Press Release: AG Racine Files New Lawsuits Over Dangerous and Unlawful Conditions at Marbury Plaza…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 2, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
OAG Alleges Landlords Ignored Serious Issues, Including Health, Safety, and Security Issues at…
DC nonprofit opens its third LGBTQ youth home in 4 years to meet growing demand
Keith Pollard, the deputy director of youth housing programs at SMYAL (pronounced “smile”), knows just what it’s like to come face to face with discrimination.
He began his advocacy work with the organization in 2015 because he “always…
Press Release: DDOT Launches New Parking Permit System for DC Residents
News Release — District Department of Transportation
July 2, 2021
For Immediate Release
Media Contacts:
Lauren Stephens
Mariam Nabizad
ParkDC Permits simplifies requests for parking permits for visitors, contractors, and…
Nick Sementelli and Erin Palmer: Community leaders documented over 375 sidewalk repair requests…
Last month, we organized the first ever “Sidewalk Palooza” to draw attention to pedestrian infrastructure and pedestrian safety issues in DC and the disparity between the city’s response time to these problems versus road infrastructure…
WTOP: Georgetown’s sidewalk decking experiment expanded
Georgetown’s small experiment with wider sidewalks that it launched in January to accommodate more outside restaurant seating proved popular enough that it’s been greatly expanded, and the sidewalk additions will remain in place through at…
Richard Templeton in The Post: The Library of Congress needs a new name
The Library of Congress is our national library, yet its name does not embody that fact. It is our oldest national cultural institution, and debates about its name have swirled since its founding. The headline of an 1897 article in the…
Artecka Brown in The Post: D.C. students have faced unprecedented challenges. Will schools be ready…
Vaccines are helping us protect ourselves from the coronavirus, but what will protect our children from a widening opportunity gap and the mental health challenges exacerbated by all that we’ve lost over the past 15 months?
Washington Post: Speed at their fingertips: Remote-control racing takes off in the District
The drag races started at midafternoon in the pothole-pocked parking lot in Northeast Washington. The temperature was in the mid-90s. The asphalt shimmered. In the near distance, the decaying hulk of RFK Stadium loomed.
jonetta rose barras: Is integrity missing among some DC advocates?
It’s disappointing that some DC advocates will use almost any means, including deliberate manipulation of the public and withholding of critical information, in order to achieve their agenda. That was my reaction after reading a poll…
District Links: DC prepares for return of July Fourth festivities; Jack Evans agrees to pay ethics…
Fourth of July on the National Mall is back, along with neighborhood parades slated for the holiday.
WTOP: Part of Northwest DC’s Beach Drive to close for trail work through December
Work on a new bridge and trail in D.C.’s Rock Creek Park will require some midday road closures for nearly the rest of the calendar year along Beach Drive NW.
Washington Post: Firefighters extricate a construction worker from the rubble after building…
A five-story building under construction in Northwest Washington collapsed amid a heavy storm Thursday afternoon, trapping one worker in the rubble for about 90 minutes and sending him and four others to hospitals with injuries, according…
WTOP: DC police chief: Entire department will be on duty for Fourth of July fireworks
The National Mall will be busy this weekend for the Fourth of July fireworks and D.C. police say they’re ready for it.
Washington Post: Metro Transit Police can’t document whether officers investigated thousands of…
Metro Transit Police can’t demonstrate that officers investigated thousands of reported robberies, assaults, sex offenses and property crimes over a span of several years, according to the agency’s internal watchdog.
Street Sense: Cooling options limited in DC during summer heat emergency
The D.C. government activated its Heat Emergency Plan this week as the heat index reached as high as 105 degrees in some parts of Washington between June 27 and 30. Despite publicly advertised cooling sites, general knowledge of which…
Press Release: Councilmember McDuffie Releases Committee on Business and Economic Development FY22…
News Release — Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie
Prioritizes addressing the District’s racial wealth gap, tackling systemic barriers to access capital and supporting workers & small businesses most impacted by the pandemic
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WTOP: Worker rescued in NW DC building collapse; 5 injured
A construction worker has been rescued after being trapped for about an hour and a half in the collapse of a building under construction Thursday afternoon in Northwest D.C.
Associated Press: 5 injured after building under construction collapses in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five workers were injured Thursday when a building under construction collapsed in the nation’s capital, trapping one man for more than an hour as firefighters worked feverishly to free him from layers of debris.
Bil Pugh in Greater Greater Washington: The region’s long-range transportation plan will be revamped…
The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB), an agency charged with setting funding and project priorities for Greater Washington’s transportation sector, voted last month to commit to a new long-range plan that better…
Street Sense: Patients and staff brace for large cuts to Southeast DC’s only hospital
The District’s only general hospital east of the Anacostia River faces major spending cuts — a decision both employees and patients say feels like a betrayal.