estate holdings in the District by December and stay out of the city for the next seven years. The consent order, voluntarily agreed…
WAMU: Metro’s Rider Advisory Group Vows To Fight Its Elimination
In what may have been their final meeting, members of Metro’s Rider Advisory Council say their voices are invaluable and will fight the Metro board’s anticipated decision to eliminate the volunteer group. Six of eight Metro board members…
UrbanTurf: How Where You Live in DC Affects Your Upward Mobility
A recently released study of Census data tracks where upward mobility is most likely to be enjoyed by a child born into various circumstances. For the District of Columbia, some of those results may be surprising. Today, UrbanTurf explores…
Curbed DC: D.C. plans ribbon-cutting for new family homeless shelter in Southeast next week
On Tuesday, D.C. officials will ceremonially début a new family homeless shelter at 5004 D St. SE in Marshall Heights as part of the plan to close and replace the derelict D.C. General shelter. The soon-to-open facility will house 35…
Washington Business Journal: Big D.C. projects could be backed by $100M+ in TIF bonds
Two large developments planned in D.C. could get a significant financial boost with the approval of two pieces of recently introduced legislation that would provide the projects with more than $100 million in tax-increment financing.
Washington Post: D.C. police search for driver after vehicle strikes two students in Tenleytown
After Areeg Abu El Hawa and a friend were hit by a car while in a Tenleytown crosswalk, all she could think about was her suddenly numb arm. She is studying medicine with dreams of being a surgeon. After being sent airborne by a car as she…
Washington Post: Sexist slurs and coded insults: St. Albans School 2015 yearbook stirred outrage
Sexist slurs referring to female dogs and prostitutes, with a few letters replaced by asterisks. Crude references to bodies and sex. Cracks about racial and ethnic groups. Those were some of the glaring problems with the initial version of…
Capital Projections: The rapper and the dames edition
Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week.
MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.
Maya Arulpragasam, aka rapper M.I.A., didn’t take…
Mayor Bowser’s Pathways to Work Reentry Program Hits Milestone of 250 Residents Helped
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October 4, 2018
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mayor Bowser’s Pathways to Work Reentry Program Hits Milestone of 250 Residents Helped
Returning Citizens Obtain Driver Licenses and Join the Pathway to Middle Class…
Norton to Introduce Bill to Remove Federal Government’s Authority Over District-Owned Land
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
October 4, 2018
Norton to Introduce Bill to Remove Federal Government’s Authority Over District-Owned Land
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she will introduce a…
Norton Presses BOP to Transfer Local D.C. Code Juveniles to the District, Closer to Their Families
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
October 4, 2018
Norton Presses BOP to Transfer Local D.C. Code Juveniles to the District, Closer to Their Families
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released…
Council votes to create new office to facilitate ‘safe and vibrant’ nighttime economy
The DC Council gave final approval this week to legislation that will create a new Office of Nightlife and Culture to help coordinate the District’s after-hours economy. Located within the mayor’s office, the agency will also provide…
Mayor Bowser Breaks Ground on Combined Campus for the Early Childhood Academy Public Charter School,…
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October 3, 2018
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Jack Pfeiffer (DME)
Mayor Bowser Breaks Ground on Combined Campus for the Early Childhood Academy Public Charter School, Celebrates Conducive Learning/Play…
Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety to vote on bills decriminalizing fare evasion,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 3, 2018
Contact: Erik Salmi
Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety to vote on bills decriminalizing fare evasion, modifying statute of limitations for sexual offenses
Tomorrow, October 4, the…