Curbed: D.C. would get to buy the RFK Stadium site from the feds under new congressional bill
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and other District leaders want the land to come under local control
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Statement from Mayor Bowser on Introduction of Congresswoman Norton’s Bill to Convey RFK Campus to…
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March 26, 2019
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
Statement from Mayor Bowser on Introduction of Congresswoman Norton’s Bill to Convey RFK Campus to DC
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the…
Norton Introduces Legislation to Sell RFK Stadium Site, Unused Federal Land, to the District of…
March 26, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
Norton Introduces Legislation to Sell RFK Stadium Site, Unused Federal Land, to the District of Columbia
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to…
Mikey Weidman: Requiring more transparency at charter schools will help parents make informed…
In an effort to bring greater transparency to DC’s public charter schools, Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen and four of his colleagues last week introduced the Public School Transparency Amendment Act of 2019. The legislation would…
Theresa Vargas in The Washington Post: Washington natives are about to get a day that honors them.…
If you have ever read a government resolution, you know they are written in a way no one speaks.
WTOP: More DC brewpubs, tasting rooms to open under proposed bill
There’s new legislation going through city hall that would allow small businesses that make wine, beer or spirits in D.C. to open locations outside of where they make their product.
DCist: This Bill Would Let D.C. Buy The RFK Campus. But What Would The City Do With It?
Under a bill that D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton plans to introduce in Congress next week, D.C. would be able to purchase the RFK property at fair market value from the federal government, which currently leases the property to the…
Washington Post: Del. Norton floats a new way for District to control RFK Stadium site
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District’s nonvoting member of Congress, is filing legislation that asks Congress to sell to the city one of the largest tracts of vacant land in the District: the 190-acre RFK Stadium site.
AG Racine Introduces Legislation to Protect District Residents’ Personal Data
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March 21, 2019
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AG RACINE INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO PROTECT DISTRICT RESIDENTS’ PERSONAL DATA
Proposal Creates Stricter Safeguards Against Data Breaches, Protects…
Norton Bill to Prohibit Employers from Asking Salary History on House Floor Next Week
March 21, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
Norton Bill to Prohibit Employers from Asking Salary History on House Floor Next Week
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the first woman to chair the U.S.…
Norton Announces Historic High in Senate Support for D.C. Statehood
March 19, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
Norton Announces Historic High in Senate Support for D.C. Statehood
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Senator Tom Carper’s (D-DE) District of…
Councilmember Todd Introduces Legislation Establishing DC Office on Caribbean Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 19, 2019CONTACT:Joshua Fleitman
Councilmember Todd Introduces Legislation Establishing DC Office on Caribbean Affairs
Washington, DC – Today, Councilmember Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4) introduced legislation…
Councilmember Todd Introduces Legislation Requiring All Public High School Students To Apply For…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 19, 2019CONTACT:Joshua Fleitman
Councilmember Todd Introduces Legislation Requiring All Public High School Students To Apply For Federal College Aid
Washington, DC – Today, Councilmember Brandon Todd…
Norton Introduces Bill Removing Federal Government’s Authority Over District-Owned Land
March 14, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
Norton Introduces Bill Removing Federal Government’s Authority Over District-Owned Land
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to remove the…
DCist: Now D.C. Can Help Rehab The Nearly 7,000 Acres Of National Parks In The City
D.C. contains almost 7,000 acres of land controlled by the National Park Service, and up until now, the federal agency was charged with maintaining all of it, including the majority of the city’s neighborhood parks.
City Paper: New Bill Would Subject Charters to Same Transparency Rules as D.C. Public Schools
“This is not exactly a cutting-edge idea,” says Councilmember Charles Allen.
WAMU: D.C. Charter Schools Would Become More Transparent Under Council Bill
Public charter schools in D.C. have recently come under scrutiny for what many see as a lack of transparency. Unlike traditional public schools, charters aren’t required to make salaries, records, or vendor contracts under $100,000 public,…
Washington Post Editorial Board: The House finally voted to support D.C. statehood. It’s a needed…
SWEEPING LEGISLATION passed by the House aimed at getting the influence of money out of politics and expanding voting access includes a general endorsement of statehood for the District of Columbia. The bill, championed by Democrats, has…
Curbed: New law allows D.C. to better manage federally controlled parks via cooperative partnerships
Plans are in the works to renovate downtown’s Franklin Square Park, and others could eventually follow
As part of Sunshine Week, Councilmember Allen to introduce bill expanding FOIA and Open Meetings law…
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March 12, 2019
Contact: Erik Salmi
As part of Sunshine Week, Councilmember Allen to introduce bill expanding FOIA and Open Meetings law to all public schools
Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 13, Councilmember…