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
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July 25, 2022
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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
Washington Post: Catholics in D.C. mourn loss of Latin Mass after decree bans practice
Standing before his parishioners holding the sacred bread of Communion in his hands, Father Vincent De Rosa, the pastor of St. Mary Mother of God Parish, solemnly intoned in Latin, “Ecce Agnus Dei.”
Washington Post: D.C. police shooting of man at Wharf reignites old debates
Cmdr. Jason Bagshaw had gone hands-on with demonstrators in Washington for years, winning colleagues’ respect but drawing criticism from demonstrators.
WTOP: Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to ban Latin mass in all but 3 churches
Following Pope Francis’ decision to significantly limit the use of Roman Liturgy, most nonparochial churches in the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington will stop performing the Traditional Latin Mass this fall, Cardinal Wilton Gregory said.…
Washington Post: Alethia Tanner Day honors enslaved woman who bought her freedom
Tanner sold vegetables at President’s Park and saved enough money to purchase the freedom of her family members
WTOP: DC grants Anacostia almost $4 million for arts and culture district
Washington D.C.’s Ward 8 will soon be a marquee destination for the arts.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: Two words that capture D.C.’s unsafe streets: ‘Updated again’
Two memorials were being planned for D.C. cyclists. Then a third was killed.
WTOP: DC-area leaders look for more cooperation, funding to deal with migrant surge
Nearly every day, buses bearing asylum-seeking migrants arrive at D.C.’s Union Station from Texas and Arizona.