Washington Post: 36 states sue Google over how it manages its Play Store, alleging damage to both…
The District of Columbia also joined the suit, the latest to challenge Big Tech business practices
Press Release: McDuffie Demands Agency Accountability Not Finger Pointing from DSLBD and OLG
News Release — Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie
For Release: Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Contact: Malcom Fox
Washington, DC – Today, the Office of the DC Auditor released a report entitled, “Weakness Cited in Monitoring…
Press Release: AG Racine Sues Google for Antitrust Violations Over Android App Store
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 7, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Bipartisan Coalition of 37 AGs Says Google Acted Illegally to Restrict Competition with Google Play…
City Paper: D.C.’s Next Big Nightlife Venue, Capital Turnaround, Opens in August
Find the 850-seat room in the former Navy Yard Car Barn. The team behind Union Stage will book the acts.
WTOP: Audit finds sports betting company in DC behind on requirement to hire local companies
An audit found that the company that is the sole provider for D.C.’s legal sports betting app is behind on its commitment to hire local businesses.
DCist: After Six Months, The Capitol Fencing Is Slated To Come Down
Six months to the day after law enforcement erected a black, metal, 8-foot-tall fence surrounding the Capitol complex in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection, the detested structure is finally coming down.
Roll Call: Remaining Capitol fencing will come down as early as Friday
But building access restrictions will remain
DCist: COVID-19 Case Numbers In Our Region Are At Their Lowest Since March 2020
With at least 70% of the D.C. region’s population fully vaccinated, coronavirus case and deaths counts in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia are at the lowest they’ve been since the beginning of the pandemic.
Washingtonian: Don’t Worry: The 17th Street Streateries Will Be Back
Plans are underway for a revamped 17th Street corridor with bike lanes and more permanent outdoor dining.
Associated Press: Fencing will come down, but Capitol still closed to visitors
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fencing installed around the Capitol after the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection will start being removed as soon as Friday, but most visitors are still not allowed inside the iconic building.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: Nikole Hannah-Jones hasn’t started teaching at Howard yet. But already,…
The announcement that Nikole Hannah-Jones would join the faculty at Howard University pushed some post-college-age adults to express regret that they weren’t younger.
WTOP: ‘Everything is working out for me:’ Residents of DC men’s shelter celebrate jobs program
Construction on a new men’s shelter in Southeast D.C. is well underway, and for some men, it means new jobs and a fresh start.
Washington Post: Auditor: D.C.’s sports betting company is far behind on requirement to hire locally
The Greek company that received a massive no-bid contract to bring sports betting to the District has so far fallen short of a legal requirement to spend money with locally owned businesses, and government agencies have failed to oversee…
Street Sense: DC low-barrier shelters near capacity during heat emergency
Low-barrier shelters in D.C. neared capacity last week during a heat emergency declared by the District as temperatures reached a heat index of 105 degrees in some parts of D.C. However, overflow sites are not being prepared as bed space…
Street Sense: Unhoused residents unite with local ANCs to prevent eviction
A day after the Fourth of July, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner 2F08 Alexandra Bailey and multiple mutual aid groups helped a tent community at Burke and Samuel Gompers Memorial Park pack up their items, in preparation for the U.S. Park…
DCist: None Of D.C.’s 16 Public Dog Parks Are In Wards 7 Or 8. These Residents Want To Change That
Darren Thompson lives in Ward 7’s Benning Ridge neighborhood with his six-year-old bullmastiff-rottweiler mix Barrow. But for Barrow to roam freely off-leash, Thompson usually drives out to Arlington, Virginia to access a public dog park.…
DCist: ‘We Found Other Ways To Connect’: How Returning Citizens In Georgetown’s Pivot Program…
Ten months ago, Kaamilya Finley was presented with an ultimatum: She could either stay in her home, where she was living after returning from a period of incarceration; or she could take part in an education and internship program at…
As zoning hearings on redevelopment continue, Barry Farm residents still don’t know whether they…
There’s not much left of Deatrice Belt’s old neighborhood, the public housing community on Eaton Road SE known as Barry Farm. There’s the old basketball court, a surface now cracked and covered over with weeds, where people used to gather…
Press Release: Norton Renews Call for Passage of Her Bills to Respond to Attack on Capitol
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 7, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) this week recognized the six-month anniversary of the January…
Press Release: AG Racine Welcomes 18 Student Interns as Part of His High School Advisory Council
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 7, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Local Students Who are Passionate About Their Community and Local Policy…