Randy Speck: Treat ANC candidates equally on ballot access
Forty-five advisory neighborhood commissioners recently asked the DC Board of Elections to expand the period for circulating petitions for the November general election. They requested that ANC candidates be treated the same as candidates…
Chairman’s race profile: Mendelson stresses need for oversight over new spending
As he campaigns for re-election this summer, Phil Mendelson is telling the story of the Anacostia properties. The DC Council chairman had a protracted dispute last year with Mayor Muriel Bowser, a fellow Democrat, over the fate of four…
Chairman’s race profile: Lazere pushes incumbent on scale of affordable housing investment
Ed Lazere still isn’t satisfied. The longtime executive director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute knows the DC Council increased support for affordable housing this year — even investing $15.6 million more than Mayor Muriel Bowser proposed…
Wilson educator steps up to the plate to coach both robotics and softball
David Thompson works at Wilson High School, but he does more than teach. Along with being an instructional educator for high school teachers in the D.C. area, Thompson also coaches both softball and robotics at Wilson.
Thompson — himself…
Single Lane Closures Along Massachusetts Avenue on June 16
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 14, 2018
Media Contacts
Terry Owens
Lauren Stephens
Single Lane Closures Along Massachusetts Avenue on June 16
(Washington, DC) - The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will enact…
Temporary Lane Closure on Connecticut Avenue NW Begins June 11
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 6, 2018
Media Contacts
Terry Owens
Lauren Stephens
Temporary Lane Closure on Connecticut Avenue NW Begins June 11
(Washington, DC) -- The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will…
Mayor Bowser Announces $103 Million Investment in Affordable Housing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 13, 2018
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Gwendolyn Cofield (DHCD)
Mayor Bowser Announces $103 Million Investment in Affordable Housing
Nine Projects to Produce or Preserve Affordable Housing for More…
Insurers File Proposed Rates for 2019 District of Columbia Health Plan Offerings
For Immediate Release
June 13, 2018
Contact: Tanya Bryant
Insurers File Proposed Rates for 2019 District of Columbia Health Plan Offerings
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking…
Alma Gates: DC needs a planning commission
By Alma Gates
Washington, DC, shares its land area with the federal government — or is it the other way around? It doesn’t matter: There’s a finite amount of land available for development within the 10 miles square known as the nation’s…
DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority Named Finalist in Worldwide Competition for Technology…
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: June 12, 2018
Contact: Adam Hudson
Linda Wharton Boyd
DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority Named Finalist in Worldwide Competition for Technology Innovation
Washington, DC – The DC Health…
SBOE Invites Public Comment on Credit Recovery
June 13, 2018
Paul Negron, Public Affairs Specialist
SBOE Invites Public Comment on Credit Recovery
Make Your Voice Heard at June 20 Public Meeting
Washington, DC- The DC State Board of Education (SBOE)…
National Park Service offers rare business opportunity at Rock Creek Park Horse Center
National Park Service News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 13, 2018
Contact: Katelyn Liming
National Park Service offers rare business opportunity at Rock Creek Park Horse Center
WASHINGTON — The National…
DDOT Announces Kickoff of Urban Forest Inventory and Analysis in the District of Columbia
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June 13, 2018
Media Contacts
Terry Owens
Lauren Stephens
DDOT Announces Kickoff of Urban Forest Inventory and Analysis in the District of Columbia
(Washington, DC) -- The District Department of…
Norton to Host Community Meeting on the Future of Organized Sports on the National Mall, June 18
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
June 13, 2018
Norton to Host Community Meeting on the Future of Organized Sports on the National Mall, June 18
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a community meeting on…
Norton to Introduce Bill to Repeal Redundant, Anti-Home-Rule Federal Law Prohibiting a Person in…
Contact: Raven Reeder June 12, 2018
Norton to Introduce Bill to Repeal Redundant, Anti-Home-Rule Federal Law Prohibiting a Person in D.C. from Obstructing a Bridge…
Norton to Introduce Bill to Strip President of Authority to Federalize D.C. Police Department
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
June 11, 2018
Norton to Introduce Bill to Strip President of Authority to Federalize D.C. Police Department
Part of Series of Bills to Reduce the Federal Government’s Role in D.C.’s Criminal and Civil…
Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington Announces 2018 RAMMY Award Winners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Avery Lewis
Linda Roth Associates, Inc.
Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington Announces 2018 RAMMY Award Winners…
Afro-American: DC Candidates Face Tough Questions Over Police Reform
Candidates for the District of Columbia’s City Council chairman and at-large member spent the evening of May 30 answering tough questions about criminal justice reform. One candidate called for the ouster of Metropolitan Police Chief Peter…
Amanda Alexander in The Post: I’m D.C.’s interim schools chancellor. I’ve never been more…
In the fall of 1998, I walked through the doors of Walker-Jones Education Campus in Shaw as a new teacher and recent Howard University graduate. The challenges were daunting for D.C. Public Schools — and for me. Schools were in such…