Press Release: DC Democratic Party Statement on Historic DC Statehood Vote
News Release — DC Democratic Party
For Immediate Release | June 26, 2020
Contact: Claire Goldberg
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to pass H.R.51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act. This…
Press Release: Statement on House Passage of H.R. 51
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 26, 2020
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the following statement after the House of Representatives voted…
Press Release: AG Racine Leads 15-State Coalition Backing State Efforts Limiting Local Resources For…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 26, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications
Attorneys General Argue States Have Authority to Enact Laws That Protect Public Safety Regardless of…
WTOP: Intense House debate ahead of historic vote on DC statehood bill
Passionate debate from lawmakers representing several states has taken place in the House ahead of a historic Friday vote on legislation to make D.C. the nation’s 51st state.
Washingtonian: A Photographer Captures How DC Small Businesses Are Using Creativity to Survive the…
In the backyard of the nation’s capital, local small businesses are using every ounce of their creativity to stay afloat. Local photographer Violetta Markelou’s project “Inbox Full” captures the inspirations, challenges, and struggles of…
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D.C.’s paid family leave program looks set to launch July 1, meeting the city’s target date even as the coronavirus crisis raised questions about how the policy should move forward.
WTOP: New Union Station passenger platform will open in 2022
Work is underway on a project to dust off an old Union Station platform and make it a new passenger platform to increase rail capacity.
WTOP: Anticipating return to offices, Revel puts more shared scooters on DC streets
Shared electric moped company Revel is betting on more demand as more D.C. workers return to their place of work. It will add another 200 scooters to its D.C. fleet, bringing the total number to 600 across all eight wards in the District.
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Associated Press: House moves to approve DC statehood; Senate GOP opposes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House is moving toward approval of a bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, saying Congress has both the moral obligation and constitutional authority to ensure that the city’s…
Washington Times: Muriel Bowser riding coronavirus success into vote on D.C. statehood
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is winning high marks for battling the coronavirus, just as the District stands ready to achieve a win in its longstanding fight — a vote on statehood in the House.
Press Release: Norton Manages House Floor Debate on Her D.C. Statehood Bill, Releases Opening…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
June 26, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today managed the historic debate on the House floor on her District of…
DCist: U.S. House Of Representatives Set To Take Historic Vote On D.C. Statehood
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to take a historic vote on D.C. statehood for the first time in a generation on Friday.
Kenithia Alston in The Post: What it’s like when the cops kill your son
D.C. police shot Marqueese two years ago. They still won’t say why.
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson in The Post: It’s time for D.C. to regulate police surveillance technology
The time has come for the District to regulate police surveillance technologies. This month, the New York City Council approved the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology Act. It was a monumental victory for police transparency,…
Washington Post: House of Representatives scheduled to vote on D.C. statehood Friday
The House is scheduled to vote Friday afternoon on legislation that would make the District of Columbia the nation’s 51st state, a historic milestone in the fight for statehood that is expected to pass the majority-Democratic chamber.
Washington Post: Dupont Circle Farmers Market adds new vendors after black businesses said they were…
When Toyin Alli saw Freshfarm, an organization that operates 30 farmers markets in the Washington region, advertise its black vendors on Instagram, her eyes narrowed and her heartbeat quickened.
WTOP: Bowser: Stay home for Fourth of July amid coronavirus pandemic
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urged residents and visitors to the nation’s capital to stay home this Independence Day during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Rebekah Bryer in The Post: Yes, D.C.’s Emancipation Memorial advances white supremacy
The statue needs more nuance that highlights black agency.
David W. Blight in The Post: Yes, the Freedmen’s Memorial uses racist imagery. But don’t tear it…
The Freedmen’s Memorial in Washington is not a Confederate monument. It famously exhibits a standing Abraham Lincoln seemingly giving freedom to a kneeling black man naked from the waist up, whose chains are being broken. It was and is a…
Letter to the Editor of The Post: A better name for the Washington football team
The District sits on Piscataway ancestral lands; it was of the Nacotchtank Indians of the Piscataway empire. Our people were of the first to be colonized and forced into assimilation. Centuries later, Daniel Snyder finds it okay to…