District Links: Education advocates concerned about DCPS staff cuts next year; House committee vote…
Education advocates are concerned about cuts to teachers and school employees in DC Public Schools next year.
WUSA9: ‘We are being objectified’ | Police called to boy’s bus after he kept…
Chioma Oruh's two sons have autism. She said this incident shows the need for better supports when working with students who have special needs.
Washington Post Magazine: The Rosa Parks of D.C.
Half a century before the civil rights movement, Barbara Pope boarded a train and challenged Virginia’s Jim Crow law. Soon, her story was mostly forgotten.
DCist: The D.C. Youth Orchestra Just Had Its First In-Person Rehearsal In A Year
On his way to The Fields at RFK Campus on Saturday, Evan Ross Solomon was thinking about a single musical note: an A. Ross Solomon, the artistic director and a principal conductor of the D.C. Youth Orchestra, was getting ready to lead his…
Washington Post: D.C. Council committee unanimously backs Robert Contee to be District’s police…
The D.C. Council’s public safety committee Wednesday unanimously supported Robert J. Contee III as the District’s new police chief, saying his wrenching personal story of growing up amid drugs and crime makes him sensitive to overreaches…
Washington Business Journal: Wendy’s pushes back against D.C.’s decision to take Dave…
The company that owns fast-food chain Wendy's has a bone to pick with the Bowser administration.
Washington Post: D.C. Urban Moms forum allows parents to gab about schools but reinforces…
In the D.C. parenting world, the anonymous online forum, D.C. Urban Moms and Dads, has long been known as a ripe-for-lampooning-website for wealthy parents who swap advice on the best strollers, how to raise trilingual children and which…
DCist: As D.C. Public Schools Shape Plans For Pandemic Recovery, Parents And Lawmakers Fight To Keep…
Budget constraints could force some D.C. Public Schools to cut teachers and other school workers next academic year, frustrating parents and educators who say more staff are needed to help students recover from the pandemic.
WTOP: Wounded dog rescued after chewing through abandoned crate in DC
A dog was found abandoned and injured on the side of the road in D.C., and a local organization is offering a reward for information in the case.
WTOP: DC launches hotline to get meds to those exposed to HIV
D.C. launched a new 24/7 hotline Wednesday to get emergency medication to people who may have been exposed to HIV.
Washington Post: Seeing Washington’s cherry blossoms through the eyes of a Japanese artist
In a normal year, this would be a big week for the folks at the Freer and the Sackler, the galleries on the Mall that comprise the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art. Springtime in Washington means blossoming cherry trees, and the…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser and DC Health Urge More DC Residents to Pre-Register for a Vaccination…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 31, 2021
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser and DC Health continue encouraging all DC residents and workers…
Press Release: Bowser Administration Celebrates April as Financial Literacy Month with Free…
News Release — DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2021
CONTACT: Paul Drehoff, Public Information Officer
Washington, DC—In celebration of April as Financial Literacy…
Press Release: DDOT Accepting Applications for 2022 Transportation Alternatives Projects
News Release — District Department of Transportation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 31, 2021
Media Contacts:
Lauren Stephens (DDOT)
Mariam Nabizad (DDOT)
(Washington, DC) – The District Department of Transportation (DDOT)…
Press Release: Norton Announces Committee Markup and Vote on D.C. Statehood Bill to Be Held April…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 31, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the Committee on Oversight and Reform (COR)…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser and DC Health Launch DC’s 24/7 Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Hotline
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 31, 2021
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Dr. Kimberly Henderson (DC Health)
New Hotline Provides Emergency…
DCist: D.C. Begins Long-Awaited Rock Creek Trail Rehab And Bridge Construction
Major construction on the Rock Creek Park Trail is set to begin Wednesday, rehabilitating 3.7 miles of the paved trail and adding a new, 110-foot pedestrian bridge just south of the Beach Drive tunnel near the National Zoo. Construction on…
City Paper: D.C. Housing Authority VP Pleads the Fifth In Deposition ‘As A Precaution’
What exactly Larry Williams' role in a federal investigation related to his previous job leading a housing authority in Illinois remains unclear.
City Paper: Long Live GoGo: The Movement Shows that Moechella Is About More than Music
The new book, Long Live GoGo: The Movement #Moechella, now in its second printing, clarifies that Moechella represents a convergence of political activism and go-go culture.
The Atlantic: Why D.C. Is Failing at the Vaccination Game
If the District were a state, it could fix its shot problem.