Press Release: AG Racine Announces Victories in Three Nonprofit Enforcement Lawsuits, Including…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 5, 2022
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
In Separate Resolution, Court Rules that the Officer and Director of Two…
District Links: DC Council gives initial OK to allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections;…
Newly released student immunization rates are bringing calls for a broader effort to boost vaccination rates as a key deadline looms.
WTOP: DC a step closer to banning most right turns on red
The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted 12-1 to pass a bill that prohibits drivers from making a right turn on red at most intersections.
Washington Post: D.C. Council advances bill to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections
The D.C. Council on Tuesday took the first of two votes to allow the District’s noncitizen residents to cast ballots in local elections, coming close to concluding an almost decade-long effort by activists and council members to…
DCist: D.C. Council Gives First Approval To Bills To Let Non-Citizens Vote, Make Mail Voting…
The D.C. Council on Tuesday gave initial approval to a pair of bills that will reshape the city’s election system, largely by expanding how people vote and who can vote.
Washington Post: After lax enforcement, Metro to issue fare evasion citations next month
The change follows a steep drop in fare evasion tickets and arrests in recent years, with 15,000 in 2017 falling to fewer than 300 last year
Washington Post Editorial Board: Metro cannot ignore its safety problems
For a dozen years, internal and external audits of the Washington subway’s communications systems — the basic tools that enable transit workers to talk with each other and the public — have spotlighted troubles that could endanger…
WTOP: Metro to begin cracking down on fare evaders with hefty fines
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is cracking down on people who skip paying fares at the turnstiles and gates.
Washington Post: After 61 years on WRC-TV, ‘It’s Academic’ is moving to WETA
The ancient Greeks referred to planets as “wandering stars” for the peripatetic way the celestial bodies moved across the night sky. That’s just the sort of factoid you might learn on a TV show that, in its own way, risked becoming a…
DCist: January 6 Defendants Say They’d Rather Be At Guantanamo Bay Than The D.C. Jail
January 6 defendants being held at the D.C. Jail say that if conditions at the facility don’t improve, they’d rather be transferred to Guantanamo Bay, where they think they’d at least get better meals, medical care, and exercise.
DCist: Metro Will Ramp Up Ticketing For Fare Evasion Next Month, Test New Faregates
Metro is rolling out a multi-faceted plan to address a $40 million fare evasion problem.
DCist: Mail Ballots Start Going Out To D.C. Voters Ahead Of November Election
D.C. voters, make sure to check your mail.
Press Release: Norton Meets with New Federal Bureau of Prisons Director to Discuss Treatment of D.C.…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
October 4, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today met with the new Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP),…
Press Release: Councilmember Nadeau Leads DC Council Expanding Voting Rights and Protecting Abortion…
News Release — Ward 1 DC Council member Brianne Nadeau
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 4, 2022
MEDIA CONTACT:
Jaqueline Castaneda, Communications
The Council voted to advance the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of…
Press Release: Council Expands Paid Leave for DC Government Employees
News Release — At-large DC Council member Elissa Silverman
Makes District government competitive with Federal Government, private sector
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
David Connerty-Marin
District government employees…
Press Release: Today: DC Council Passes Nine Bills As Recommended By Committee on the Judiciary and…
News Release — Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 4, 2022
Contact: Erik Salmi
Today, the full DC Council will hold a vote on nine bills passed out of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public…
Press Release: AG Racine Supports White House AI Bill of Rights that Includes Core Aspects of His…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
Announcement Comes After AG Racine Participated in White House Meeting in September During Which He Explained the Need for Federal Action to Stop Algorithmic Discrimination
WASHINGTON,…
District Links: Metro plans to start issuing tickets, fines against fare evasion; WaPo examines…
Metro is launching a new effort to stop fare evasion on buses and trains, with plans to begin issuing citations and fines in November after a warning period over the next month.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces FY23 Mayor’s Office on Community Affairs Grant Awardees
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 4, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) -Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs…
Axios: COVID cases are low in D.C. schools, but data reporting has changed
COVID-19 cases in D.C.’s public schools remain low a month into the academic year — although the data available is much less detailed than last year and it’s harder to make comparisons.