Washington Business Journal: After pandemic pause, fitness chain solidcore back in growth mode with…
Solidcore Inc. aims to open a new location in the Mount Vernon Triangle area of D.C. later this year as it seeks to resume expansion plans delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Washington Post: D.C. police hire new director of well-being to help officers impacted by Capitol…
D.C. police have hired a director for a new office to help officers and civilian staff members dealing with physical and emotional problems, in large part stemming from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
WTOP: Amtrak restores full service on long-distance routes through DC
Amtrak has fully restored long-distance service on routes that include D.C.’s Union Station.
Press Release: Norton Says Senate Report on Capitol Attack Reinforces Urgency of Giving D.C. Mayor…
June 8, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
Norton pleased report does not call for permanent fencing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), after the release today of a Senate report on the…
Press Release: During Pride Month, Norton Introduces Bill to Ban Discrimination Against LGBTQ Jurors…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
June 8, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today, during Pride Month, reintroduced the District of Columbia…
Press Release: DDOT Extends Public Comment Period for Proposed DC Circulator Service Upgrades
News Release — District Department of Transportation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 8, 2021
Media Contacts:
Lauren Stephens (DDOT)
Mariam Nabizad (DDOT)
(Washington DC) – Today, the District Department of Transportation…
Washington Post: Capitol Police had intelligence indicating an armed invasion weeks before Jan. 6…
The U.S. Capitol Police had specific intelligence that supporters of President Donald Trump planned to mount an armed invasion of the Capitol at least two weeks before the Jan. 6 riot, according to new findings in a bipartisan Senate…
WTOP: Software developer Enovational moves HQ to Franklin Square
Software and digital services company Enovational will relocate its headquarters to the top six floors of a recently renovated D.C. office building near Franklin Square named after Alexander Graham Bell.
Associated Press: Senate report details broad failures around Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol found a broad intelligence breakdown across multiple agencies, along with widespread law enforcement and military failures that led to the violent…
DCist: Android Users Can Now Use Their Phones As SmarTrip Cards
Android users will finally be able to use their phones to pay for Metro train and bus rides. The transit agency and Google Pay are launching the service today.
Washington Post: Metro rolls out Android virtual fare card, considers fare cuts
The Board will vote on several proposal that could mean reductions in fares and increases in service
Washington Business Journal: Overhaul planned for Department of Education HQ, with an eye toward…
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building, headquarters for the Department of Education, is at the precipice of a major overhaul that would finally make a major agency consolidation possible.
Press Release: AG Racine Sues Failed Nonprofit Related to U.S. Pavilion at World’s Fair for…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 8, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Lawsuit Alleges Organization’s Founders Enriched Themselves at the Expense of the Organization’s…
Press Release: DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority Announces Senior Staff Updates
For Immediate Release: June 8, 2021
Contact: Adam Hudson
Linda Wharton Boyd
Washington, DC – Today, DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority (DCHBX) Executive Director Mila Kofman announced updates to the DCHBX senior…
District Links: Bowser admin announces community grants to fight gun violence; DC on track to…
The Bowser administration will give out $750,000 in grants to organizations that deal with preventing gun violence.
WTOP: Housing program for transgender men of color coming to DC
A nonprofit that has worked for years serving D.C.’s LGBTQ+ homeless youth community is now trying to reach out to a group that the organization admits is often neglected.
WTOP: DC mayor requests $59M for public health approach to reducing gun violence
The D.C. mayor is approaching gun violence as a public health crisis, and she is requesting $59 million in the proposed fiscal year 2022 budget to tackle it.
DCist: As Part Of Gun Violence Prevention, D.C. Will Offer $750K In Community Grants
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Director of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention Linda Harllee Harper announced $750,000 will be available for community grants to individuals and local organizations to address gun violence.
City Paper: D.C. Vaccinations Near Seventy Percent Goal
But racial disparities persist, meaning Black residents are getting sick and dying of COVID-19 at higher rates.
Washingtonian: A 50-Year-Old Veteran Bartender on What’s Next for the Industry as It Reopens
Todd Thrasher of Thrasher's Rum distillery and Tiki TNT talks staffing shortages, cocktail trends, and the fall of White Claw.