DCist: Three Semesters Into The Pandemic, Local Colleges Grapple With How To Manage Students Safely
Back in March, like many around the country, Quinn Goldberg’s education at the University of Michigan moved online. When fall came, Goldberg decided to enroll in virtual classes through Northern Virginia Community College — a move that he…
DCist: Changes Are Coming To D.C.’s Troubled Unemployment System, Officials Say
The D.C. government is investing an additional $11 million into the city’s unemployment insurance program after the coronavirus pandemic exposed massive shortcomings in its system, city officials announced Monday.
WTOP: DC Water launches program to provide relief for renters
If you are running behind on your water bill in D.C., you may be able to get assistance — even if you don’t typically pay your water bill directly.
Press Release: Norton to Introduce Bill Banning Permanent Fencing at U.S. Capitol Complex
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 8, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she will introduce legislation to prohibit…
Press Release: Allen Introduces Crime Victims Bill Expanding Financial Aid, Creating New Advocate…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 8, 2021
Contact: Erik Salmi
Today, Councilmember Charles Allen (Ward 6) will introduce legislation to provide greater supports to victims of crime by expanding eligibility for victims’ compensation,…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces $11 Million Investment to Improve District’s Unemployment…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Employment Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 8, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Diane Watkins (DOES)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor…
Press Release: Norton’s Requested Comment Period for D.C. Court Eviction Filing Fees Announced
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 8, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sent a letter to Chief Judge Anita M. Josey-Herring of the…
Washingtonian: The Weeknd Is Stuck in a Hall of Mirrors, and DC Can Relate
Some local memes from the pop star's Super Bowl halftime set. Enjoy.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Distributes $13 Million from Rental Assistance Programs to Housing…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Housing and Community Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 8, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Richard Livingstone (DHCD)
Up to Eight Months of…
Trans sex worker advocate supports others facing trauma due to gender and sexual identity or job…
At 15, Tamika Spellman got a girl pregnant.
Born a boy in Buffalo, New York, she’d had a pretty “typical childhood” growing up with her parents, she said in a recent interview. But it was around the time Spellman’s girlfriend got…
WTOP: ‘Super’ reward for 3 DC police officers who defended US Capitol
Three D.C. police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the deadly Jan. 6 riot received recognition at Sunday’s Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida.
Washington Post: After eviction, the struggle to find a new home despite ‘a modern-day scarlet…
Michelle Walston was confused. Did she just hear right?
Robert McCartney in The Post: Historian: Black Power Movement once thrived in D.C., but recent…
The Black Power movement thrived in D.C. and transformed the city’s politics from the late 1960s to the 1990s. But its veterans worry that era is all but forgotten.
Washington Post: Confusion and chaos: Inside the vaccine rollout in D.C., Maryland and Virginia
The first precious boxloads of the frozen elixir arrived in December, bearing great promise for curtailing the pandemic that has paralyzed the region and the world.
WTOP: What comes next for protest artwork from Black Lives Matter Plaza
Plain boards that covered buildings to prevent damage if protests went awry were transformed into art pieces inspired by the protests of 2020.
Press Release: Norton Gets Her Pick to Continue Serving on Committee on Oversight & Reform and…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 8, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she’s pleased to continue to serve on the Committee on…
Washington Post: D.C. completes a week of in-person classes: Low attendance, frustrated teachers,…
The first day classrooms opened last week at Johnson Middle School in Southeast Washington, just one student showed up. By Friday, nine did.
Washington Post Editorial Board: The cautious reopening of D.C. schools should be celebrated
“IT’S NOT a school unless we have kids here.” That was the principal of a D.C. elementary school welcoming students back to school last week for the first time since March. “I’m just super excited. I could scream at the top of my lungs.”…
Washington Post: Protest art covered shuttered businesses for months at Black Lives Matter Plaza.…
Months spent in the sun and rain has warped the wooden works of art. They’ve been tagged and scrawled on, disassembled and pulled down from the windows that sat boarded up for months.
Letters to the Editor of The Washington Post: Listen to Frederick Law Olmsted on the Capitol Grounds
Capitol Police want more security around the Capitol. Rather than listening to them, Congress should pay attention to Frederick Law Olmsted.