Washington Post: D.C. mayor declares public emergency over migrants arriving on buses
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) declared a public emergency Thursday over the influx of asylum seekers bused in from Texas and Arizona, a formality that allows her to release $10 million in city funds to aid the migrants while also…
DCist: Thousands Of Miles From Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II Will Always Be Remembered On…
Standard protocol when meeting Queen Elizabeth II held that you’re only to touch her should she offer her hand; under no circumstances should you hug her. But on a warm spring day in 1991, D.C. resident Alice Frazier threw all norms out…
Washington Post: D.C. candidates grapple with questions on crime ahead of general election
Candidates running for local D.C. offices discussed strategies for violent crime prevention at a forum in Southeast Washington this week, grappling once again with a topic that District voters say is a preeminent concern.
Washington Post: Saving D.C.’s endangered species — the Hay’s Spring amphipod
It’s a shrimp-like crustacean found only in the city, and there’s a new plan to try to save it
DCist: Bowser Denies Reports That D.C. Police Are Stepping Up Enforcement Of A Youth Curfew
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday downplayed reporting by The Washington Post that the Metropolitan Police Department has quietly resumed enforcement of its curfew for D.C. youth in an effort to curb crime.
Axios: D.C. declares emergency over influx of migrants
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency Thursday in response to thousands of migrants from the southern border being sent to the city on buses from Texas and Arizona.
WTOP: Bowser declares emergency, establishes office for migrants
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday declared a public emergency regarding the influx of migrants from Arizona and Texas.
Washington Post: How federal covid aid trickled down to Xavier’s classroom
One D.C. school navigates the maze of federal covid education funding to target students on the verge of failure
Washington Post: Heroin overdoses are vanishing from D.C. The reason? Fentanyl.
Figures show just under 1 in 10 overdose victims died after using heroin this year, compared to more than half of them in 2017
DCist: Mayor Bowser Declares Emergency Over Migrant Busing, Creates New Office To Support New…
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency Thursday in response to the thousands of migrants who are being sent to the city by bus from Arizona and Texas. At a press conference inside the Wilson Building, she also announced the…
WTOP: Neighborhood leaders sign on to suicide prevention plan for DC bridge
Calls are growing louder for suicide prevention barriers to be placed along a Northwest D.C. bridge.
Washington Post: D.C. quietly resumes enforcement of youth curfew after two-year pause
The news comes as Prince George’s County prepares for a 30-day crackdown on its curfew for those under 17, a policy that experts have long criticized
District Links: Mayor sets up new office to coordinate assistance when migrants arrive; heroin…
In response to calls for more local assistance for the migrants arriving by bus from Texas and Arizona, Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced the declaration of a public emergency and the creation of a new Office of Migrant Services to…
DCist: D.C. Delays Planned Inspections Of Marijuana Gifting Stores
D.C. officials are delaying plans to inspect the city’s many marijuana gifting stores this week, deepening the confusion around the maybe-legal, maybe-not industry that continues to grow across the city.
DCist: Want To Experience The Best Of The C&O Canal? Jump On A Bike
There’s a moment along the C&O about 85 miles north of D.C. where the towpath that parallels the canal suddenly emerges from the woods. As it does, the Potomac River opens up dramatically before you, and you find yourself moving along…
WTOP: DC Health promotes the newest COVID booster — and a flu shot while you’re at it
DC Health has made the newest COVID-19 booster available to city residents, offering it to anyone who wants it at the COVID Centers set up in all eight wards of the District.
WTOP: DC hotels return to pre-pandemic activity
The hotel industry, which was among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, has largely returned to pre-pandemic business, according to the D.C. Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and most of that bounce back has come only in recent…
Washington Post: From border town to ‘border town,’ bused migrants seek new lives in D.C. area
DEL RIO, Tex. — They marched in caravans for weeks, past dead bodies while dodging kidnappers and thieves — and now, some of the migrants crowded inside a tiny stucco building just past the Rio Grande were looking at a star scribbled on an…
City Paper: Big-Name Donors Flocked to the LGBTQ Victory Fund in Primary’s Closing Days, Covertly…
The federal PAC scored money from many familiar names in D.C. politics, seemingly to avoid direct ties to the Ward 1 hopeful.
Press Release: Norton Participates in Hearing on Mail Delivery and Theft Problems
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
September 7, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) participated in the Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing…