DCist: Safety Commission Finds Metro Control Center Continues To Violate Safety Procedures
Despite years-long efforts to fix the system’s culture and safety protocols, managers in Metro’s rail operations control center are continuing to ignore proper safety procedures, according to a watchdog commission.
DCist: Optimus Prime Faces A New And Unexpected Foe: Georgetown’s Historic District
The fate of humanity may not exactly have been at stake, but still the battle was on.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Fitzroy Lee as the District’s Interim Chief Financial Officer
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 3, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that Fitzroy Lee will serve as the District’s…
Press Release: Norton Asks National Guard to Stop Bus Engine Idling at RFK Site
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 3, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a letter urging the National Guard Bureau and the District…
Press Release: Norton Remembers Long Friendship with Vernon Jordan
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 3, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement on the death of her longtime friend Vernon…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser and DC Health Announce Path Forward for Registering for a Vaccination…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 3, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Health, led by Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, announced…
Press Release: Norton Condemns Cloud Disapproval Resolution to Block D.C. Vaccine Bill
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 3, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) condemned a resolution (H.J.Res. 25) introduced by Representative Michael…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Urges Council to Pass the Reopen Washington, DC Alcohol Act as Local…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
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March 3, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Shayne Wells (DMPED)
Lauren Stephens…
District Links: Charles Allen says several CMs considering proposing tax hike on wealthy; DC extends…
There is talk in the Wilson Building of raising taxes on the wealthy to make up for revenue losses due to the pandemic.
ABC7: ‘We’ll get better.’ DC official responds to 7 On Your Side story about 911…
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Deputy Mayor Chris Geldart watched the ABC7 investigation that aired Monday, raising concerns about D.C.'s 911 call center in the wake of an audit examining mishandled calls, dispatch delays, and poor response times.
WTOP: New report offers framework to address COVID-19 vaccine racial equity in DC
The D.C. Council’s Office of Racial Equity issued a report tackling the challenges that Black and brown communities are encountering as they try to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Washington Post: Metrorail control center continues to ignore safety guidelines, board says
Metrorail managers continue to ignore safety guidelines and put workers at risk despite Metro’s pledge to change a stubborn culture within its main control center, according to a commission that monitors safety at the transit agency.
Washington Post: Channing D. Phillips tapped for third tour as acting U.S. attorney for D.C.
Former career Justice Department official Channing D. Phillips will return to a third tour as acting U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and serve until confirmation of a permanent top federal prosecutor for the District, the…
DCist: Despite QAnon Conspiracies About March 4, Experts Aren’t Expecting Violence In D.C.
According to adherents of QAnon, the false internet conspiracy theory that has been linked to violent acts including murder and kidnapping, March 4 is going to be a big day: the “true inauguration” of President Donald Trump for another…
Washington Post: Photographer sues D.C., saying she was shot in eye by rubber bullet during May…
Three women, including a photographer who said she lost vision after being shot with a rubber bullet, sued the District and its former police chief last week for injuries they say they suffered at a May protest following the death of…
WTOP: Baseball to return to Nationals Park — but without fans, for now
Baseball fans that have eagerly waited to catch a Washington Nationals home game will likely have to wait a little longer.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Key Appointments
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 2, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the following appointments and transitions in her…
Reginald Bolding in The Arizona Republic: Why should Arizona support D.C. statehood? Because its…
As a Black state lawmaker, I see statehood for Washington, D.C., and its mostly racial minority residents as a racial justice and civil rights issue.
Washington Post: Fans are shut out of Nationals Park for now, but that could change
The District of Columbia has denied for now the Washington Nationals’ request to host fans at a limited capacity in Nationals Park when the season begins in April, doing so in a letter Tuesday while promising to revisit the question in…
Washington Post: D.C. expands paid leave: Two weeks to mourn a child, but no parental leave after…
The D.C. government will expand bereavement leave for public employees who lose a child but will not broaden the more generous leave to include the loss of other family members, as some city lawmakers had advocated.