Press Release: D.C. Appropriations Bill Passes in Subcommittee, Contains Numerous Victories
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
June 16, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the fiscal year 2023 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which includes many victories secured by…
City Paper: As the Ward 3 Field Clears for a Frumin-Goulet Matchup, Other Candidates Vow to Stick…
Some progressives are trying consolidate behind Frumin, but the field seems unlikely to shrink any further.
Axios: Food insecurity affected one third of D.C. area residents this past year
One third of people in the Washington region — more than 1.2 million people — experienced food insecurity in the past year, including nearly half of Prince George’s County households.
DCist: Giant Signs Tentative Deal To Build Grocery Store In Long-Vacant Site In Ward 7
D.C. and Giant have signed a tentative deal to bring a 55,000-square-foot grocery store to a long-vacant site in Ward 7, a move that would expand food access for neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River.
Press Release: Modified District Government Services for Juneteenth
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 16, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Monday, June 20, 2022, the District Government will observe…
Press Release: AG Racine Sues DC Housing Authority for Systematically Failing Tenants With…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 16, 2022
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Alleges that DCHA Forces Vulnerable Residents to Wait Years for…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Launches Financial Empowerment Center in Ward 8
News Release — DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, June 16, 2022
CONTACT: Art Swift (DISB)
(Washington, DC)—Today, Mayor Bowser announced the grand opening of a new Financial…
District Links: DC announces deal for new Giant supermarket in Ward 7; latest renderings show…
The city has a tentative deal for Giant to open a full-scale supermarket at Capitol Gateway Marketplace in Ward 7, where development plans stalled years ago after Walmart pulled out of plans to operate there.
WTOP: Bowser: DC to use eminent domain to bring a new Giant Food store to Ward 7
Bowser: DC to use eminent domain to bring a new Giant Food store to Ward 7
Washington Post: A first look at plans for the new Union Station in D.C.
New renderings show the major overhaul being proposed for the 115-year old train hub
Christina Henderson: DC voters would win with a ranked choice voting system
Today in the District, our elections are more competitive than they have ever been. At the time of writing this, Democratic primary voters in Ward 3 have six active candidates to choose from for their council representative (though nine…
Washington Post: Race for D.C. Council chair means first explaining: What’s council chair?
D.C. Council chair might be among the District’s most powerful local positions — but many voters don’t know much about it.
WTOP: As crime surges, DC looks for both big and small solutions
Murders and robberies are up substantially around D.C., driving an overall double-digit increase in violent crime.
Washington Business Journal: Grocer inks tentative deal to replace once-planned Walmart store in…
Giant Food plans to open a store in D.C.'s Ward 7, where it will serve as an anchor tenant at a stalled mixed-use development that was derailed when Walmart had abruptly pulled out more than six years ago.
Washington Post: Suspended Metro trains to return Thursday amid eight-month shortage
Also Wednesday, a coalition of environmental groups filed an ethics complaint against a Metro board member
Washington Post: Bowser as next ‘mayor for life’? She’ll need support of the lukewarm, too.
Ellen Hughes lives in the Parkview neighborhood of D.C. and says violent crime is her top issue in this year’s race for mayor. She gives Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) passing marks on how she handled the pandemic and schools, so she’ll vote…
Associated Press: DC trolls Saudi embassy by naming street Jamal Khashoggi Way
WASHINGTON (AP) — One month ahead of President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia, the District of Columbia is renaming the street in front of the Saudi embassy Jamal Khashoggi Way, trolling Riyadh for its role in the killing of the…
Washington Post: George Washington University to stop using ‘Colonials’ name by 2023-24
George Washington University will retire its “Colonials” moniker, a name intended to honor its namesake but that has long been criticized as a term that glorifies colonialism, officials announced Wednesday.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Progress to Acquire Capitol Gateway Marketplace Site
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 15, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Natalia Vanegas (DMPED)
As…
Washington Business Journal: Downtown D.C.’s office struggles prompt a residential conversion…
As commuters remain at home, and not just because the pandemic persists, downtown D.C. is primed for a reimagining — as a place to live.