Washington Post: D.C. officials urge caution after recent suspected fatal fentanyl overdoses
D.C. officials again urged the community to remain vigilant after three people died Friday of suspected fentanyl overdoses and several others were hospitalized.
WTOP: Incoming administrator on leave as Georgetown looks into SCOTUS comments
Days after posting a tweet questioning President Joe Biden’s plans to put a Black woman on the Supreme Court, Georgetown Law’s incoming administrator, Ilya Shapiro, has been placed on administrative leave.
DCist: D.C. Investigating Batch Of Fentanyl That Killed Three People In One Day
D.C. and federal officials are investigating a batch of fentanyl that led to 10 overdoses last Friday, three of them resulting in deaths.
WTOP: DC officials spread the word about Narcan treatment after rash of overdoses
D.C. first responders and health officials are urging people to get educated about anti-overdose drugs after 10 people overdosed on fentanyl and three died in Southwest D.C. Friday.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: 10 opioid overdoses in D.C. in a matter of hours: ‘There’s a lethal…
Miss Shirley doesn’t usually mind all the ruckus on her Southwest Washington street corner, which was recently prettied up with a sprawling, candy-colored mural of a lotus blossom and a child.
Washington Business Journal: Former Marriott Wardman Park site could see up to 900 residential units
The new owner of the Marriott Wardman Park hopes to build up to 900 new residential units on the 6.5-acre site.
Washington Post Editorial Board: Metrorail is a mess. What’s going to happen when more commuters…
The Washington region’s recovery, and its chances of returning to anything resembling pre-pandemic economic norms, are inextricably tied to Metro’s good health. At the moment, Metro is sick.
UrbanTurf: Is This How Upper Connecticut Avenue Could Look?
A design survey is giving the public an idea of how a stretch of Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase DC could be developed. As DC's Office of Planning (OP) continues to work with the community on a Small Area Plan for the neighborhood, the…
Washington Business Journal: Historic Georgetown apartment building that served as a Civil War…
A Georgetown apartment building that served as an Army hospital during the Civil War is going on the market with the potential to be turned into condos or other new housing.
WTOP: BetMGM opens at Nats Park, an MLB first
BetMGM, the first retail sportsbook connected to a Major League Baseball stadium, is now open at Nationals Park.
Press Release: Norton Announces Markup of Her Bill Requiring Commanding General of D.C. National…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
January 31, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the Committee on Oversight and Reform will mark up…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser and the DC Office of Planning Award $2.8 Million in Streets for People…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Office of Planning
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 31, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mekdy Alemayehu (OP)
(WASHINGTON, DC) –…
Press Release: Norton Highlights Legislative Progress on Bills Introduced This Congress
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
January 31, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
Norton, who was ranked #1 Most Effective House Democrat in the 115th Congress, has introduced 80 bills so far this Congress
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District Links: Vote to name Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library’s auditorium after Jeff…
Broadly hailed for the renovation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library downtown, the DC Public Library system is drawing flak for a plan to rename one of the facility's upgraded spaces in recognition of Amazon co-founder,…
David Schwartzman: Revisiting a Green New Deal for DC in 2022
In 2022 we have a big opportunity to start implementing a comprehensive Green New Deal for DC. In revisiting this exciting prospect, we should take note of efforts elsewhere.
The global vision expressed by C40, an international network…
Education advocates to mayor: DCPS technology investments still needed to address digital divide
Two years into the pandemic, the District has made some progress on technology access, but it has yet to provide digital equity to all students and families. Long-term planning and investment are desperately needed to provide continued…
Washington Post: Man arrested after swastikas painted at Union Station in possible hate crime,…
A man has been arrested and charged with spray-painting swastikas on the facade and columns of Union Station in what D.C. police and Amtrak police said Saturday they are investigating as a possible hate crime.
WTOP: DC bar’s liquor license suspended for violating COVID regulations
D.C. bar and restaurant The Big Board has had its alcoholic beverage license suspended for violating the city’s emergency public health regulations, enacted because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Washington Post: 100 years later, residents call for memorial to D.C.’s Knickerbocker Theatre…
The 98 people killed after a theater roof collapsed in 1922 should be honored in an Adams Morgan plaza, organizers say.
Washington Post: Someone tapped on his car window, then pointed a gun. It was yet another carjacking…
After his volleyball game wrapped up at a school gym in Northwest Washington, Edward Sullivan walked to his Toyota Corolla parked on Columbia Road, up the street from a CVS store.