Washington Post Editorial Board: Metro is short on trains, drivers — and public confidence
The D.C. area’s transit system, struggling to regain even half its pre-pandemic subway ridership, is short on trains, short on train drivers and, for good reason, short on public confidence. Along with Metro’s customer base, its revenue…
WTOP: Trade group pushes back on DC plan to up some vehicle registration fees
A new $500 registration fee for heavier Class 4 vehicles is expected to begin in October 2023, once D.C.’s 2023 fiscal year budget is signed.
DCist: Average D.C. Gas Price Breaks $5 A Gallon For The First Time
Over the weekend, D.C. passed an unwelcome milestone: $5 a gallon for gas.
Associated Press: Chesapeake Bay watershed earns a C+ on latest ‘report card’
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Chesapeake Bay watershed received an overall grade of C+ on its latest report card, released Monday by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
Greater Greater Washington: Uncrossable: Where DC’s network of bicycle infrastructure falls short
Pierre Charles L’Enfant’s DC street design resembling the spokes of a wheel was built to move carts, horses, and, later, trolleys. Overlaid on L’Enfant’s wheel spokes was a network of wide streets that were designed to move cars in and out…
DCist: Last-Minute Changes To New ANC Boundaries Draw Pushback And Concern Over Fate Of D.C. Jail…
A set of last-minute changes to D.C.’s proposed new boundaries for the city’s Advisory Neighborhood Commissions are prompting furious pushback by critics who say that they undo months of painstaking work, largely to mollify small yet vocal…
City Paper: Phil Mendelson’s Eleventh Hour Redistricting Intervention Has Some in Ward 3 Fuming
The Council chairman is casting aside a previously passed map of ANC boundaries in favor of his own proposal.
Press Release: Norton to Hold Hearing on Road Safety, Wednesday
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
June 6, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, announced the…
Press Release: House to Debate Norton Provisions Authorizing Studies on Secondary Drinking Water…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
June 6, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
The provisions passed in committee as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 and the House will vote on the bill as soon as…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Expanded Efforts to Encourage Families to Vaccinate Children…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor; DC Health; and the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 6, 2022
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo…
District Links: Mendelson’s changes to ANC redistricting spur criticism on eve of final vote;…
The DC Council may end up debating in some detail tomorrow how Ward 3's neighborhoods and commercial districts should be grouped into advisory neighborhood commissions.
City Paper: City Paper Primary Prep: The Mayoral Race Has Been Sleepy. Is There Any Reason to Expect…
Haven’t been paying attention to the race for mayor? Here’s how to catch up.
Washington Business Journal: Old Soldiers’ Home megadevelopment, now nearly 5M square feet,…
The Armed Forces Retirement Home is moving ahead with a nearly 5 million-square-foot redevelopment of part of its campus — what will be one of the largest projects of its kind in Greater Washington once it finally gets underway.
WTOP: DC Health studying first potential case of Monkeypox
D.C. Health said Sunday it may have found the first positive monkeypox case in the District.
WTOP: Rare, exotic — and stinky — Corpse Flower blooms at US botanic garden
It’s described as smelling like rotting meat, which is how it got its name, “The Corpse Flower.”
WTOP: DC to host city’s first-ever Afro Latino Fest on Sunday
To kick off Immigrant Heritage Month, D.C. is hosting its first ever Afro Latino Fest.
Washington Post: As crowded D.C. primary approaches, advocates push ranked-choice voting
When D.C. voters look at their ballots for this month’s Democratic primary, they’ll have to choose one candidate in each race, sometimes from a long list — in Ward 3, nine people are on the ballot for the council seat; in Ward 5, seven…
WTOP: Open Streets DC hosts mile-long event in Northwest
Open Streets DC has hosted another block party in Northwest, giving the area an opportunity to have a little midday fun in the summer heat.
WTOP: DC’s Ward 8 welcomes a new urban farm and wellness space
After more than four years of planning, The Well at Oxon Run, a new urban garden and wellness space in Ward 8, has opened its gates.
Washington Post: The Cuban missile crisis was fretted over in this D.C. office building
In the middle of October in 1962, a nondescript office building in a not-great part of Washington suddenly became very, very busy and very, very important. The future of the world depended on what was going on inside 501 K St. NW.