Washingtonian: Ben’s Chili Bowl Owner Virginia Ali Turns 87 Today. Here’s What She’s Most Grateful…
"I’m still able to eat anything I want."
City Paper: José Andrés Joins Call to Eliminate Tipped Minimum Wage in New York
The restaurateur did not support Initiative 77, the ballot measure that would have done the same in D.C.
Patch: DC Health Director, Fire Chief Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
WASHINGTON, DC — Chief John Donnelly of D.C. Fire and EMS and Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, director of D.C. Department of Health, joined other front-line public health officials Thursday in receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. They were…
Washington Business Journal: Redevelopment of Deanwood’s historic Strand Theater faces more…
The longtime effort to bring Deanwood’s historic Strand Theater back to life is facing yet more delays as the project’s developers face additional hurdles in assembling financing.
Washington Post: D.C.’s epidemic of gun violence is a public health emergency
A 9-YEAR-OLD girl was shot Monday afternoon in Southeast D.C. Police believe the girl, who fortunately did not suffer life-threatening injuries, was the victim of a stray bullet. Four days earlier in Northwest, a 12-year-old boy was shot…
Washington Post: D.C. students are falling behind in remote school, with vulnerable students faring…
Students from low-income D.C. families are falling further behind their more affluent classmates during the prolonged school closures, according to a study released Thursday examining fall assessment data of students in traditional public…
DCist: Fauci, Pope Francis, Bart Simpson, And Gritty: Here Are Some Of The Write-In Votes D.C.…
Angela Merkel won’t ever be president of the United States. She’s German, after all. Neither will Dwight Eisenhower or Abraham Lincoln serve again (newsflash: they’re dead). Nor will the Dalai Lama, Pope Francis, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck,…
DCist: D.C. Motorcades Will Honor Victims of Gun Violence On Christmas, New Year’s Eve
About 100 vehicles bearing memorial posters honoring gun-violence victims are set to conduct motorcades through D.C. later this month. On both Christmas and New Year’s Eve, participants will head to the Metropolitan Police Department…
Press Release: Norton Writes Letter Supporting Increase in D.C. Eviction Filing Fee
Press Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
December 17, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
Court Agrees to Solicit Public Comment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sent a letter to Chief…
Press Release: DC, Maryland, Virginia Call for Additional Federal Funding for WMATA
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 17, 2020
Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, and Virginia Governor Ralph Northam today urged the incoming Biden-Harris…
Press Release: AG Racine Joins Multistate Lawsuit Seeking to End Google’s Illegal Monopoly in…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 17, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Bipartisan Coalition of 38 Attorneys General Allege Google…
Press Release: Study shows that DC students have lost 4 months of learning in math and 1 month of…
News Release — EmpowerK12
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Michelle Lerner
The “COVID” learning slide is expanding DC’s achievement gap, putting at-risk students further behind their peers
Washington, D.C. — A new study…
Press Release: AG Racine Leads 19-State Coalition Arguing ATF Has Failed to Regulate Ghost Guns
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 17, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Attorneys General Contend That Proliferation of Untraceable Firearms Endanger Residents and…
Washington Post: Facing lawsuit over restrictions on Christmas services, D.C. mayor eases…
Facing a lawsuit from the Archdiocese of Washington over rules prohibiting large gatherings — including Christmas services — during the coronavirus pandemic, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser issued a late-night order Wednesday modifying the…
DCist: D.C. Students Are Falling Behind In Math and Reading During the Pandemic, Report Says
Fewer elementary and middle school students in the District are on track to pass standardized exams in math this academic year and literacy has dropped significantly among the city’s youngest learners, according to a study published…
Washington Post: Puzzle swap celebrates jigsaw ‘barter culture’ amid pandemic chaos
Jason Blackson drove across the nation’s capital on a recent Sunday to solve a puzzle.
WTOP: DC Water joins national sewage study to search for COVID hot spots
Searching for clues about where coronavirus hot spots are in the nation’s capital is a dirty job.
Washington Post: Pressure mounts on federal agency over Union Station redevelopment. Critics say…
The Union Station Redevelopment Corporation and Amtrak, the two proponents of a multibillion-dollar expansion of the District’s historic rail station, are urging the federal government to amend key aspects of the project that have been…
WTOP: Bowser eases limits on DC religious gatherings after Catholic Church lawsuit
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser eased attendance caps for religious gatherings Wednesday after the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington sued the mayor over attendance limits introduced amid the recent surge in coronavirus cases.
Washington Business Journal: Douglas sells downtown office building to New York firm
Douglas Development Corp. is selling one of its prime downtown D.C. office buildings, located at 1000 F St. NW.