Pete Tucker: Vince Gray is Eyeing Another Run for Mayor. Here’s What WaPo Did to Him Last Time.
Vince Gray is eyeing a run for his old job as D.C. mayor. Having passed on the Democratic primary, Gray’s only option at this point is to run as an independent. Despite what would be an uphill fight in the overwhelmingly Democratic city,…
AG Racine Sues Turning Natural Cafe for Underpaying District Workers and Denying Sick Leave Benefits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 5, 2018
MEDIA CONTACT: Rob Marus, Communications Director
Marrisa Geller, Public Affairs Specialist
AG RACINE SUES TURNING NATURAL CAFE FOR UNDERPAYING DISTRICT WORKERS AND DENYING SICK…
Student journalists at Wilson High’s Beacon look to build on high-profile year
Maya Wilson squeezed through the crowd that packed Pennsylvania Avenue for the March for Our Lives. She was trying to reach the nearest Starbucks — anywhere with Wi-Fi — to send updates to be published on the Huffington Post’s social media…
Councilmember Allen to hold public roundtable on policing and public safety in Wards 7 and 8
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July 5, 2018
Contact: Erik Salmi
Councilmember Allen to hold public roundtable on policing and public safety in Wards 7 and 8
On Thursday, July 12, Councilmember Charles Allen, Chair of the Committee on the…
SETTLEMENT REACHED on ST. THOMAS’ PARISH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
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SETTLEMENT REACHED on ST. THOMAS’ PARISH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Historic St. Thomas’ Parish and CAS Riegler have reached a settlement with Dupont Circle Citizens Association (DCCA), the area’s civic and residential…
Jazz history is local history in new book
"Music heals the soul," Maurice Jackson said recently at Busboys and Poets in Takoma Park. Jackson is one of the editors, along with Blair A. Ruble, of DC Jazz, a collection of essays that surveys the city's long history with the most…
Expanded Quality Improvement Network to Provide 94 More High-Quality Early Learning Seats in D.C.’s…
Expanded Quality Improvement Network to Provide 94 More High-Quality Early Learning Seats in D.C.’s Wards 7 and 8
Bethesda, Maryland (July 5, 2018) — The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) Division of Early…
jonetta rose barras: Wanted — an education architect for DCPS
There’s a temptation to parse the search for the next chancellor of DC Public Schools, with some education advocates arguing that any individual selected must focus on improving the quality of teachers and principals, providing equity…
“Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia” Reopens at Anacostia Community…
“Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia” Reopens at Anacostia Community Museum in Celebration of All-Star Game
July 3, 2018
The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum will reopen its…
Paul Strauss: Denial of democratic equality for DC violates international law
Last week I spoke to members of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations With the United States on behalf of the rights of some 700,000 people who are denied basic democracy — the residents of the District of Columbia. Here’s the…
Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbon on Palisades Recreation Center and Walks in the Fourth of July Parade
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July 4, 2018
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LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbon on Palisades Recreation Center and Walks in the Fourth of July Parade
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, after participating in the annual…
Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Bond Rating Services Upgrade District General Obligations Bonds…
GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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Tuesday, July 2, 2018
CONTACT: David Umansky
Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Bond Rating Services Upgrade District General…
DC should tie tax breaks to union pay for construction workers, report says
The District is too quick to give tax breaks to developers without negotiating better pay for workers on projects like the multibillion-dollar Wharf, a new report from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute argues.
The 21-page report —…
Scott Goldstein: In the chancellor search, an opportunity to rebuild trust in DC schools
Last week, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she would be beginning the search for a new DC Public Schools chancellor. This moment presents us with the unique opportunity of an open and inclusive discussion on the direction of education in…
Another section of Beach Drive declares independence from potholes
National Park Service News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 3, 2018
Contact: Jonathan Shafer
Another section of Beach Drive declares independence from potholes
National Park Service prepares transition to final…
Norton Introduces Bill to Create Commemorative Coin to Honor Paul Laurence Dunbar to Benefit Causes…
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
July 3, 2018
Norton Introduces Bill to Create Commemorative Coin to Honor Paul Laurence Dunbar to Benefit Causes of Dunbar High School Alumni Association
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton…
Norton Announces Her Annual Job Fair for D.C. Residents, August 1
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July 3, 2018
Norton Announces Her Annual Job Fair for D.C. Residents, August 1
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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that her annual Job…
Meditation garden opens as part of efforts to make better use of city’s smallest parks
When Pierre Charles L’Enfant drew diagonal boulevards cutting throughout his grid plan for DC in 1791, he created hundreds of tiny triangular parks in the leftover spaces near intersections. Ever since, many of these have remained patches…