Associated Press: Pedestrian bridge collapses over DC highway, injuring 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — A pedestrian bridge collapsed over a highway in the nation’s capital on Wednesday, sending five people to the hospital. Traffic was expected to be snarled for hours.
City Paper: Which D.C. Restaurants Are Distancing Themselves from Tipping?
"No system is perfect, but I think we all agree we need to find a way to pay our staff better."
Washington Post: Five people injured when pedestrian bridge collapses onto D.C. highway
Five people were injured Wednesday when a truck apparently hit a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 295 in Northeast Washington, causing the massive structure to come loose from its moorings and collapse onto the highway, officials said.
City Paper: Data Show Disparities In D.C.’s Teen Vaccinations
Teens in D.C. between the ages of 12 and 15 have been eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine for over a month now, and racial and economic disparities have already started to emerge. This is unsurprising because these disparities exist among…
Washington Business Journal: New HQ building at St. E’s West a highlight of $11B GSA budget…
The General Services Administration's 2022 federal budget requests would deliver significant changes to Greater Washington real estate.
WTOP: ‘DC is open’: Bowser holds rally to encourage tourists to explore the city
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants tourists back in D.C.
DCist: Officials Say Collision Led To Bridge Collapse In Northeast, Injuring Five People
A pedestrian bridge over DC-295, connecting Kenilworth Avenue and Polk Street in Northeast, collapsed late Wednesday morning, injuring five people.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. unveils ‘Experience D.C.,’ a $2.5M ad campaign…
"You know Washington. Now experience D.C.”
DCist: 70% Of Adults In The D.C. Region Are At Least Partially Vaccinated, Surpassing White House…
Across D.C., Maryland and Virginia, more than 70% of adults are now partially or fully vaccinated against the coronavirus — meeting an ambitious goal set by the White House to have that percentage of American adults partially vaccinated by…
UrbanTurf: A Look at the Proposed Anacostia Recreation Center
The design for a large new recreation center in Anacostia is coming into focus.
Michael Havlin, Greyson Mann and Delia Houseal in The Post: Transit equity should be a priority in…
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) 2022 proposed budget slowly but steadily advances the largest transportation equity project in D.C. in nearly 30 years: the extension of the streetcar to the Benning Road Metro Station in Ward 7.
Press Release: Norton Says Funding for St. Elizabeths DHS Consolidation Project in Spending Bill…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
June 23, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the House’s fiscal year 2022 Financial Services and General…
DC plans to spruce up a park at New Jersey and O Street NW. But what will happen to the unsheltered…
At a quarter past 3 on a recent weekday afternoon, Alexander, an unsheltered resident who lives in a tent, was trying not to cry.
Alexander, who agreed to an interview under the condition he not be photographed or fully named, has been…
Press Release: Washington, DC Launches Recovery Advertising Campaign to Increase Visitation to the…
News Release — Destination DC and Events DC
For Immediate Release:
June 23, 2021
Campaign encourages potential visitors to ‘Experience DC’
(Washington, DC) – Washington, DC tourism and hospitality partners today unveiled a new…
DCist: After Years Of Planning To Redevelop A Public Housing Complex, Bowser Proposes Rehabbing It…
After years of stalled plans to raze and redevelop the Park Morton public housing complex in Park View, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration is offering an alternative: rehabilitate the existing buildings instead.
Greater Greater Washington: IN Capitol Hill or ON Capitol Hill? The high-stakes debate of our era.
Plenty of DC residents know someone who works on Capitol Hill — and in the context of Congress, the “on” isn’t in doubt. But when that person walks east to the nearby neighborhood of colorful rowhouses for a drink after work… are they…
WAMU: Fighting Hunger In The D.C. Region By Combating Poverty, Racial Inequities
The Duke Sanford World Food Policy Center recently surveyed more than 240 organizations that deal with food-insecure people, finding that a majority of organizations shifted priorities over the last year. Rather than focusing solely on…
DCist: The Athletic Fields Around The National Mall Can Now Be Reserved Online
Athletes who rely on the fields around the National Mall for recreation can rejoice — the National Park Service has opened its reservation system for 24 athletic fields around the Mall. Field times from July 8 through Jul 23 are available,…
Erwin Chemerinsky in The Post: D.C. statehood is constitutional. There are no good legal arguments…
They just conceal what is really a partisan fight.
District Links: An attempt to reboot the tipped minimum wage debate; Senate holds statehood hearing;…
In 2018, the DC Council overturned a ballot initiative that would have ended the District's tipped minimum wage, a measure that 55% of voters had approved. There is now an effort to revive the contentious proposal, which would require…