Temporary Lane Closures on Connecticut Avenue NW between Calvert St. and Macomb St. June 18-July 18
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June 18, 2018
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Temporary Lane Closures on Connecticut Avenue NW between Calvert St. and Macomb St. June 18-July 18
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State Committee races a referendum on DC’s Democratic Party
Anita Bonds is getting it from all sides. Ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary elections, the at-large DC Council member and District-politics stalwart is facing criticism from two challengers, Marcus Goodwin and Jeremiah Lowery,…
Combative rhetoric marks challenge to Ward 6 incumbent
A year ago, no one would have predicted there was enough anger in Ward 6 for an insurgency against DC Council member Charles Allen — not even Lisa Hunter, Allen’s opponent in the Democratic primary.
Hunter jumped into the race because,…
More Child Care Seats Are Coming: Mayor Bowser Kicks Off Renovations at Historic Stevens School
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June 18, 2018
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Mayor Bowser Kicks Off Renovations at Historic Stevens School
Stevens School to Open in School Year…
Mayor Bowser Activates Heat Emergency Plan
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June 18, 2018
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Mayor Bowser Activates Heat Emergency Plan
(WASHINGTON, DC) – In anticipation of high…
Tipped minimum wage debate momentum could extend to other solutions
Debate over the merits and drawbacks of various minimum-wage structures has dominated local political conversation for weeks, if not months. But regardless of the Initiative 77 election outcome and the fate of the tip credit, issues of…
A look at Initiative 77 from those inside the push for and against the ballot measure
Seventeen years in the restaurant industry makes Karim Soumah a veteran in his profession.
“There are three types of people in the restaurant industry,” Soumah said. “You’ve got your bar/wine people — they know their drinks better than…
Norton Bill to Rename Rock Creek Park ‘Rock Creek National Park’ to Have Hearing in House, Thursday
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June 18, 2018
Norton Bill to Rename Rock Creek Park ‘Rock Creek National Park’ to Have Hearing in House, Thursday
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she will testify at a…
jonetta rose barras: We Wear the Mask
A few years ago, I joined forces with a team of people I had dubbed artists/healers to present a daylong program in DC for women who had grown up without the presence and active involvement of their biological fathers in their lives. Many…
Shadow delegation candidates aim to push DC statehood forward
Not everyone takes the positions seriously, but the District’s statehood delegation to Congress is steeped in history. Puerto Rico now has one, and Tennessee, Michigan, California, Minnesota, Oregon and Alaska similarly had elected…
Education takes center stage at forum on citywide DC Council races
With education foremost on many voters’ minds, residents packed into the Thurgood Marshall Center for a recent candidates forum focusing on the issue. The event organizer, the Coalition for D.C. Public Schools and Communities (C4DC),…
Officials cut ribbon at renovated Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library
Hundreds of local residents, officials, activists and onlookers crammed into the lobby and second-floor overhang of the renovated Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library on Saturday, awaiting a ribbon-cutting nearly two years in the making.…
Longtime incumbent Norton squares off against challenger Ford for House seat
The District’s representative to the U.S. House of Representatives since 1991, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is facing something she has seldom seen in the 14 elections after her initial hard-fought win: an opponent in the Democratic…
Terry Lynch: DC government and all of us must do more to prevent wave of violence
DC has seen a dramatic 53 percent rise in homicides in the past year, with 72 homicides recorded in 2018 as of June 15. Not including prior-year tragedies only reclassified this year, homicides are up by around 30 percent or more over this…
Mayor Bowser Extends Aquatic Center Hours at Select Locations with Expectation of High Temperatures
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Mayor Bowser Extends Aquatic Center Hours at Select Locations with Expectation of High Temperatures
(WASHINGTON, DC) – In…
Tipped minimum wage debate hails from long-developing advocacy group
Voters on Tuesday will decide the fate of Initiative 77, which proposes to gradually eliminate the city’s tipped minimum wage and close the existing gap between tipped and non-tipped workers. The initiative ended up on the DC primary ballot…
Citywide incumbents face challenges from the left flank
Phil Mendelson isn’t interested in hearing his opponent claim to be the progressive candidate in the race.
Walking out of a debate where DC Council Chair Mendelson and challenger Ed Lazere traded barbs over education scandals, Mendelson…
At-large council profile: Bonds cites efforts to boost housing affordability
At-large DC Council member Anita Bonds certainly has her critics as she runs for re-election this year. She’s drawn two young and energetic primary challengers, real estate associate Marcus Goodwin and progressive activist Jeremiah Lowery.…
At-large council profile: Goodwin stresses need for equitable economic development
Marcus Goodwin still talks about Arthur's.
The Columbia Heights convenience store was a longtime community institution around the corner from his mother’s house, and Goodwin said it used to be “our local source for any convenience,”…
At-large council profile: Lowery urges strengthened housing policies such as rent control
When Bernie Sanders was mayor of Burlington, Vt., in the 1980s, he was an early champion of affordable housing programs known as community land trusts. Now a DC Council candidate wants to emulate Sanders’ program in the nation’s capital.…