WTOP: Howard U. hospital plan moves forward despite ethics violations
A new Howard University teaching hospital is one step closer to being realized, despite the ethical entanglements of the man who garnered the deal.
WAMU: Advocates Make Final Push To Involve Hard-To-Count D.C. Areas In The Census
Olivia Henderson was cajoling, dancing and yelling outside the Bald Eagle Recreation Center on Joliet Street in Southwest D.C. the other day.
Washington Post: D.C. Council approves major tax break for Howard University as it launches plan for…
A $225 million tax abatement for Howard University sailed through the D.C. Council Tuesday, a day after an ethics probe revealed how the university offered to create a job for a high-ranking city official even as it was seeking the…
WTOP: ‘New number, who’s this?’ 771 area code unveiled for DC
The area code 202 is synonymous with D.C. — it’s been the District’s sole area code for more than 70 years. But come 2022, when new phone numbers are forecast to run out, there’ll be a new three-digit code in town.
WTOP: DC Council extends Bowser’s coronavirus health emergency authority
The D.C. Council on Tuesday extended Mayor Muriel Bowser’s health emergency authority until the end of the year, more than six months after she first declared the emergency to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
Washington Post: D.C. Council unanimously approves Vision Zero bill aimed at reducing traffic…
The D.C. Council will vote Tuesday on a package of sweeping road-safety measures aimed at cutting the growing number of traffic injuries and fatalities in the nation's capital.
UrbanTurf: In the Landscape of Flipped Houses in DC, Ward 7 is King
A new report on the home flipping market shows that, in DC, both flips and profits are back on the rise.
Washington Post: 771 will be new D.C. area code, supplementing venerable 202
When it comes to calls placed by Washingtonians, 771 is the new 202.
Ramin Taheri in The 74: Giving At-Risk Kids Priority in Lottery for D.C. Charter Schools Can Help…
On the day in 1954 when the Supreme Court decided in Brown v. Board of Education that “separate but equal” schools were unconstitutional, it also ruled in Bolling v. Sharpe that segregated public schools in the District of Columbia denied…
City Paper: Staff and Loyal Customers Raise a Glass to Capitol Lounge on Its Final Night
Midnight was closing in, which meant it was almost time to flick off the lights at Capitol Lounge for the last time. Inside the 26-year-old bar, bartender Sam Everret got everyone’s attention Sunday night to deliver a requiem for the…
Press Release: Council Enacts Charles Allen’s Vision Zero Enhancement Bill and Creation of Office…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 22, 2020
Contact: Laura Marks
Two key legislative items passed today that Councilmember Charles Allen introduced: Vision Zero and the Office of Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing. Background and…
jonetta rose barras: The haunting in the Ward 2 DC Council race
Jack Evans resigned his post as Ward 2 DC Council member in January in advance of being formally expelled, and he was soundly defeated when he circled back in the June Democratic primary, seeking to reclaim his previously discarded seat.…
Press Release: Statement on the Passage of New Howard University Hospital and Redevelopment Tax…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 22, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the following statement on the passage of…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces DC’s Private Security Camera Incentive Program Surpasses $3…
News Release: Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 22, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Daniel Rappaport (OVSJG)
(WASHINGTON, DC) –…
DCist: D.C.’s New Area Code Will Be… 771
For more than seven decades, (202) has been D.C.’s sole area code. But by the end of 2022, the city will have a new one: (771).
WTOP: DC area joins nationwide trend of first-time gun ownership
The sounds of gunfire ringing through her Southeast D.C. neighborhood had always kept Neta Vaught away from firearms. To her, guns symbolized the violence that the mother of three worked so hard to shield her family from — the violence…
WAMU: 51st: Why Statehood, Why Now?
Edwina Williams, a retired police detective in her late 50s, thinks it’s downright ridiculous that D.C. isn’t a state.
Washington Post: D.C. Council to vote on Vision Zero bill aimed at reducing traffic fatalities
The D.C. Council will vote Tuesday on a package of sweeping road-safety measures aimed at cutting the growing number of traffic injuries and fatalities in the nation's capital.
WTOP: Former DC administrator who sought job at Howard University fined for ethics violation
A former D.C. government administrator has been fined $2,500 by an ethics board for his involvement in legislating a multimillion dollar tax break for Howard University, where he had been seeking employment.
Washington Business Journal: Ethics board clears former D.C. official in inquiry over Howard U. job
D.C. ethics officials did not find any evidence that former City Administrator Rashad Young acted improperly in securing a new job at Howard University, they said in a public settlement released Monday. The District’s Board of Ethics and…