WTOP: DC lowers speed limits on key corridors; more to come
D.C. is lowering the speed limit on certain roads from 30 mph to 25.
DCist: D.C. Reduced The Speed Limit To 25 Miles Per Hour On Some Major Streets
The District Department of Transportation announced Friday that some of the city’s busiest and fastest roads have reduced the speed limit from 30 to 25 mph:
Randy Clarke in The Post: It’s your transit system
Since I took the helm of America’s transit system and began asking customers, staff and stakeholders about Metro, I’ve heard tremendous support for our system as the region’s opportunity connector. Everyone wants us to deliver safe,…
Washington Post: D.C. was the top city for remote work in 2021, census data show
The portion of people working primarily from home in Washington, D.C., last year was the highest of any large city in the nation.
Press Release: DDOT Advances Vision Zero by Lowering Speed Limit to 25 MPH in Key DC Corridors
News Release — District Department of Transportation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 16, 2022
Media Contacts:
German Vigil
Mariam Nabizad
(Washington, DC) — The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) today announced…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Celebrates National Citizenship Day By Awarding Funds to Organizations…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 16, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, in honor of National Citizenship Day on…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Congratulates Three District Schools Recognized as 2022 National Blue…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 16, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that three schools in the District of Columbia…
Press Release: Norton Announces Markup of Her Bill Expanding D.C. Home Rule
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
September 16, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will…
District Links: DC led country in remote work in 2021, per census data; House panel slated to vote…
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is slated to consider sweeping legislation to expand DC home rule at a markup session on Tuesday.
jonetta rose barras: Ward 3 DC Council member Mary Cheh’s legislative ride comes to an end, Part 2
A movie scene keeps coming to mind: Someone is operating a metal detector, hoping to get rich quick by discovering gold. The device makes a sound and just beneath the surface is a coin that looks like the real thing — but is it? Unsure,…
Washington Post: Casa Ruby ‘should be dissolved,’ court-appointed receiver says
Casa Ruby, the troubled nonprofit that served homeless LGBTQ youth and shut down earlier this year, has more than $2 million in unpaid claims and should be dissolved, a court-appointed receiver said this week.
DCist: ‘Aid Is Resilient’: Locals Pivot After Texas Sends Migrants To Vice President’s Home
Nonprofit staff and mutual aid volunteers arrived to Union Station on Thursday morning before sunrise to welcome and support migrants bused into D.C. by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. But instead of being dropped off at the station — as has been…
DCist: Seven People Have Died In D.C. Jail Custody This Year. Giovanni Love Was One Of Them
Giovanni Love liked to spend time in the woods of Maryland. He liked trying to find snakes and bugs he hadn’t seen before. He fed deer with apples and crackers from the palm of his hand.
Associated Press: Migrant buses dropped off by Texas near VP Harris’ residence
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two buses of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border were dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in residential Washington on Thursday morning in the bitter political battle over the Biden administration’s…
DCist: Casa Ruby Owes Creditors Millions And ‘Should Be Dissolved,’ Says Court-Appointed Receiver
A court-ordered assessment of the financial and operational status of Casa Ruby has determined that the once-famed LGBTQ+ nonprofit is not fit to continue operating, even if a new board of directors were appointed.
DCist: Free Metro, Voting, And Plenty On Public Safety: Here’s What The D.C. Council Is Tackling…
The weather outside is cooling, but debates in the Wilson Building are just about to start heating up.
District Links: Texas drops off two buses of migrants outside VP’s home instead of Union…
With District officials having criticized the governors of Texas and Arizona for undertaking a political stunt by busing migrants to DC's Union Station, the choice of a different destination within the city has brought a new round of…
DCist: D.C. Signs Deal With School Principals’ Union As Teachers’ Contract Negotiations Drag On
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday inked a new four-year labor contract with the union representing 840 principals and administrations in D.C. Public Schools, guaranteeing them 12.5% in pay increases over the life of the contract.
DCist: After A Tragedy, One Woman Is Fighting For Suicide Barriers On A D.C. Bridge
Dr. Chelsea Van Thof still remembers that night in mid-April, standing on the Duke Ellington Bridge in Adams Morgan. Through the gates that line the bridge, she could see the police lights some 130 feet below in Rock Creek Park, and she…
WTOP: DC Mayor Bowser defends 911 call center
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser rebuffed criticism and defended the city’s 911 call center Wednesday against accusations that six people have died so far this year, after 911 call takers delayed sending help because of mistakes.