Press Release: Norton Announces that D.C. Residents Can Receive Capitol Security Alerts
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
October 28, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that District of Columbia residents can now receive…
Press Release: Biden Grants Norton Opportunity to Recommend Candidates for U.S. Parole Commission…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
October 28, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that President Biden has granted her the opportunity to…
Displaced Talbert Street homeowners navigate bureaucratic hurdles
Last Friday, Karl Morrison — one of the 46 homeowners displaced from their properties at 1262 Talbert St. SE because of dire safety concerns — received the keys to his new two-bedroom apartment in Navy Yard.
A housing certificate…
Washington Business Journal: After two years of waiting, Monument Realty advances its second big…
It’s taken two years of patience, but Monument Realty is finally advancing its large residential redevelopment on a prime piece of city-owned NoMa property in the District.
District Links: Metrorail will have reduced service at least through Nov. 15; proposed vaccine…
Metrorail's service slowdown will continue at least through Nov. 15, although getting a few additional trains in service may mean modest improvements compared to recent days, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority officials said…
WTOP: Metrorail service to remain limited through at least Nov. 15
Metrorail will remain in its current, limited state through Nov. 15, Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld told members of the Metro Board Thursday.
DCist: Metro Delays Will Continue Through At Least Mid-November
Metro will continue to run trains on reduced schedules but will aim to increase the number of available trains in coming weeks.
Washington Post: Metro plans reduced service levels through Nov. 15 as it develops testing plan to…
The transit agency has been operating without 60 percent of its rail car fleet since Oct. 17
DCist: Ex-Employee Sues D.C. Employment Services For Allegedly Failing To Pay Overtime
A former employee of D.C.’s Office of Employment Services is suing the city agency for allegedly failing to pay him for overtime hours he worked during the pandemic.
WTOP: Pandemic led to record 1M pro bono hours in DC last year
The pandemic led to a surge in the need for legal services last year for many who couldn’t afford it, and D.C. law firms stepped up.
UrbanTurf: New Developer Takes on 9-Unit Retrofit of Shaw Commercial Buildings
Five years after a boutique residential development was proposed for a small stretch of retail in Shaw, new plans are in the works.
Press Release: DC Councilmembers Call on U.S. Treasury to Provide Additional Rental Relief to the…
News Release — Ward 4 DC Council member Janeese Lewis George
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, October 28, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT
Alex Taliadoros
WASHINGTON, DC – Immediately after STAY DC stopped accepting applications for rent…
Washingtonian: Stop Tearing Down Midcentury-Modern Houses!
A new effort to preserve DC’s underappreciated modern homes.
WTOP: First-year teacher takes on task of helping DC first-graders progress in a pandemic
Jewel Cauley, a first-year teacher at Stanton Elementary School in D.C., has been working to make sure that the parents of her first-grade students have a clear idea of where the kids stand.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: Using stickers, he has spread poetry across the nation’s capital
Maybe you’ve seen one of the black and white stickers.
Bruce M. Beehler in The Post: Climate change is not just a global threat. It’s also a local one.
It is late October, and I just closed my back door to shut out the fast-flying Asian tiger mosquitoes that have become a persistent nuisance in D.C., where I live. A warming world has allowed this invasive species to expand across the…
jonetta rose barras: Is Kenyan McDuffie DC’s next top lawyer?
Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie is in the proverbial political catbird seat. He is the legislature’s chair pro tempore; chair of the powerful Committee on Business and Economic Development, holding sway over significant financial…
Washington Post: New federal judges in D.C., Va. and Md. show Biden’s push to diversify bench
A veteran prosecutor and two longtime public defenders were both confirmed by the U.S. Senate to federal judgeships in the D.C. region this week. The three new judges, along with others who recently took the bench, showcase efforts by the…
Washington Informer: McDuffie Enters D.C. Attorney General’s Race
D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie recently launched a bid for the 2022 Democratic nomination for District attorney general, forgoing a reelection bid for a third term on the Council to pursue the soon-to-be-vacant position.
Washington Informer: Cancel The Rents Calls for Extension of STAY DC Program
Twenty District activists affiliated with the Cancel The Rents organization gathered outside of the John A. Wilson Building on Sunday at a rally calling for the STAY DC program to be extended beyond its Oct. 27 termination date.