Washingtonian: Farewell, Woodrow Wilson—It’s Jackson-Reed High School Now
DC's largest high school officially changed its name on March 15.
Washingtonian: Meet Five DC-Area Women Depicted by Those Bright Orange Smithsonian Statues
A spaceflight engineer, a human-rights statistician, and others share their accomplishments and advice.
DCist: Bird-Friendly Building Design May Soon Be Required In D.C.
Each year since 2012, volunteers with the nonprofit City Wildlife have canvassed a roughly 13-block area between Union Station and China Town. They’ve found a total 4,500 dead or injured birds — victims of the gleaming glass buildings!-->…
Washingtonian: DC’s Largest Farmers Market Is Growing With Goals of Diversity and Inclusion
The Dupont Circle FreshFarm market will add new vendors and a Thursday market.
Greater Greater Washington: Maybe the cyclist “trolling” the People’s Convoy was actually just…
On Saturday, a video went viral on Twitter showing a cyclist rolling leisurely along the middle of the lane in downtown DC as a line of trucks behind him honked frantically. The “People’s Convoy,” a trucker-led protest movement with!-->…
Washington Post: Cherry blossoms explode, reach peak bloom 10 days ahead of average
Warm weather pushed the blossoms to peak bloom on the eighth-earliest date on record
Washington Business Journal: $70M Metro rail car plant headed to Maryland
About 460 new jobs are headed to Washington County, Maryland, with the expansion of global rail manufacturing company Hitachi Rail into a ground-up, $70 million plant in Hagerstown.
WTOP: As DC cherry blossoms reach peak bloom, admirers flock to Tidal Basin
In an excited Twitter post on Monday, the National Park Service announced that the D.C. cherry blossoms have reached peak bloom along the Tidal Basin.
DCist: Bowser Uses Budget To Reverse D.C. Council On Police In Schools, Child Welfare Watchdog
The devil is always in the details — and D.C. lawmakers are starting to find some of those devils lurking deep in the budget that Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled last Wednesday.
WTOP: DC touts grants aimed at keeping legacy businesses in the city
Standing outside her hair salon on Benning Road in Northeast D.C., LaToya Liles beamed with pride about her business, Tsunami Hair Studio, which she started on the second floor of a building blocks away from the Benning Road Metro Station,!-->…
WTOP: Cherry blossoms lure photographers looking for the perfect shot
Peak bloom for the cherry blossoms arrived Monday, but before it did, the blooming “puffy white stage” is still bringing out photographers trying to capture one of D.C’. s most beautiful scenes.
UrbanTurf: 715 Units Proposed For Second Phase of Development for DC’s Sursum Corda Site
As the first phase of the redevelopment of DC's Sursum Corda site is in its final stages, plans are emerging for the next chapter.
Washington Post: Judge bars D.C. from vaccinating children without parental consent
A federal judge barred the District of Columbia from enforcing a law that allowed minors to be vaccinated without their parents’ knowledge after parents said the legislation violates religious liberty.
DCist: Adams Morgan Plaza Fenced Off Amidst Ongoing Legal Battle Over Proposed Condo Building
A plaza in the heart of Adams Morgan was fenced off early Monday morning, even as a longstanding legal dispute continues over a proposal to build a condominium building there.
Press Release: Norton Says President Biden’s Budget, Released Today, Includes Many Victories for…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 28, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget, released today,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Washington Business Journal: Judge tosses D.C.’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon
An antitrust lawsuit brought against Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) by D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has been thrown out.
DCist: D.C. Native Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Inspires Washingtonians As Her Nomination Hearings…
D.C. native Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is set to make history on Monday as she sits in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee for her U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Key Appointments to the Tax Revision Commission
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 21, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the appointment of!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Press Release: Tomorrow: Norton to Speak at the Wharf on 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 21, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tomorrow, at 10:00 a.m., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at an event hosted by the Potomac!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Press Release: As Senate Begins Hearing on Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Norton…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 21, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary began its hearing on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom President!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…