DCist: National Zoo Euthanizes Red Fox That Allegedly Killed Its Flamingos. Is That … Allowed?
It was an audacious crime in the heart of the nation’s capital that garnered news coverage from outlets across the world: A stealthy red fox — a wild animal native to the D.C. region — managed to break into the heavily fortified flamingo…
DCist: Metro Has A ‘Culture That Accepts Noncompliance,’ Bypassing Safety Protections As Recently As…
Metrorail repeatedly powered the electric third rail while workers were still on the roadway in recent weeks, bypassing safety procedures and putting people at risk of injury and death, according to a new report issued by the Washington…
Washington Business Journal: Georgetown to tackle ‘significant inequity’ in cancer care with…
Georgetown University plans to expand its cancer services, thanks to funding from a big-name foundation.
Washington Post: Trucker convoy returns to D.C. region. Here’s what you need to know.
A group of truckers calling itself the “People’s Convoy,” which protested vaccine mandates and aired other right-wing grievances by driving around the Washington region in March, returned to the Hagerstown Speedway in Maryland on Tuesday.
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WTOP: Second drinking water source for DC, swimming in Potomac to be studied
Second drinking water source for DC, swimming in Potomac to be studied
Washington Post: Metro faces new safety order on first day under new leadership
The transit agency’s top two leaders departed Monday after a training lapse involving about half of its train operators
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Prohibit Census Questions on Citizenship, Nationality, and…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
May 17, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today that would prohibit questions on citizenship,…
Press Release: MuralsDC Celebrates 15 Years and More Than 150 Murals with Big Bus Tour
News Release — DC Department of Public Works
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 17, 2022
CONTACT:
Nancee Lyons
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The Department of Public Works (DPW) and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities…
Press Release: During Infrastructure Week, Mayor Bowser Highlights Progress in Expanding Access to…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor, DC Department of Energy and Environment, and the DC Green Bank
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 17, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Nicole Goines (DOEE)
Gary…
Press Release: Norton Criticizes Johnson Bill Designed to Move Federal Agency Headquarters Out of…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
May 17, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) criticized a bill introduced by Congressman Bill Johnson (R-OH) that would…
District Links: Interim GM takes over at Metro as Wiedefeld speeds up retirement; mayoral candidates…
Metro is speeding up the transition to new leadership of the region's rail and bus service.
WTOP: Ballots now being mailed to DC voters ahead of primary
The D.C. primary election is coming up next month, but voters won’t have to wait that long to cast a ballot, because ballots are currently being mailed directly to the homes of registered voters across the nation’s capital.
WTOP: DC Democratic mayoral hopefuls talk COVID, crime, Commanders
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser defended her record while three other Democratic hopefuls spelled out their positions in a 90-minute virtual debate Monday night.
WTOP: Metro GM Wiedefeld retires a month early; COO Leader resigns
Metro General Manager and CEO Paul Wiedefeld has retired over a month earlier than planned, and the D.C.-area transit agency’s Chief Operating Officer Joe Leader has stepped down effective immediately.
DCist: Metro General Manager Wiedefeld To Retire Early, COO Resigns After Safety Recertification…
Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld is out at WMATA, 45 days before his scheduled retirement. So is WMATA Chief Operating Officer Joe Leader, who resigned Monday.
Washington Post: D.C. mayoral candidates spar on crime, education at debate
As political debates go, the showdown Monday night between Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and her three challengers for the Democratic nomination for D.C. mayor was mostly free of fireworks.
City Paper: As Salah Czapary’s Campaign Heats Up in Ward 1, His Republican Associates Draw Scrutiny
Salah Czapary, the former D.C. police officer running to knock off Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau, has had one heck of a month so far.
Washington Times: D.C. substitute teachers demand another raise to offset inflation
Substitute teachers in the D.C. Public Schools protested at City Hall Monday, citing inflation concerns as they demanded a pay increase to $35 an hour.
Washington Post: Metro GM retires one day after transit agency announces recertification lapses
The transit agency was also cited as early as 2015 for not having a consistent recertification program.
WTOP: 2 DC Jail inmates die, 1 hospitalized after apparent overdoses
Two DC Jail inmates are dead and a third is hospitalized after suspected overdoses.