WTOP: DC is prepared to help residents beat the heat
When it’s this hot, nothing beats a dip in a cool pool or splashing in a spray park. D.C. has them scattered throughout the city.
Colbert King in The Post: The national and local intersect for D.C. in November
D.C. voters have good reason to concentrate their minds on November. Not only will they elect a mayor, a D.C. Council chair, two at-large and four ward council members in the Nov. 8 general election, but the congressional midterms are also…
Erica Ahdoot, Shandell Richards and Brad Sickels in The Post: To stop gun violence, we need to fight…
Gun violence in this country is constant and devastating. In addition to the high-profile national tragedies, we have seen a troubling increase in instances of local, often unreported, community violence many people live with every day.
Washingtonian: What’s It Like to Be DC’s Fire Chief?
John A. Donnelly Sr. talks January 6, Covid, and memorable rescues.
District Links: Even with 2,400 vouchers available this year, only 520 people have moved into…
A year ago, the DC Council touted funding for 2,400 new housing vouchers — enough to dramatically reduce the number of people experiencing chronic homelessness in DC. Now, with little more than two months left in the fiscal year, DC has…
Washington Post: UDC president, longest-serving in school history, to step down in 2023
Ronald Mason Jr. has been at the helm of the University of the District of Columbia since 2015
Why has DC used only one-fifth of this year’s new housing vouchers so far?
Doug had a housing voucher, but he was still sleeping outside.
Three days after the Jan. 6 insurrection, he boarded a train to DC on the promise of a job. When he arrived, he learned his start date was delayed. The place he had…
Washington Post: D.C. region readies pools, cooling centers as blistering heat descends
The District, snared in the heat wave that began this week for more than 100 million people nationwide, is bracing for temperatures that could hit triple digits for the first time since 2016.
Washingtonian: Union Market’s Edens Apologizes for Anti-Asian Email After Chef-Led Petition
"Love you oolong time" reads the subject line from a promotional email.
Associated Press: Mayors ask Biden to help with influx of asylum-seekers
NEW YORK (AP) — The Democratic mayors of New York and Washington are asking the Biden administration to help with what they say is a surge in their cities of asylum-seeking migrants from border states, eliciting gleeful reactions from…
Washington Business Journal: Project formerly known as Howard Town Center, delayed by Covid-19, to…
Developers are forging ahead with a tweaked plan for the historic Bond Bread Factory and Washington Railway & Electric Co. buildings near Howard University after Covid-19 induced delays.
Washington Post: D.C. heat wave: It could hit 100 for first time in six years Sunday
The District is in the midst of one of its longest 100-degree droughts.
Washington Business Journal: Redevelopment of Georgetown’s West Heating Plant to begin at last
After years of planning, work is finally set to begin on the redevelopment of the West Heating Plant in Georgetown.
DCist: D.C. Extends Outdoor Pool Hours This Weekend, Citing Heat Emergency
This weekend, as temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees or higher with the heat index, the District is extending hours at 11 outdoor pools across all eight wards. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a heat emergency through Monday.
Washington Post: Woman fatally struck riding bicycle in Northwest Washington
Shawn O’Donnell, 40, worked for the State Department and loved to travel, her mother said
City Paper: Once the Smut Kingpin of D.C., Dennis Sobin Says He’s Mellowed in Old Age. But He’s…
Dennis Sobin first ran for D.C. mayor 40 years ago. Since then, he’s made millions in the sex trade, lost those millions, moved to Florida, spent years in prison, gotten out, launched a nonprofit, written plays for the Kennedy Center’s…
Press Release: Norton to Receive ‘Living Legend Award’ from National Urban League
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 21, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will receive the National Urban League’s “Living Legend Award” on Friday,…
Press Release: Norton Recommendation Pan Approved for U.S. Circuit Court for D.C. by Senate…
Press Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 21, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) congratulated Judge Florence Pan of the U.S. District Court for the…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Extends Outdoor Pool Hours at Select Locations to Help Residents Beat…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Parks and Recreation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 21, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Michael Tucker Jr. (DPR)
Select Outdoor…
Press Release: OSSE Receives Approval from State Board of Education on New DC Every Student Succeeds…
News Release — DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 21, 2022
Contact:
Fred Lewis
Plan will now go to US Department of Education for Final Approval
The Office of the State…