City Paper: Kenyan McDuffie’s At-Large Bid Scores Fundraising Help from GOP Donor and Lobbyist David…
McDuffie is starting from scratch as he moves to this independent bid, and he’s turning to a well-connected friend for help.
District Links: DC shifts strategy on monkeypox vaccinations to broaden impact amid tight supply;…
Amid a rapid increase in the number of local monkeypox cases, DC Health officials have overhauled their vaccine distribution plan to provide more first doses to eligible DC residents rather than a second dose to those midway through the…
DCist: New Metro GM Spends Rush Hour At Busy Station, Hearing Customers’ Concerns And Questions
New WMATA General Manager Randy Clarke wasted no time trying to make inroads with Metro riders. At the end of his first day on the job on Monday, he talked with dozens of riders at L’Enfant Plaza, hearing frustrations about long waits…
Washington Post: D.C. shifts monkeypox vaccine policy to focus on first dose
D.C. public health officials are shifting the city’s monkeypox vaccine strategy, using its limited stock of vaccine to give out first doses to the most at-risk population instead of reserving shots for the second dose of the two-shot…
Washington Business Journal: GPS can drop in tunnels. D.C., Waze have partnered to fix it.
Maybe you, too, have driven in the leftmost lane of a tunnel when you realize, 30 seconds after the GPS signal drops, that you need to exit via the rightmost lane.
UrbanTurf: JBG/Gallaudet Pitch 650-Unit Development Behind Union Market
Gallaudet University and JBG SMITH have unveiled plans for what might be the largest new residential development to date in the Union Market area.
Washington Business Journal: JBG Smith pitches plan for another huge residential project near Union…
JBG Smith Properties Co. is looking to build one of the largest developments yet near Union Market.
Washington Post: Thousands of D.C. government workers to get raises, bonuses
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Monday signed a bill authorizing pay raises and bonuses for about 8,000 nonunion city employees.
WTOP: On 1st day on job, new Metro GM rides rails to work, says goal is to get 7000-series trains…
Metro’s new general manager officially started Monday, acknowledging there are plenty of issues to tackle on Day One.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Are $100 sneakers a way to cut truancy? These folks think so.
“It’s a whole different generation,” Barbara Mickles said out loud, to no one in particular, shaking her head and adding a grandmotherly “mmm-hmmm” to underscore the absurdity of $100 sneakers on ever-growing kid feet.
Press Release: AG Racine Leads Coalition Urging the Biden Administration to Protect Haitian Migrants…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
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July 25, 2022
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Press Release: Mayor Bowser Signs Legislation Authorizing Pay Increases and Bonuses for DC…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Human Resources
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 25, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Clarissa M. Rucker (DCHR)
Registration for Virtual Hiring…
Press Release: DPW to Get Earlier Start on Residential Trash, Recycling Collection Due to Summer…
News Release — DC Department of Public Workers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 25, 2022
CONTACT: Nancee Lyons
Collections to start at 6:00 a.m. beginning August 1 through September 2
(Washington, DC) - The Department of Public…
Press Release: Norton to Introduce Bill to Reduce Federal Employee Pay Compression
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 25, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced she will introduce a bill to reduce federal employee…
Press Release: Norton Calls on Federal Government Not to Try to Recoup Pay of D.C. National Guard…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 25, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sent a letter urging the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Office of…
District Links: Metro’s new GM starts job amid safety, fiscal woes; DC government aims to fill…
Mayor Muriel Bowser is encouraging DC residents to apply for approximately 1,000 vacancies with the DC government, many of which are new positions authorized in the fiscal year 2023 budget she recently signed into law.
DCist: Inside The Academy Working To Train D.C.’s Violence Intervention Workforce
William Johnson has always taken care of his neighbors.
jonetta rose barras: Is public safety a priority for the DC Council?
That’s the question Patrice Sulton has been asking herself. Actually, a whole bunch of us have posed a similar query but for different reasons — mostly related to the seemingly unrelenting rise in community violence.
The founder and…
Axios: New Metro CEO Randy Clarke starts today
Randy Clarke, Metro’s new CEO, starts today and he’s got a big job on his hands.
Washington Post: New Metro GM faces safety, financial challenges on first day
Randy Clarke’s arrival comes as Metro is struggling to lure back riders amid a pandemic that devastated transit agency budgets