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Mayor Bowser Announces Job Training Partnership for District Residents with Ford Motor Company’s…

Press Release Oct 22, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 22, 2018 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Kate Hartig (DMPED) Mayor Bowser Announces Job Training Partnership for District Residents with Ford Motor Company’s Autonomous Vehicle Program Ford and DC…

WAMU: D.C. Will Soon Have A New Fleet Of Self-Driving Cars

Editor Oct 22, 2018

A new fleet of self-driving cars is coming to Washington, D.C. early next year. Ford Motor Company will begin testing autonomous vehicles here starting in early 2019, with plans to launch the cars commercially in 2021.

Petula Dvorak in The Post: Dear Mayor Bowser: D.C.’s first night mayor has got to be a mom. How…

Editor Oct 22, 2018

Dear Mayor Bowser, While you may be considering hipsters or partiers or fashion divas of the dark to be your new night mayor, that’s all wrong. Because besides Dracula, you know who works hardest after the sun sets? That’s right — moms.

Mayor Bowser Recognized for Bold Climate Policies, District Wins Bloomberg American Cities Climate…

Press Release Oct 21, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 21, 2018 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Mayor Bowser Recognized for Bold Climate Policies, District Wins Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge In Recognition of the Mayor’s Urgent Efforts, Bloomberg…

Mayor Bowser Signs Bill Establishing DC’s First Office of Nightlife and Culture

Press Release Oct 18, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 18, 2018 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Mayor Bowser Signs Bill Establishing DC’s First Office of Nightlife and Culture New Office Will Work with Residents, Businesses, and District Agencies on Issues…

Washington Post: Want to deal with D.C.’s after-hours noise and even rats? D.C. is looking for its…

Editor Oct 18, 2018

Applications from people vying to become D.C.’s first-ever nightlife director have been pouring into Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s office from across the country and around the world. Just weeks into the search, the mayor’s office said it has…

Washington Post: D.C. Council pressures Bowser to intervene in Providence Hospital closure

Editor Oct 17, 2018

D.C. Council members ramped up pressure on Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to halt the controversial closure of a hospital in Northeast Washington, unanimously approving legislation this week that empowers her administration to force hospitals…

Mayor Bowser Announces New Partnership with Bard College

Press Release Oct 17, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 17, 2018 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Mayor Bowser Announces New Partnership with Bard College Through DCPS and Bard College Partnership, Students Will Have the Opportunity to Graduate High School with…

City Paper: A Leak in the Bowser-Gray Iceberg?

Editor Oct 16, 2018

It looked, for a moment, that a crack emerged in the strained relationship between the mayor and former mayor.

jonetta rose barras: Housing doublespeak from Mayor Bowser

jonetta rose barras Oct 16, 2018

Ward 1 DC Council member Brianne Nadeau pushed back against Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) last week, after learning that some funds previously cut from housing counseling programs had…

Petula Dvorak in The Post: Come on, D.C. We can do better than to sink to the tone of national…

Editor Oct 15, 2018

D.C., please stop trying to act like the rest of the nation. It’s not flattering. What should have been a straightforward D.C. Council race is now being infused with the same type of bitterness that has taken over national politics. It now…

Washington Post: D.C. mayor rallies for Reeder in effort to oust Silverman

Editor Oct 14, 2018

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Sunday rallied hundreds of supporters to back Dionne Reeder for a citywide council seat, the latest in an unprecedented attempt by the mayor to oust an incumbent lawmaker.

WAMU: Report Challenges What Mayor Bowser Knew Leading Up To School-Transfer Scandal

Editor Oct 13, 2018

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has claimed for months that she didn’t initially know about the events which eventually led to the resignation of former schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson. However, a new report appears to challenge what the Mayor…

Washington Post: Probe details story behind school transfer that cost top D.C. education officials…

Editor Oct 13, 2018

A former D.C. schools chancellor and another top official ousted by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) for helping the chancellor’s daughter skirt the competitive school lottery said the mayor had been informed about the child’s school placement,…

Washington Post: D.C. mayor, council chair and attorney general would get $20,000 raises with new…

Editor Oct 13, 2018

The top three elected officials in the District would get $20,000 raises next year — their first pay increase in more than a decade — under new legislation set to be introduced. D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) would see her salary go up to…

DCist: D.C.’s Mayor Would Get A 10 Percent Pay Raise Under New Bill

Editor Oct 12, 2018

The mayor, chairman of the D.C. Council, and city's attorney general could be getting a raise in the near future. A bill was introduced on Friday to give Mayor Muriel Bowser a 10 percent pay bump, increasing her salary to $220,000 a year.…

WAMU: Mayor Bowser Goes All In To Unseat Incumbent D.C. Council Member Silverman

Editor Oct 12, 2018

By day, she’s the mayor of the District of Columbia. But on Wednesday evening, Muriel Bowser was just another voter sitting through a debate between a half-dozen candidates running for two At-Large seats on the D.C. Council.

Washington Times: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser opens second homeless shelter

Editor Oct 10, 2018

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday opened the second homeless shelter to replace the dilapidated facility at the former D.C. General Hospital campus — part of her campaign promise to close D.C. General by the end of the year and to make…

Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbon on the Latest Short-Term Family Housing Program, The Horizon in Ward 7

Press Release Oct 9, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 9, 2018 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbon on the Latest Short-Term Family Housing Program, The Horizon in Ward 7 Mayor Continues the Momentum toward Keeping Her Promise of Closing…

District government

The week ahead: Mayor to celebrate new short-term family housing in Ward 7; council to discuss…

Chris Kain Oct 9, 2018

Two weeks after cutting the ribbon on Ward 4’s new short-term family homeless shelter, Mayor Muriel Bowser will join other DC officials on Tuesday for the debut of Ward 7’s counterpart. Dubbed The Horizon, the new building at 5004 D St.…

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District Links: McDuffie wins backing of DC Chamber affiliate; Bowser talks up DPW composting program; MPD adds weekend…

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Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Department of Public Works are touting the expansion of the city's composting program, with the collection of more than 11 million pounds of food waste since 2017 and…

jonetta rose barras: Nine at-large DC Council Democratic primary candidates fight to win a political lottery

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“While change is good, prepared leadership is better,” Kevin Chavous said as he introduced himself during the DC Office of Campaign Finance’s at-large primary debate late last month. He is one of…

District Links: Feds announce $465 million grant for Union Station repairs, improvements; AU president steps down for…

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American University President Jonathan Alger announced yesterday that he'll step down June 30 after two years in the post.

District Links: Council begins hashing out budget priorities; faulty alert system meant $1M spent on manual fire watch…

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Midway through the DC Council's budget work session, legislators are making clear some of their shared priorities on where to direct any available funding to avoid — or at least trim — cuts proposed…

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