Press Release: Statement from Mayor Bowser on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 16, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, in response to President Joseph R. Biden signing the…
Press Release: Norton Highlights Continuing Judicial Vacancy Crisis on Local D.C. Courts, Reiterates…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
August 16, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the Senate on August recess, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today highlighted the continuing judicial…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces New Kids Ride Free SmarTrip Cards for the 2022-2023 School…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor; Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education; and District Department of Transportation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 16, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Benjamin…
WTOP: DC Kids Ride Free cards going out over the next few weeks
D.C. Public Schools students return to class in 13 days, and they’ll soon be able to pick up a new Kids Ride Free SmarTrip card.
DCist: Moechella Organizers Lose Trademark Dispute, But Go-Go Lives On
The fight to trademark “Moechella” — the name of D.C.’s popular go-go music protest on 14th and U Streets NW — has come to a halt.
City Paper: Bowser Pal Ben Soto Faces Legal Discipline After Helping Madam’s Organ Owner Save on…
The prominent businessman and political donor could lose his law license following accusations of dishonesty.
District Links: Council members call for more outreach on monkeypox as DC Health expands vax…
Eight DC Council members are urging DC Health to expand its communication efforts on the spread of the monkeypox virus and to provide more information on the distribution of vaccines.
DCist: D.C. Expands Monkeypox Vaccine Eligibility, Removes Gender And Sexuality Criteria
D.C. expanded eligibility criteria for the monkeypox vaccine over the weekend to include anyone with multiple partners in the past two weeks, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, giving D.C. one of the broadest vaccination criteria…
DCist: PARK(ing) Day Is Back Next Month, Letting Businesses Temporarily Transform Parking Spaces
Just in time for fall, business owners in the District will once again get the chance to liven up their urban properties on PARK(ing) Day between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Sept. 15.
Press Release: Norton Vows to Defeat Anti-Home-Rule Bill Making Voting and Election Administration…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
August 15, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she would defeat a bill recently introduced by Committee on House…
Press Release: Norton Says Lack of Statehood Cost D.C. Tens to Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
August 15, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said the District of Columbia was shortchanged tens to hundreds of…
WTOP: DC program provides paid interns to businesses
D.C. businesses have until Friday to offer work experiences to hundreds of high school students through an internship program.
WTOP: Mobile vaccine clinic for DC students rolls out Tuesday
With the first day of school about two weeks away, kids in D.C. have an opportunity to get those necessary vaccinations.
DCist: Free NEXTfest Music Festival Is All About D.C. Statehood This Year
NEXTfest, a two-day music and arts festival that explores D.C. culture through the lens of music that grew out of the city’s Black community, is back at Malcolm X Park this fall with an expanded program and a focus on D.C. statehood for…
DCist: Some D.C. Homeowners See Skyrocketing Property Tax Bills After Houses Declared Vacant
When Fort Totten resident Dan received his twice-a-year property tax bill last week, he wasn’t expecting the surprise he got: D.C. was charging him $19,434.75 for the second half of 2022, almost 10 times the same tax bill for the first…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Calls on Employers to Host DC High School Student Interns this School…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 15, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Fred Lewis (OSSE)
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Axios: D.C. expands monkeypox vaccine eligibility
D.C. announced on August 12 that it is expanding eligibility for monkeypox vaccine doses to include anyone who has had multiple sexual partners during the past two weeks.
Washington Post: His family was no stranger to tragedy. Then he was shot by police.
Officials say Rahman Mills did not comply with an order to drop a gun. He faces five charges.
Washington Post: ‘Hamilton’ returns to a Kennedy Center, city and world turned upside down
The security lines snaked once more out of the Kennedy Center foyer, and Silver Spring teens Amelia Beard, Anastasia Wixson and Ranvita Sen were chattering with excitement. At the end was their chance to see “Hamilton,” the…
WTOP: More people are now eligible to get the monkeypox vaccine in DC
D.C. has expanded the criteria for who can get the monkeypox vaccine as the District continues to have the most cases per capita in the country.