Washington Business Journal: D.C. lawmakers override Bowser’s veto, vote again to break up…
D.C. lawmakers have voted to override Mayor Muriel Bowser's veto of a bill to break up the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, setting up the reorganization of one of the D.C. government's most important agencies interacting…
DCist: Alpaca Parties, A Bernie Sanders Snowman, And More: How D.C. Residents Are Enjoying The…
The region has been hit with a three-day snow storm, totaling 6 inches in some areas, and marking the heaviest snowfall in the area since 2018.
DCist: How Five Families Decided To Send Their Children Back For In-Person Learning — Or Not
A public health expert who spent two decades studying pandemic preparedness. A mother who makes DoorDash deliveries to scrape together extra money for her son’s learning pod. A single-parent who worries no one can help care for her son if…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Expands DC Main Streets and Clean Team Programs to Support Commercial…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 2, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
James Partlow IV (DSLBD)
Shaw Main Streets Accepting Decommissioned Plywood from Businesses
(WASHINGTON,…
Press Release: Norton Pledges to Defeat Wicker Bill Permanently Banning D.C. From Spending Local…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 2, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today condemned a bill introduced by Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) that…
Education advocates: Mayor must address the digital divide in upcoming budget proposal
The pandemic has highlighted the need to provide equitable technology access for all students as part of a 21st-century education. While DC made some progress last year in expanding computer and internet access, the city still lacks a…
WTOP: DC’s Potomac Phil declares early spring but more political gridlock
As snow flurries descended down onto the Dupont Fountain in D.C.’s Dupont Circle Tuesday, a tradition unlike any other continued in a virtual way.
DCist: Say Goodbye To That Wendy’s At The Hellish Dave Thomas Circle
It’s been called a failure, a hellscape, one of the city’s most dangerous intersections, and an “urban aneurysm.” And now, D.C.’s infamous Dave Thomas Circle is finally getting a rethink.
WTOP: DC launches new racial equity office, search for chief equity officer starts
On the first day of Black History Month, D.C. said it will be looking for the city’s first Chief Equity Officer for the newly created racial equity office.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. pays millions to take ‘Dave Thomas Circle’ in Northeast through…
The District of Columbia has followed through on its promise to acquire the small Northeast D.C. tract of land known as "Dave Thomas Circle"by any means necessary.
DCist: A DCPS Teacher Spoke Out After Her Stillbirth. Now D.C. Might Grant City Workers 2 Weeks Of…
The D.C. Council is expected to vote on emergency legislation Tuesday that would grant city employees two weeks of paid bereavement leave following the death of a family member or a stillbirth.
WTOP: Cheesecake Factory moves ahead with new downtown DC location
Despite ongoing restaurant industry uncertainty, the Cheesecake Factory is moving ahead with plans for its latest D.C.-area restaurant, this one in downtown D.C.
Patch: ‘I Went For Knife Skills And They Gave Me Life Skills’
District woman sees new path forward thanks to DC Central Kitchen's Culinary Job Training program.
WTOP: DC grabs ‘Dave Thomas Circle’ through eminent domain
In the pantheon of confusing and dangerous D.C. intersections, “Dave Thomas Circle” in Northeast certainly ranks high. But, perhaps, not for long.
Washington Post: D.C. acquires ‘Dave Thomas Circle’ on New York Avenue through eminent domain
A confusing intersection along New York Avenue in Northeast Washington will be redesigned to make it safer, city officials said.
Washington Post: D.C. Council expected to override two Bowser vetoes on Tuesday
The D.C. Council on Tuesday is expected to override mayoral vetoes of two bills that passed unanimously in December, disagreements that city leaders from both branches of government attribute to fundamentally different policy views.
Washington Business Journal: Two D.C. hotels are among the top 10 in the U.S., according to U.S.…
The Four Seasons Washington D.C. and The Jefferson hotel in the District are both among top 10 hotels in the country for 2021, according to U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking.
WTOP: DC seeks restraining order against teachers’ union to halt further strike talks
D.C. is asking for a temporary order to prevent the Washington Teachers’ Union from engaging in a strike that would stop the reopening of some schools for in-person learning on Tuesday.
Bloomberg CityLab: D.C.’s New Vision Zero Law Could Be a Boon for Bike Lanes
Modeled on a Cambridge ordinance that mandates protected bicycle infrastructure citywide, the District’s approach to taming traffic deaths is being closely watched.
Christian Cooper in The Post: Scrap the filibuster and make D.C. a state
Imagine if a country today took a plurality-Black population, stripped those citizens of any meaningful political power, and relegated them to the whims of a few privileged Whites who ruled in comfort and majesty.