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.
Street Sense: For people living in poverty, getting an abortion is hard. It’s about to get harder
When Aida Peery decided to get an abortion at 18, she felt scared and confused. It was a few years after the historic Roe V. Wade ruling, the 1973 landmark case protecting a person’s right to an abortion. But Peery was unsure how she could…
Washington Post: Bill would reduce mayoral control of troubled D.C. crime lab
Council member Charles Allen introduced legislation to turn the Department of Forensic Sciences into an independent agency.
Washington Post: Wider sidewalks, higher railings, new lighting planned for Roosevelt Bridge
Major structural repairs will begin as early as 2024 to increase the life of the bridge by 25 years
WTOP: DC offers bike reimbursements for District school staff
Are you a teacher in D.C. biking to work? You can get your money back for that.
Washington Business Journal: Water-damaged NoMa hotel subject of multimillion-dollar dispute
Heavy rains last spring allegedly caused substantial damage to the citizenM hotel being built in NoMa, delaying the project's completion by several months and sparking a multimillion-dollar dispute between the project's development team,…
DCist: D.C.’s De-Accredited Crime Lab Could Be Made An Independent Agency
A new D.C. Council bill would overhaul the city’s troubled Department of Forensic Sciences, turning it into an independent agency with a new leadership structure and a different process for handling complaints about negligence, misconduct,…
UrbanTurf: 3,000 Units + 20 Acres of Open Space: The Development of DC’s Armed Forces Home Gets Key…
The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) gave one of the largest new developments on the boards in DC an important thumbs up on Thursday.