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As we celebrate another Earth Day, it is clear that the District of Columbia is living up to its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. In December, Mayor Bowser signed the CleanEnergy DC Omnibus…
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In 2017, National Geographic identified the District of Columbia as the new hub for ivory sales in the United States — and our continued tolerance of this market ever since has been disastrous for African wildlife. Although the poaching of…
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At Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School, we like to say that for us every day is Earth Day. With the international perspective gleaned from our unique-to-Washington pre-kindergarten-through-fifth-grade…
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Absenteeism, safe transportation to schools and principal retention are the “top of mind” priorities for new DC Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee, he told members of the State Board of Education at their working session this month. …
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Mayor Muriel Bowser has announced Faith Gibson Hubbard as the director of Thrive by Five DC, an initiative coordinating resources and services for families of young children in the District, including early education opportunities. …
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Patrick Kennedy not only backed Jack Evans in his 2016 re-election bid for the Ward 2 seat the DC Council member has held since 1991 — he chaired the campaign. But with Evans’ electoral fortunes having taken an uncertain turn amid ethics…
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Until the 1960s, the library offerings in Southeast DC’s Marshall Heights and Capitol View neighborhoods were limited to just two bookmobiles. In 1965, neighbors won a 10-year battle to build a DC Public Library branch in their area, but…
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Adding bike lanes to existing roads is a decades-old practice nationally and internationally. And there has been a push to improve the DC area's street features for cycling since at least the early 1970s, when the regional cycling advocacy…
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In a tie vote greeted as a victory by cyclists, an advisory neighborhood commission in Ward 3 recently deadlocked on a resolution condemning a proposed new bike lane along Woodley Place NW. Last month’s ANC 3C meeting became a flashpoint…
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While there is more rental housing in the District of Columbia today than a decade ago, the share of units available for less than $1,000 per month has shrunk from 69 percent to 34 percent. As the DC government works to preserve and grow…
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Cleveland Park's iconic Uptown Theater has played host to plenty of movie premieres and Hollywood stars over the years. But Emilio Estevez, famous as a director and for his roles in movies such as The Breakfast Club and The Outsiders,…
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Maisha Riddlesprigger, this year’s DC Public Schools Principal of the Year, never set out for a career in education. Although she grew up among a family of teachers in Fresno, California — where her father was a professor at a community…
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For Denise Rolark Barnes, the publisher of The Washington Informer, operating the newspaper is family business. When asked if she ever thought she’d be where she is today, she said, “Let’s put it this way — yes, I did. Did I want to be…
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In this week’s State of the District Address, Mayor Muriel Bowser managed to squeeze in multiple mentions of President Donald Trump and most of the Democrats looking to challenge him in 2020. She also referenced many of the myriad issues…
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The deployment of several new fire engines over the past month and a half is helping to address some of the long-standing problems with the city’s fleet of vehicles and equipment, but a recent DC Council oversight hearing made clear that…
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DC Public Schools plans to resolve an impending over-enrollment problem at School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens by increasing funding and creating three new classrooms, school system representatives said at a recent community meeting.…
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Facing a group of outraged education activists, DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson this week criticized the mayor for submitting emergency legislation to extend a private school’s lease of a District-owned site many want converted into a…
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Yesim Sayin Taylor never thought she’d work in DC government. Admittedly, she didn’t know much about it. “I just thought it was this crazy, dysfunctional place,” she said. An economist, Taylor came to the United States — and the…
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About 100 people celebrated last week’s opening of an art exhibition at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery full of revealing photographs of daily life in DC’s neighborhoods — but instead of wine at the reception, there were Capri Suns. …
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