Washington Post: Metro board eyes more hands-on, stricter oversight after crises
Board members are expecting Metro staff members to share more detailed and timely information about major issues
Press Release: D.C. Council Names First Ombudsperson for Children
News Release — Ward 1 DC Council member Brianne Nadeau
For Immediate Release
June 3, 2022
Washington -- After three years of the Council fighting to create and fund a critical new child welfare oversight agency, Shalonda…
Washingtonian: The Just-Opened Waldorf Astoria Looks Exactly Like the Trump Hotel
We went and checked the place out.
Washington Business Journal: Amazon ponies up $20M-plus to keep new Petworth, Takoma projects…
The latest Amazon.com Inc.-backed affordable housing investments target existing and planned housing in Takoma and Petworth, records show.
DCist: Rooms Are Ready At The Waldorf Astoria, Formerly Known As The Trump Hotel
Guests can now book a room in the Waldorf Astoria Washington D.C., the new hotel brand that’s taken over the Old Post Office Building that once bore the name of former president Donald Trump.
DCist: Capitol Police Officer Indicted For Alleged Hit-And-Run, Attempted Cover-Up
A U.S. Capitol Police officer has been indicted by a federal grand jury after allegedly crashing his police car into a motorized cyclist, injuring them, and then fleeing the scene and trying to cover up his involvement in the incident. The…
DCist: Shakespeare Theatre Company Stagehands Are Unionizing
The production staff at Shakespeare Theatre Company has filed for union recognition, citing labor issues including low wages compared to other regional theaters and unfair treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
DCist: D.C.’s Climate Change Response Is In The Hands Of An Obscure, Unelected Commission
Three individuals appointed by the mayor (and not directly accountable to voters) could stand in the way of the city meeting its climate goals, or they could push the District to take aggressive climate action, according to…
DCist: Vincent Orange Is Running For D.C. Council Again, But Still Owes Money From His Past Races
Vincent Orange has been around D.C. politics for a long time — and there’s money he owes to prove it.
Associated Press: Feds: Capitol Police officer indicted on civil rights charge
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Capitol Police officer was indicted on federal civil rights charges after he was involved in an unauthorized high-speed chase, crashed into a motorcycle and then tried to cover it up, prosecutors said Friday.
Martin Luther King III in The Post: The next step in a long march: Expanding mobile voting in D.C.
Everything my father, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., fought for is under attack. By some counts, things have gotten worse since my daughter was born than they were when Dad was alive. Rights that Americans hold dear are under assault…
WTOP: What a night at DC’s new Waldorf Astoria will set you back
The former Trump Hotel at the historic Old Post Office Pavilion in D.C. has already reopened as the Waldorf Astoria, barely three weeks after the Trump signs came down. The hotel is definitely for well-heeled travelers.
WTOP: Theodore Roosevelt Bridge to look quite different in future
The Theodore Roosevelt Bridge is on track for a lot of upgrades, many intended to make it more pedestrian-friendly.
Press Release: Bowser Administration Completes Chevy Chase Small Area Plan That Promotes More…
News Release — DC Office of Planning
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 3, 2022
CONTACT:
Mekdy Alemayehu (OP)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The Bowser Administration, led by the DC Office of Planning (OP), has transmitted the Chevy…
Press Release: Norton Warns that Without Statehood, Future Republican Congress Could Overturn D.C.’s…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
June 3, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) warned that,…
Press Release: Norton Releases Remarks for Keel-Laying Ceremony for USS Columbia, Named for District…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
June 3, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks in advance of the keel laying, or formal recognition…
Press Release: Norton to Introduce Bill to Combat Train Noise and Vibration Near Homes
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
June 3, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces 202 for Peace Campaign for a Safer, Stronger Summer
New Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 3, 2022
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Dora Taylor- Lowe (PSJ)
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District Links: Prosecutors indict Capitol Police officer after unauthorized chase; Roosevelt Bridge…
Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced a summertime "202 for Peace" campaign to promote nonviolence.
Washington Post: In reshaped D.C. attorney general’s race, candidates vie to stand out
When Eric Jones sees neighbors who still have signs in their yards supporting Kenyan R. McDuffie for the District’s next attorney general — even though the former candidate was disqualified from running weeks ago — he stops to talk.