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Afro-American: Mayor Bowser Engages Senior Community
Mayor Muriel Bowser held a special town hall event for seniors this week as part of a series of Budget Engagement Forums for District residents throughout the month of February. Bowser, senior staff and members of the Bernice Fonteneau…
Mayor Bowser Announces Key Appointments
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February 15, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mayor Bowser Announces Key Appointments
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a series of appointments in her Administration:
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Deborah Simmons in The Washington Times: ‘Hail no’ and ‘Hail yes’ to the…
There’s so much that goes into building a new house, superyacht or sports stadium that the average taxpayer can’t even imagine.
Stephanie Sneed: Mayor Bowser needs to live up to her rhetoric and put people first in upcoming…
“We are only as strong as a city as the ward that struggles the most. You cannot represent the District of Columbia as a whole and not reflect that in your words, actions and budget decisions.”
These were Mayor Muriel Bowser’s words on…
WTOP: ‘Fight for old DC’ taking new meaning as NFL stadium suitors dwindle
WASHINGTON — The Washington Redskins have made no secret they wish to abandon FedEx Field just as soon as they can.
WAMU: With Major Funding Source At Stake, Metro Committee Votes To Keep Current Hours
There are still two weeks left until the final vote on Metro’s operating hours, but a committee vote Thursday pushed back against a proposed return to previous late night service.
James Forman Jr. in The Post: D.C. doubles down on destructive prison-first policies
The movement for a more humane criminal-justice system has been gaining ground in cities, states and even the federal government. From Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) to Suffolk County, Mass., District Attorney Rachael Rollins (D) to D.C.…
jonetta rose barras: When will DC treat community violence like a public health emergency?
When DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice Kevin Donahue, and Attorney General Karl Racine announced earlier this month that they intended to treat the rise in community violence as a public health crisis, I…
DCist: Dan Snyder Loses Leverage As Maryland Pulls Out Of Stadium Talks For Now
Mayor Muriel Bowser has said that she wants to bring a football stadium to D.C., and now she faces less competition to lure Washington’s team, whose name is a dictionary-defined slur, back within District lines.
City Paper: Bowser’s Inaugural Committee Took in Nearly $1 Million in Seven Weeks
About $792,000 came from donors who, for the most part, are either lobbyists, developers, or people who have or want contracts with D.C.
Mayor Establishes the District of Columbia Financial Services Regulatory Sandbox and Innovation…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, February 11, 2019
Contact: Paul Drehoff (DISB)
Mayor Establishes the District of Columbia Financial Services Regulatory Sandbox and Innovation Council
Washington, DC—Mayor Bowser recently…
Mayor Bowser Launches the READY Center, Connecting Returning Citizens To Housing, Employment, and…
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February 12, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Keena Blackmon (DOC)
Mayor Bowser Launches the READY Center, Connecting Returning Citizens To Housing, Employment, and Other Critical Programs
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Mayor Bowser Signs Legislation to Expand Protections from Crimes Motivated by Hate
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February 12, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mayor Bowser Signs Legislation to Expand Protections from Crimes Motivated by Hate
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Mayor Bowser has signed legislation to expand…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. selects Redbrick LMD to develop portion of St. Elizabeths East…
A team led by Redbrick LMD has been selected to redevelop a 4.2-acre portion of the D.C.-owned St. Elizabeths East campus into a mixed-use town square located between the Entertainment and Sports Arena and Congress Heights Metro station.
WTOP: Over DC objection, vote set to keep current Metro hours
WASHINGTON — The Metro Board is moving toward extending current rail service hours for at least another year, over the District’s objections to continued service cuts.
DCist: An Exhaustive Investigation Into Mayor Bowser’s Apparent Pizza Preferences
The last time Mayor Muriel Bowser took the time to share her opinions on food—to inexplicably disparage D.C.’s iconic condiment, mumbo sauce—she earned outrage and a national news cycle. But that didn’t stop her from using National Pizza…
New institute will explore impact of local DC history on wider political milieu
Amid a roomful of local political and education luminaries, Mayor Muriel Bowser and former Mayor Sharon Pratt recently kicked off the Institute of Politics Policy and History (IPPH), a new scholarly endeavor to be housed at the University…
Washington Post Editorial Board: Murders are falling — just not in D.C. But here’s a smart response.
NATIONWIDE, THE number of murders is trending down. Not, though, in the District of Columbia: Homicides last year soared by nearly 40 percent and are still on the rise. Many factors are at play, but at center stage in the carnage has been…
James Zeigler: Bowser’s partnership with feds on gun crime undermines home rule and will hurt DC
Mayor Muriel Bowser recently announced she will be partnering with federal prosecutors and law enforcement to aggressively pursue longer sentences, including harsher mandatory minimum sentences, for those charged with gun possession…