Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces New Populations Eligible for Vaccinations: Grocery Store…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 17, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Health, led by Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, announced…
Washington Post: D.C. mayor declares gun violence a ‘public health crisis,’ proposes new solutions
After an especially bloody year of shootings in the District, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Wednesday formally declared gun violence to be a public health crisis in the city and announced a new, “whole government” approach to combating the…
Surviving trauma: Northwest resident shares her path from foster child to world-champion boxer in…
Growing up in the District’s foster care system, Lisa Cohen bounced among 13 different families over 19 years.
Now 52, Cohen — a motivational speaker and former boxing champion who lives in Northwest DC — never had a birthday party as a…
Washington Business Journal: Republic Properties pivots to residential for last piece of The Portals
Republic Properties Corp. plans to develop a multifamily building instead of office for the final phase of The Portals, its mixed-use development in Southwest D.C., based on a shift in market conditions in the area.
City Paper: ACLU-DC Sues D.C. Police Over Stop and Frisk Data. Again.
The suit is part of a years-long legal battle to bring more transparency and accountability to D.C. police.
DCist: Bowser Declares Gun Violence Public Health Crisis, Creates Emergency Response Center
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a new order Wednesday, declaring gun violence a public health crisis and pledging $15 million to a new initiative aimed at decreasing violence in targeted neighborhoods.
WTOP: Bowser declares DC gun violence a public health crisis in new order
Gun violence in D.C. is a public health crisis, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday, and she’s forming an emergency operations center to combat it.
Washington Post: Photographers’ epic quest: Take a photo of every single building on 16th Street NW
If you happened to have been on 16th Street NW on a Sunday morning between 2011 and 2019, you may have seen them: two older men, each lugging a tripod, bickering good-naturedly with each other. They would pause every now and then to take a…
DCist: A Fence Now Surrounds Congress, But Capitol Hill Residents Are Leading The Push To Bring It…
The fence went up after it was already too late — the day after extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol. Officials quickly sealed off the legislature’s campus with a three-mile-long, eight-foot-tall fence topped with razor wire.
Press Release: AG Racine Leads Coalition of 18 Attorneys General Backing New Jersey’s Limits…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 17, 2021
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Office of Communications
AG RACINE LEADS COALTION OF 18 ATTORNEYS GENERAL BACKING NEW JERSEY’S LIMITS ON LOCAL…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Launches First-of-Its-Kind Gun Violence Prevention Emergency Operations…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 17, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Building Blocks DC Will Focus on People and Places Most Affected by Gun Violence
(WASHINGTON,…
Press Release: Norton Secures Victories for D.C. in Coronavirus Reconciliation Bill Passed by…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 17, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that the victories she got for the District of Columbia in…
DCist: ACLU Sues D.C. Police Department Over Missing Stop And Frisk Data
The D.C. chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Metropolitan Police Department over unreported stop-and-frisk data, continuing the ACLU’s years-long legal push for transparency from the department.
WTOP: Sorry, car fans: No DC Auto Show this year
There will not be a Washington, D.C. Auto Show this year, organizers of the annual event said Wednesday, citing uncertainty about hosting large events amid the coronavirus pandemic.
CNN: Hopes for DC statehood rise with Democrats back in power
(CNN) — Advocates fighting for Washington, DC, to become the 51st state are more hopeful than ever that they'll achieve statehood with Joe Biden in the White House and Democrats now controlling both chambers of Congress, though the effort…
Washington Business Journal: Here’s how continued remote work could impact Greater…
Remote work has become a way of life for many in Greater Washington during the pandemic — and it’s no surprise many employers will continue with at least some widespread teleworking options once the region reaches a level of immunity from…
Washington Post: From the streets to solar advocate: D.C. activist pushes for renewable power
Sharon Wise looks out the front window of her apartment in Anacostia — past the lawn where she regularly hands out food to the needy or helps neighborhood kids with art projects — and sees the opportunities.
WTOP: Phase II of The Yards will feature a cobblestone street
Developer Brookfield Properties has released more details about its planned Phase II expansion of The Yards, the mixed-use community along the Capitol Riverfront.
WTOP: 32 Metro stations are getting new escalators
Some 130 escalators in 32 Metrorail stations will begin getting replaced starting this May.
District Links: How DC’s downtown could look after the pandemic; eight recommendations from…
The post-pandemic future in the Washington region may include considerably more teleworking than before, threatening downtown DC's economy, according to a new report.