DCist: Metro Will Hand Out 500,000 Cloth Masks From The Federal Government
Next month, Metro will start to hand out 500,000 cloth masks it received from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the transit agency announced Thursday.
Derrick L. Davis in The Post: How the D.C. region will be strengthened by focusing on a more…
Responding to the novel coronavirus pandemic and its far-reaching health, economic and societal impacts has been and will continue to be Job 1 for area officials for the foreseeable future. At the same time, we recognize that many of the…
Ike Brannon in The Post: The high cost of D.C.’s cheap parking
The D.C. government has vowed to intensify efforts to address income inequality and race disparities. It should reconsider residential parking rules, which serve to increase the divide between rich and poor, white and nonwhite.
WTOP: Spike Mendelsohn’s 5th PLNT Burger opens at new Shaw Whole Foods
Chef Spike Mendelsohn, known for the beefy burgers served up at his Good Stuff Eatery restaurants, has opened the fifth PLNT Burger location, which serves up plant-based versions of burgers and sandwiches.
WTOP: Teachers’ union, NAACP branch call for distance learning in DC
Several area school systems – including Montgomery, Prince George’s, Fairfax, and Loudoun counties – have decided to start the school year virtually. Now the NAACP DC branch and the Washington Teachers’ Union are calling for D.C. Public…
WTOP: DC Council approves budget with contentious cuts, added taxes
The D.C. Council unanimously approved its Fiscal Year 2021 budget after months of adjustments to the bottom line, as the pandemic reduced the city’s revenue by $770 million.
Washington Post: Metro prepares for transit service ramp-up
Concerns remain about onboard crowding as people start commuting back to work
Washington Post: Librarians alarmed about coronavirus safety at D.C.’s reopened public libraries
When the District’s public libraries began gradually reopening in late May, many residents rushed to check out books for the first time in six weeks. By mid-July, the library was opening its doors for six hours a day, five days a week, for…
Press Release: Norton on Her Memories of John Lewis as a Colleague in the Student Nonviolent…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 24, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
Washington, D.C. - The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released excerpts today of Norton’s remarks on the House…
Press Release: Councilmember Elissa Silverman Introduces Emergency Bill to Provide Important…
News Release — At-large DC Council member Elissa Silverman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Reana Kovalcik (Council)
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Press Release: Norton Holds Press Conference with Hoyer, Carper, and Van Hollen to Press for Equal…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 23, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today held a press conference with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer…
Press Release: Part of Fort Totten Park closed for public safety
News Release — National Park Service
For immediate release: July 23, 2020
Contact: Katie Liming
Unexploded ordnance discovered during trail construction
WASHINGTON – On July 22, a WWI-era unexploded ordnance was…
DCist: Justice Department Watchdog Will Probe Federal Law Enforcement Response To Protesters At…
The Justice Department’s internal watchdog will investigate federal law enforcement officers’ response to protests in D.C., including the use of tear gas and rubber bullets to clear protesters from Lafayette Park in June so President Trump…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. Council ditches advertising tax but advances other levies in new…
After a few extra days of legislative wrangling, the D.C. Council signed off on a budget that now includes about $42 million in tax increases but will not feature a controversial advertising sales tax.
Letter to the Editor: D.C. is in the middle of an emergency. It must raise taxes now.
The call in the July 18 editorial “The D.C. Council needs to get real” for the D.C. Council to “wake up to reality” was hardhearted and wrongheaded.
DCist: D.C. Council Repeals Short-Lived Ad Tax As Lawmakers Close Out Challenging Budget Season
The D.C. Council on Thursday repealed a new and controversial tax on the sale of ads before unanimously approving an $8.5 billion budget for 2021. With the votes, lawmakers closed out a testy and challenging process that saw them grapple —…
DCist: Food Insecurity Could Rise By 60 Percent In D.C. Region Due To Pandemic
The D.C. region is one of the wealthiest in the nation, with the second-highest median income of any metro area. Still, hundreds of thousands of residents don’t consistently have enough to eat, and the coronavirus pandemic is making the…
City Paper: Mendelson Reverses Course on Advertising Tax, Cuts From Behavioral Health and Capital…
Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau wasn't invited to the "cool kids' table."
Washington Post: Bowser signs D.C. police bill that compels ID of officers who used deadly force,…
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Wednesday signed emergency policing legislation passed by the D.C. Council earlier this month amid mass demonstrations sparked by the killing of George Floyd during police custody in Minneapolis.
DCist: Ward 2 ANC Commissioner Launches Bid For D.C. Council Seat Held By Brooke Pinto
Since her swearing-in ceremony late last month, new D.C. lawmaker Brooke Pinto has jumped into important legislative meetings about the District government’s spending plan for next year. She now represents Ward 2 in the seat that 29-year…