Press Release: Norton Releases Remarks from Ceremony Unveiling D.C.’s Second Statue in the Capitol
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 28, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Majority Whip James…
Press Release: Statement on the Dedication of the Pierre L’Enfant Statue in the United States…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 28, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi and…
Press Release: DC Green Bank Announces First Navigator Pre-Development Financing Deal in Support of…
News Release — DC Green Bank
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 28, 2022
CONTACT:
Gary Decker
External Relations Partner
DC Green Bank
(Washington, D.C.) - DC Green Bank today…
Press Release: Bowser Administration Announces Residential Street Sweeping Starts March 1
News Release — DC Department of Public Works
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 1, 2022
CONTACT: Erica Cunningham
Motorists must obey signs restricting parking to avoid enforcement violations; a warning period will last through March…
Washington Post: As Bowser seeks a third term as D.C. mayor, her sharpest critic isn’t on the ballot
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s most persistent critic these days is neither of her two top challengers in the June Democratic primary.
Axios: D.C.’s HIV+ population is aging. Doctors say that’s a good sign.
More than half of people in D.C. living with HIV are 50 years and older, which is a positive sign, according to the health care providers who treat them.
Washington Post: D.C.’s top prosecutor says Capitol riot investigation is far from over
Matthew M. Graves, U.S. attorney for the District, faces myriad challenges, including combating violence in city neighborhoods.
Washington Post: First Jan. 6 trial tests claims of juror bias in nation’s capital
D.C. residents harbor ‘extreme prejudice,’ hostility toward pro-Trump defendants, some defense attorneys argue. Judges say they are on guard.
Washington Post: Nearly two years into the pandemic, the crowds are (almost) back to partying like…
Just weeks away from Pandemic Year Three, the scene on Saturday along D.C.'s U Street NW — that premier corridor for lines, liquor, and late-night traffic — may as well have been captured in 2019.
Press Release: Norton Says Fencing Around Capitol Must Come Down Quickly
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 27, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the reinstallation of…
7News: ‘It’s warming’: DC business owners from Ukraine overwhelmed by community…
A constant line of customers showing their support kept Ukrainian, business-owning sisters Anastasiia and Vira Derun busy throughout the day Saturday at their Adams Morgan bakery, D’Light Bakery.
WTOP: DC’s Dacha beer garden raises money for Ukraine
A Northwest D.C. beer garden with several Ukrainian staff members is raising money to help refugees and others in the war-torn country.
Washington Post: Former D.C. fire chief found dead in his home, police say
Former D.C. fire chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe was found dead Sunday morning inside his home in Southeast Washington, according to a police spokesman.
Associated Press: Fence being reinstalled around US Capitol for Biden speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fencing installed around the U.S. Capitol for months after the January 2021 insurrection will be put back up before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday as concern grows about potential…
Washington Post: Capitol fencing reinstalled ahead of State of the Union, possible ‘Freedom Convoy’…
Fencing around the U.S. Capitol is being reinstalled in advance of Tuesday’s State of the Union address, authorities announced Sunday in a statement that also referred to potential protests in the city over the next two weeks.
Washington Post: Report says Park Police dispatch center has outdated equipment, mold, inability to…
Inspector general says officers who signal for help aren’t immediately identified, dispatchers lack training, and birds leave droppings everywhere
WTOP: DC to get more than $47M from opioid industry settlement
D.C. will get more than $47 million from a settlement with drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and three distributors for their role in perpetuating the opioid crisis, according to the Office of the Attorney General for the District of…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: For the unvaccinated but uncertain, these doctors have a plea and a plan
In a powerful essay, one of the D.C. doctors describes a painful phone call she had to make to a covid-19 patient’s wife
Washington Post: Fort Dupont Ice Rink supporters accuse District of mishandling plans for new arena
Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena say city’s plan for skating arena shrank in size and ballooned in cost
Washington Post: Report signals benefits of pilot project giving no-strings-attached cash to…
Hundreds of low-income D.C. families reported better mental health and food security after participating in a direct cash pilot program that could be a model for efforts elsewhere, according to an Urban Institute analysis of the program’s…