Washington Post: A celebration for Don’t Mute D.C., and the music that inspired it
Most noise complaints don’t result in social and political movements, but then again, most noise complaints don’t touch the third rail of a city’s musical identity and its struggles with gentrification. That’s exactly what happened in…
DCist: Army Backs Off Plan To Restrict Access To Washington Channel
The U.S. Army is no longer pursuing a plan to restrict access to Washington Channel, after years of pushback from D.C. residents and local officials.
UrbanTurf: 80 Units of Corporate Housing Proposed Near DC’s Convention Center
A corner building whose future was once deemed questionable may get adapted into a new semi-residential development.
WTOP: Activist says DC Council’s latest pot vote signals ‘new drug war’
A local activist said a D.C. Council vote Tuesday was evidence the District was gearing up for “a new drug war.”
City Paper: Does D.C. Need 4,000 Police Officers?
Mayor Muriel Bowser is again calling for more cops.
DCist: D.C. Elections Board Says Tipped-Wage Initiative Can Appear On Ballot, But Later Than…
The D.C. Board of Elections ruled Wednesday that an initiative that would phase out the tipped wage in the city can appear on the ballot, potentially leaving voters to decide the hotly debated issue for the second time in four years.
District Links: Elections officials certify tipped-wage initiative for November, not June; bill on…
The DC Council voted down legislation yesterday that would have broadened access to medical marijuana while also establishing new civil penalties against "gifting" shops that offer free cannabis with other items.
Washington Post: Meet the high-schooler running for a seat on the D.C. Council
Henry Cohen has a campaign manager who’s not old enough to vote, a budget of almost zero dollars and the pesky obligation to be in high school classes all day while his competitors are out campaigning. Even so, the 18-year-old is mounting…
Associated Press: Fox bites man, putting Capitol Hill on high alert
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Hill has a fox problem. And it’s not the lead-in to a joke.
Axios: Mayor Bowser wants 30% women police force by 2030
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday said she “never supported defunding the police” and talked up her plan to hire up the city’s police force to 4,000 officers — with 30% made up of women cops by 2030.
Washington Post: ‘Aggressive’ fox caught on U.S. Capitol grounds after biting attacks
A congressman was among those nipped: ‘Probably my most unusual day on the Hill in 10 years’
WTOP: DC Council rejects bill targeting marijuana ‘gifting shops’
The D.C. Council on Tuesday rejected a bill that would have allowed residents to purchase medical marijuana without a prescription.
Washington Post: D.C. Council votes down bill targeting marijuana ‘gifting’ shops
The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted against imposing harsh penalties meant to put marijuana “gifting” shops out of business, with opponents of the bill saying they wanted more hearings on the issue.
Washington Business Journal: GSA looks to get back on track with DHS HQ at St. Elizabeths
The General Services Administration is looking to push forward the St. Elizabeths West campus redevelopment with potentially its first federal funding in five years.
DCist: Council Passes Emergency Bill That Regulates Hotels And Returns Housekeepers To Work
The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation that paves the way for Mayor Muriel Bowser to set new cleaning and maintenance standards at hotels. The vote was 11 to 2. According to the labor union representing many hotel workers, UNITE…
Washington Post: Robert White challenges Trayon White’s signatures in D.C. mayor’s race
D.C. mayoral candidate Robert C. White Jr.'s campaign is challenging the validity of thousands of petition signatures submitted by Trayon White Sr., one of his opponents in the race — a move that, if successful, would winnow the field for…
UrbanTurf: DC Hosts Have a Little Bit Longer to Apply for the City’s New Short-Term Rental License
DC is extending the grace period for short-term rental owners in the city to apply for licenses to legitimize those rentals.
DCist: D.C. Council Votes Down Bill That Would Have Shuttered Marijuana Gifting Businesses
The D.C. Council on Tuesday narrowly rejected an emergency bill that would have allowed the city to impose steep fines and close down shops and services that “gift” marijuana, granting a reprieve to a growing and currently unregulated…
City Paper: Bowser Relies Heavily on City Employees As She Looks to Get Back on the Ballot
About half of the people volunteering their time to collect signatures for the mayor also happen to work for her.
Press Release: As Senate Debates and Votes on Jackson Nomination to Supreme Court, Norton Says D.C.…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
April 5, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the Senate will debate and vote on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black…