DCist: More Solar Panels Coming To Southeast D.C. Homes
In Southeast D.C., officials hope newly installed solar panels will help to lower electric bills for hundreds of residents.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. plans $50 million subsidy for massive Ward 7 development
D.C. officials now plan to pursue a $50 million city-backed financing plan for a massive new development in Ward 7, which will someday become home to the Department of General Services headquarters and, perhaps, a grocery store.
Washington Business Journal: There’s another lawsuit challenging the McMillan redevelopment.…
Critics of the McMillan Sand Filtration site redevelopment have tried just about everything to slow its progress — and now they’re heading to federal court.
Washington Post: House spending bill includes $66.7 million for D.C.’s emergency security fund
The House on Thursday approved more than $66 million to replenish the District’s emergency security fund, which was repeatedly depleted as costs spiked for protests and other events during the Trump administration, including the Jan. 6…
DCist: Forced Off Campus During The Pandemic, D.C. College Students Broke Out Of Their University…
Leo John Arnett didn’t expect to spend his junior year at Georgetown University living in Virginia.
Street Sense: 12 residents sue DC over Comp Plan the same day it is passed
After 5 years of intense public input and massive revisions, the D.C. Council unanimously approved the Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2021 on Tuesday. The decision was made only hours after a lawsuit was filed by 12 District residents…
Press Release: Norton Celebrates the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge She Got Congress to Fund
News Release – DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
May 20, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke yesterday at the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, for which she…
Press Release: Library to Offer Browsing, Seating Starting June 1
News Release — DC Public Library
For Immediate Release:
April 19, 2021
Media Contact:
George Williams, Media Relations Manager
(Washington, D.C.) - On June 1, the DC Public Library will increase occupancy at all open…
Press Release: Norton Announces D.C. Victories in Supplemental Security Appropriations Bill Passed…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
May 20, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to January…
Press Release: During Older Americans Month, AG Racine Encourages DC Residents To Spot, Prevent…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 20, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
OAG Announces Resolution of Three Cases in which it Holds Bad Actors…
More DCPS schools could lose librarians next school year. With $14M in added funding, will they be…
A number of public schools in DC could be opening their doors next fall without a librarian.
When more than one-third of DC Public Schools braced for budget cuts in February due largely to projected declines in student enrollment, 27…
Press Release: Councilmember Christina Henderson introduces legislation to increase transparency for…
News Release — At-large DC Council member Christina Henderson
For Immediate Release
May 20, 2021
Contact: Amanda Farnan
Washington, DC – Today, Councilmember Henderson introduced the School Police Incident Oversight and…
jonetta rose barras: Is DC contracting marked by disparities or deliberate violations of the law?
When Mayor Muriel Bowser announced earlier this month the kickoff of a “citywide disparity study to examine the availability and utilization of minority- and women-owned business under DC procurement and contracting,” cheering could be…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces $50M in TIF Funds to Bring a New Full Service Supermarket and…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor, DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, and DC Department of General Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:May 20, 2021
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo…
Greater Greater Washington: Greenleaf residents are left on edge as build-first redevelopment plan…
In November 2020, the DC Housing Authority selected a co-development team including Pennrose, EYA and Bozzuto to redevelop the 15-acre Greenleaf Gardens housing community in Southwest. Their goal was to use the “build-first” model in which…
UrbanTurf: An All-Affordable Development is in the Works for Upper Georgia Avenue pixel
A few blocks from a new condo project that UrbanTurf reported on last week comes another new development where all the residences are affordable to households earning up to 50% of area median income.
Washington Business Journal: Washington Nationals change mask requirement for upcoming games
Starting Friday, spectators at Washington Nationals games who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 won’t be required to wear face masks at Nationals Park.
Washington Business Journal: Massive indoor mini-golf venue slows its roll into Dupont just a bit as…
Swingers, the massive indoor golf venue coming to Dupont Circle next month, has pushed its opening date back a week to gear up for full capacity right off the tee.
Washington Post: Director of D.C.’s troubled crime lab resigns after scathing audit report
The head of the District’s troubled Department of Forensic Sciences has resigned after reports of technical errors and management lapses at the crime lab caused its accreditation to be suspended, officials said Wednesday.
District Links: Head of troubled forensics department to resign; Buttigieg visits Frederick Douglass…
The director of DC's Department of Forensic Sciences is resigning in the wake of the crime lab losing its accreditation last month.