What are dancers Sona Kharatian and Katherine Barkman of The Washington Ballet doing without The…
It’s been said that Alvin Ailey’s Revelations is the most-watched dance piece on the planet. The 36-minute, one-act choreography has been a centerpiece of that extraordinary company’s repertory for decades. Similarly, The Nutcracker, with…
Press Release: Chairman Mendelson Announces Recommended Changes for Council Period 24
News Release — DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Tuesday December 22, 2020
CONTACT:
Lindsey Walton
WASHINGTON, DC – DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson unveiled his recommended changes to the…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Names Robert Contee as Metropolitan Police Department Chief of Police
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 22, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she has named 31-year Metropolitan Police…
Press Release: AG Racine Congratulates Former OAG Chief of Staff Elizabeth Wilkins on Being Named…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 22, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Ms. Wilkins served as OAG’s Chief of…
Press Release: Statement by AG Racine on New D.C. MPD Chief Robert J. Contee III
Press Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 22, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney…
Press Release: Statement from Councilmember Charles Allen on nomination of Robert Contee to lead the…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 22, 2020
Contact: Erik Salmi
Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she would be nominating Assistant Chief Robert Contee to lead the Metropolitan Police…
UrbanTurf: 60-Unit Development Breaking Ground Just North of U Street
More residential development is in the works between the U Street Corridor, Shaw, and Pleasant Plains.
WTOP: Bowser to name Contee new DC police chief
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will name police veteran Robert Contee as the District’s new police chief Tuesday.
Washington Post: Puzzling spike in auto thefts, many of them violent, worries D.C.-area police
Jose Banzon, who works in advertising, was spreading holiday cheer in his 2014 Acura SUV, bringing gifts of wine and candy to clients in the District. Just after 6 p.m. last Tuesday, on the eastbound side of U Street NW in the Cardozo…
DCist: Bowser Picks Longtime Police Official Robert J. Contee To Be D.C.’s Next Police Chief
Mayor Muriel Bowser will nominate longtime police official Robert J. Contee III to lead the Metropolitan Police Department in the wake of Chief Peter Newsham’s planned departure for the Prince William County Police Department.
Washington Post: Mayor chooses veteran officer Robert J. Contee as District’s next police chief
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has chosen Robert J. Contee III as the city’s newest police chief, forgoing a national search and picking a veteran officer and native Washingtonian to lead the force amid a period of rising homicides and social…
Washington Post: D.C. contact tracer says she was fired for a tweet that raised questions about…
Tianna Mills moved to Washington to work in politics. But when the coronavirus pandemic struck, she found herself yearning to help fight the virus. She quit her job on a political campaign and applied to work for the District government as…
Washington Post: Problems at D.C.’s trash transfer stations include structural damage and…
A series of problems — related to both structural damage and coronavirus cases — have limited the ability of Washington’s two trash transfer stations to handle the city’s waste.
Washington Post: Congress authorizes Smithsonian museums focused on American Latinos and women’s…
The 5,500-page spending and relief bill that Congress passed Monday night includes the authorization of two Smithsonian museums — one focused on the American Latino, the other on American women — that pave the way for the world’s largest…
District Links: DC getting 34K+ vaccine doses this week; Brandon Todd to become lobbyist for…
Happy Monday. DC officials said 34,250 doses of coronavirus vaccines will arrive in town this week, with Moderna's newly authorized variety accounting for most of them.
DCist: Brandon Todd To Take Lobbying Job At Washington Gas After Leaving D.C. Council
Outgoing D.C. Councilmember Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4) will lobby for Washington Gas after his term ends.
DCist: D.C. Joins Regional ‘Cap-And-Invest’ Climate Program
D.C. has signed an agreement with three East Coast states to launch a new program that will cut greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, while at the same time generate funding for cleaner transportation alternatives.
Washington Post: Federal relief bill likely to save Metro from proposed ‘doomsday’ service cuts
The stimulus bill brokered by Congress should eliminate or significantly reduce Metro’s need to cut weekend rail service, lay off one-third of its workforce, close stations and cut Metrobus service in half.
Press Release: Norton Lists D.C. Victories in Spending Bill Passed Today
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
December 21, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) listed the D.C. victories in the final fiscal year 2021…
Street Sense: Advocates say new “Bridge Fund” shows DC can find money for businesses but not for…
The response to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s latest COVID-19 economic relief program has been mixed, as anti-poverty advocates question whether the money is going to the right places.