Washington Post Editorial Board: Republicans fixate on nonsense arguments against D.C. statehood…
REPUBLICANS IN Congress did not use to make the case that residents of the District of Columbia deserved no representation in Congress; the issue was only how to do it. “Let’s be real, how can you argue with a straight face that D.C.…
Washington Post: FAA study finds noise from airplanes, helicopters far more annoying than other…
The first Federal Aviation Administration noise survey in nearly 30 years found more people are bothered by aircraft noise than before, even as planes have gotten quieter.
Press Release: Norton Writes Transportation Secretary Buttigieg, Asks for Funding for Union Station…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 26, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg asking…
Press Release: Bowser Administration Sponsors $10,000 to Support Chefs Stopping Asian American and…
News Release — DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 26, 2021
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, the Bowser Administration sponsored $10,000 to support Chefs Stopping AAPI Hate, an…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces $66 Million Investment from the Housing Production Trust Fund…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Housing and Community Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 26, 2021
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Richard Livingstone (DHCD)
660 New Homes…
Patch: D.C. Preschool Among First Stops For New U.S. Labor Secretary
U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh visited the Bright Start Early Care & Preschool Thursday to discuss federal aid for small businesses.
Washington Post: Ballistics work at D.C.’s crime lab criticized by forensic experts
The District’s crime lab erroneously concluded bullet casings found at the scenes of two fatal shootings were fired from the same gun, then sought to minimize the mistake, according to a panel of independent forensic experts commissioned…
City Paper: The State of Capital Pride in 2021
Cut ties with MPD, virtual events, and simmering tension
City Paper: Auditor’s Report Frustrates and Confuses Families of Men Killed by D.C. Police
Acting Chief Robert Contee hedges on his previous pledge of transparency in use of force investigations.
Rose Powhatan in The Post: D.C. once had an Indigenous queen, Cockacoeske, the Queen of Pamunkey.…
I am an Indigenous female elder descended from the Pamunkey and the Tauxenent (Dogue) tribes. Both tribal nations were historic members of the Powhatan Paramountcy, which stretched all the way from today’s state of North Carolina to the…
WTOP: WMATA inspector general finds no evidence of ‘toxic culture’
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Office of the Inspector General that investigated the Rail Operations Control Center as a “toxic workplace culture,” filled with sexual harassment, racial discrimination and internal…
Lisa K. Fitzpatrick and Michelle McMurry-Heath in The Post: How we can show hesitant Black D.C.…
Black Americans are dying at nearly twice the rate of White Americans from the coronavirus. In the nation’s capital, about 75 percent of coronavirus deaths are among Black Americans — despite making up less than half of the population. So,…
WTOP: DC’s acting police chief wants task force to look closely at diversity, inclusion and equity
As acting D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee asked D.C. Council members to confirm him as the city’s permanent chief, he said he planned to hire a diversity task force to review the department’s policies.
Washington Post: Georgetown alum pledges second $100 million gift to public policy school
Former Dodgers owner Frank H. McCourt Jr.'s donation will expand financial aid
Washington Times: D.C. Catholic churches win Holy Week reprieve from mayor’s coronavirus…
A federal judge issued an injunction Thursday on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s coronavirus restrictions on the city’s Catholic churches, ruling that the District’s limits of 25% capacity or 250 people at services violates fundamental worship…
Washington Post: Brutalist buildings aren’t unlovable. You’re looking at them wrong.
In the mornings, they collect paper-pushers and patterns of sun and shade. In the evenings, their shadows swallow entire streets, their surfaces swell with yellow light.
Press Release: Norton Highlights Findings for D.C. Statehood in Senate Version of the For the People…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 26, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today commended the introduction of the For the People Act (S. 1), a…
District Links: Acting police chief promises reforms; about 35% of seniors pre-registered for…
Robert Contee promised a new vision of community policing at his confirmation hearing for DC police chief on Thursday.
Washington Post: D.C. and Maryland say that schools can shrink social distancing to 3 feet
Top officials in the District and Maryland announced Thursday that they would embrace CDC guidelines and advise schools that they can operate with three feet of social distance between students in classrooms instead of the previously…
DCist: D.C. Considers Soundproofing Standards For New Buildings To Address Tension Over Noise…
The D.C. Council is considering a bill that would institute new soundproofing standards for buildings near entertainment and music venues, following years of tension over how to deal with music and noise in public space. These tensions…