Press Release: Weakness Found in Monitoring Lottery Contract CBEs
News Release — Office of the DC Auditor
For immediate release
Contact: Diane Shinn
Audit also raises “significant concerns” about mandated CBE participation
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2021– An audit of the DC Lottery’s!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Cuts Ribbon on New All Affordable Senior Housing Honoring the Late Todd…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, and the DC Department of Housing and Community Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 7, 2021
CONTACT:
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Greater Greater Washington: DC Council roundtable Friday will focus on the collapsed pedestrian…
A public roundtable is set for this Friday, July 9 on the pedestrian bridge that collapsed over DC Route 295 last month.
City Paper: ‘No Pepco’ Pledgers Met With Energy Utility’s Lobbyists
Brooke Pinto, Janeese Lewis George, and Christina Henderson disclosed meetings only after being asked about them.
Associated Press: Philanthropies eagerly back journalist Hannah-Jones
NEW YORK (AP) — Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones used major philanthropic donors to build her future as a tenured professor at Howard University, just as other major donors sought to stymie the Pulitzer Prize-winning Black investigative!-->…
UrbanTurf: A Food Hall, A Trail Lobby and the 20 Developments Planned From Brookland to Langdon
Over the past year, some developments between DC's Brookland and Langdon neighborhoods have mashed on the gas while others have faded into the background.
WTOP: Feds sign off on biggest DC interstate renumbering in decades
Local highway history was made late last spring when the federal government cleared the way for D.C.’s proposed renumbering of the Southeast Freeway and 3rd Street Tunnel.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces DC to Receive $129 Million in Recovery Funding After Receiving…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 7, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Fred Lewis (OSSE)
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District Links: Metro ridership recovery sees boost thanks to July 4; AG files suits against three…
There were 285 COVID-19 cases reported in the region — DC and bordering jurisdictions — in the week ending July 4. That's an increase of 65 cases from the previous week, following 11 weeks of consecutive declines.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Appoints Hilary Cairns as Acting Director of the Department of Youth…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 6, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the appointment of Hilary Cairns as Acting Director!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Courtland Milloy in The Post: Two young women died of opioid overdoses weeks apart. Their mothers…
Speaking at the funeral for her 20-year-old daughter Cairo last week, Schyla Pondexter-Moore made a poignant observation.
Press Release: Norton Priorities for D.C. Passed in Appropriations Committee
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 6, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today praised the House’s fiscal year 2022 Financial Services and General!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
DCist: Meet The 19-Year-Old Baker Who Traded Zoom University For A Thriving Vegan Ghost Kitchen
When the pandemic hit last year and the world went on lockdown, Chanice McClover-Lee was stuck at home with a craving. The longtime vegan and recent high school graduate wanted a great cookie made without any animal products, but she!-->…
Washington Business Journal: ‘Top Chef’ judge Tom Colicchio opens fast-casual restaurant…
Celebrity chef and “Top Chef” judge Tom Colicchio is opening his first D.C. restaurant in an unexpected place.
DCist: Metro Ridership Shows Signs Of Recovery
Ridership on D.C. Metro could be making a comeback after more than a year of pandemic lows.
Washington Business Journal: Downtown D.C. hotel that draws convention-goers slated for foreclosure…
A 100-room hotel near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in downtown D.C. is slated to be sold at auction after its owner allegedly defaulted on a loan it took out in 2015 to refinance the property.
City Paper: All-Women Slate Almost Makes Clean Sweep in Tense Ward 5 Dems Election
Amid accusations of racism and sexism, Gordon-Andrew Fletcher hangs on, sets his sights on Kenyan McDuffie’s seat.
Dave Dildine in The Post: What it was like inside the D.C. tornado on the National Mall
WTOP traffic reporter Dave Dildine explains how he got caught in the tornado Thursday night and describes what he witnessed
Dennis DeConcini in Roll Call: 6 months after Capitol assault, DC still needs statehood
Jan. 6 attack exposed how lack of representation hurts District residents
WTOP: Capitol Police change training, security procedures 6 months after insurrection
Six months after a pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to prevent Joe Biden from being certified as the 46th president of the United States, U.S. Capitol Police has announced departmental changes to training,!-->…