District Links: Mayoral candidates square off in early forum; where DC got the Ukrainian flags that…
With a second day of a protest convoy circling the Capital Beltway, DC officials continue to prepare in case the demonstrators head into the District today or later this week.
Press Release: As Trucker Convoy Reaches National Capital Region, Norton Requests Briefing from…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 7, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the Capitol Police Board issued an emergency declaration on Sunday and as a convoy of truckers reached the…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Metropolitan Police Department’s 30×30 Initiative to Hire…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE:
March 7, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Dora T. Lowe (PSJ)
As the Mayor…
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Require Federal Bureau of Prisons to Provide Information to…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 7, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to require the Federal Bureau of Prisons…
Washington Post: In D.C.’s poorest wards, Bowser touts advances as she courts a wary electorate
Over the course of a recent week, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser presided at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new hospital, unveiled an anti-crime initiative and celebrated the opening of the city’s first drive-through Starbucks.
Axios: D.C.’s excluded workers ask for $160M in mayor’s budget
A coalition of D.C.'s excluded workers is asking for $160 million in the mayor's upcoming budget.
Bradley Graham in The Post: Here’s the difference between Jeff Bezos and me
“What’s the difference between Jeff Bezos and me?” For some time now, I’ve asked people that question when discussing the book business, which Bezos and I are both in.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: Two girls went missing from the same D.C. shelter 8 years ago. One came…
The circumstances of the second-grader’s disappearance from the homeless shelter were unusual, but her vulnerability was not.
WTOP: DC celebrates ‘Mayor For Life’ with Marion Barry Day
On what would have been former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry’s 86th birthday, the District celebrated his life Sunday with live performances and an art auction as part of “Marion Barry Day.”
Associated Press: Convoy protesting COVID-19 mandates does beltway circuit
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A large group of truck drivers who object to COVID-19 mandates drove two loops around the beltway surrounding Washington, Sunday, deliberately moving slowly to impact traffic and make their feelings known to…
WTOP: Trucker convoy’s trip around DC Beltway winds down
The People’s Convoy that came across the country to protest COVID-19 restrictions is wrapping up its second circuit of D.C.’s Beltway Sunday afternoon.
Washington Post: ‘People’s Convoy’ loops D.C. Beltway to protest pandemic restrictions
An armada of drivers calling themselves the “People’s Convoy” is circling the Beltway at a deliberately slow speed Sunday as an act of protest against pandemic restrictions.
WTOP: DC Parks celebrates grand opening of Columbia Heights Boxing Club
The space used to be an office, but it is now filled with treadmills, boxing rings and other training equipment. On Saturday, the DC Department of Parks and Recreation celebrated the grand opening of the Columbia Heights Boxing Club at the…
Press Release: Norton Participates in Call with Ukrainian President to Discuss Russian Invasion
March 5, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a member of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, today participated in a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
Axios: D.C. mayoral candidates clash over rising crime
Rising crime in the nation's capital took center stage at the year's first D.C. mayoral debate on Saturday, with Mayor Muriel Bowser and challengers outlining competing approaches to addressing violence.
Washington Post: With Cheh dropping out, D.C. Council’s Ward 3′s election is suddenly competitive
There were more candidates than vegetable stands at the Palisades Farmers Market last weekend.
Washington Business Journal: Baseball season may be delayed, but here’s why Capitol Riverfront…
For the Capitol Riverfront’s local businesses that haven’t benefited from a “real” baseball season since the Washington Nationals’ fever-pitched World Series run in 2019, this year’s delayed season offers yet another painful hit.
WTOP: DC attorney general backing Illinois law that limits federal immigration detention
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine led a group of 16 attorneys general in filing a friend-of-the court brief Friday that defends a law prohibiting state and local governments from contracting with the federal government to detain…
Chad Reese in The Post: D.C. trails Maryland and Virginia in civil rights efforts
Since state legislative sessions kicked off, bills to end qualified immunity have been introduced in Virginia and Maryland. But one regional player remains conspicuously absent from these efforts to restore justice for victims of civil…
Washingtonian: 120 Orange Statues Have Taken Over the Smithsonian Grounds
Now on display around the Smithsonian Castle and Arts and Industries Building, the sculptures celebrate women in STEM.