Mayor Bowser Kicks Off Search for DCPS Chancellor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 28, 2018
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Jack Pfeiffer (DME)
Mayor Bowser Kicks Off Search for DCPS Chancellor
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Mayor Muriel Bowser today kicked off the search for the chancellor of…
Free customer Wi-Fi available this week at all underground Metro stations; work underway for…
For immediate release: June 28, 2018
Free customer Wi-Fi available this week at all underground Metro stations; work underway for aboveground stations
Wireless voice and data service also available on new portions of the Blue and Silver…
Councilmember Gray’s Birth to Three Bill Passes Unanimously
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 28, 2018
Contact: Takiyah “T.N.” Tate
BIRTH TO THREE FOR ALL DC PASSES UNANIMOUSLY!
Washington D.C. – On Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at its 24th legislative meeting, the Council of the District of Columbia…
jonetta rose barras: On the border of homelessness
She stood at the pay phone booth, near the corner of Missouri Avenue and Georgia Avenue NW. She had been there for more than 20 minutes, negotiating with the telephone company over restoration of services. That morning when she left her…
Washington Post: Should 16-year-olds be able to vote? A majority of the D.C. Council thinks so
As scores of young people crowded into a hearing room in the Wilson Building on Wednesday, D.C. Council members saw the future of D.C. politics. “There are multiple future council members and a future mayor in this room,” said D.C. Council…
DC Central Kitchen serves up opportunity even amid search for a new home
Founded in 1989 as the nation’s first “community kitchen,” DC Central Kitchen uses food as a tool to build better communities. Each year it serves millions of meals to those in need and trains for culinary careers men and women who have had…
Brian Hart: ‘Don’t just see the light, be the light’
Imagine if you or your children had to sleep on a bare floor because you lacked beds, or you always ate standing up because you had no table or chairs. It’s not so easy to work or study at night when you have to do everything in your lap.…
New guide spotlights DC’s rich but underappreciated literary history
A Literary Guide to Washington, D.C.: Walking in the Footsteps of American Writers From Francis Scott Key to Zora Neale Hurston is as much a literary sampler as it is a walking-tour guidebook. Kim Roberts’ latest leads readers through the…
Norton to Introduce Bill to Give D.C. Authority to Appoint All Members of Board that Deals…
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
June 27, 2018
Norton to Introduce Bill to Give D.C. Authority to Appoint All Members of Board that Deals Exclusively with Local D.C. Zoning Variances
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As part of her continuing work to maximize…
Carper Introduces Legislation in Senate to Add the District of Columbia to NOAA’s List of Coastal…
FOR RELEASE: June 27, 2018
CONTACT: Christine Brennan / Kelly Scully
Carper Introduces Legislation in Senate to Add the District of Columbia to NOAA’s List of Coastal States
Bill would allow DC to access federal funds for flood…
Mayor Bowser Presents 2018 Senior Fest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 27, 2018
Mayor Bowser Presents 2018 Senior Fest
Annual, Age-Friendly Picnic Celebrates Residents Across All Wards
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(Washington, DC) – On Thursday, June 28,…
Washington Post Magazine: Do posh waterfronts make a city world-class? D.C. is betting hundreds of…
Monty Hoffman's graying hair was slicked back, and he was dressed in a Canali shirt and blue sport coat as he gestured out the window of his makeshift office inside the former Channel Inn on a warm, sunny day last September. With the…
Outdoor classrooms, other enhancements slated for Kingman Island parkland
Despite extensive collaboration and support among DC officials for the improvement and restoration of Kingman Island in the Anacostia River, some advocates worry that the District’s budget for the construction projects may not cover the…
Shelter construction delays bring questions over vetting of subcontractor
DC Council members this week grilled District officials over delays in constructing planned family homeless shelters in wards 7 and 8, while officials maintained both shelters will still open on schedule in the fall.
The two shelters…
Nadeau Bill Increases Tax Refund for Low-Income DC Taxpayers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Contact: Tom Fazzini
Nadeau Bill Increases Tax Refund for Low-Income DC Taxpayers
The Rainy Day Refund Act will help Washingtonians increase savings while lifting more taxpayers out of…
Councilmember Todd Introduces Bill To Protect Immigrants From Extortion
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June 26, 2018
CONTACT:
Joshua Fleitman
Councilmember Todd Introduces Bill
To Protect Immigrants From Extortion
Washington, DC – Today, Councilmember…
DDOT Continues to Grow Its School Crossing Guard Force
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June 26, 2018
DDOT Continues to Grow Its School Crossing Guard Force
(Washington, DC) — Each day, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), deploys over 200 School Crossing Guards to hundreds of …
Washington in the ’90s Premieres July 10 on WETA TV 26
Washington in the ‘90s
Premieres July 10th at 8:00pm on WETA TV 26 & HD
A Decade of Transition and Transformation in the Nation’s Capital
– The 1990s were a formative time for Washington, D.C., arguably the focal point for the…