Sunday, February 2, 2020 On Monday, February 3, at 11:30 am, Mayor Muriel Bowser will unveil the DC Public Schools Pocket Guide, a new tool to assist students, parents, guardians and staff to discuss school-based budgeting. This announcement kicks off Fair Shot February, a series of engagements ahead of the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Presentation […]
A recent Washington Post-Ipsos poll confirms what many of us already know: Black voters prefer Joe Biden. The factor most responsible for this, of course, is his attachment to Barack Obama’s presidency and cultural icon-status. Biden and his supporters hope to pivot the nation back to Obama-era politics, and it’s possible that some supporters are …
Applications Open Tomorrow District of Columbia sent this bulletin at 01/30/2020 03:06 PM EST John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 Phone: (202) 727-2643 Email: [email protected] Chief of Staff: John Falcicchio City Administrator: Rashad Young Director of the Mayor\’s Office of Legal Counsel: Ronald R. Ross Senior Advisor: Beverly Perry Director of […]
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 (Washington, DC) – On Thursday, January 30, at 2 pm, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mayor Muriel Bowser, and Council Chairman Phil Mendelson will be joined by House Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) to announce a major DC statehood update. When: Thursday, January 30, at 2 pm Who: Congresswoman […]
Thursday, January 30, 2020 (Washington, DC) – On Friday, January 31, at 12 pm, Mayor Muriel Bowser will kick off the application period for youth and employers who want to participate in the 2020 Mayor Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program (MBSYEP). Applications for MBSYEP will officially open at noon on Friday, January 31, […]
January 29, 2020 EPA’s Rollback of the Chemical Disaster Rule Eliminates Key Safety Measures Reducing Risk of Explosions, Fires, Poisonous Gas Releases WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general and the City of Philadelphia in suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for gutting safeguards to prevent and limit harms […]
January 30, 2020 New HHS Rule Threatens Abortion Coverage Provided by ACA Insurance Plans to 20K+ DC Residents WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today joined six other Attorneys General in filing a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from threatening access to safe and legal abortion care for individuals who purchase health insurance […]
With $15 per hour kicking in this year, D.C. is a national minimum wage leader. Wage increases nationwide are the hard-earned fruit of years of agitation in working communities. In November 2012, New York City fast-food workers, backed by New York Communities for Change, held the first one-day walkout to demand rights to unionize and to fight …
DC Takes the Minimum Wage Lead in 2020. But Is It Enough? Read More »
Monday, January 27, 2020 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the District will award the site of the former Ferebee-Hope School, located at 3999 8th Street, SE, to KIPP DC to construct a new high school and District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR)-managed recreation center. The awarding of the former […]
January 28, 2020 Statement of Jimmy Rock, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Public Advocacy Division Before the Committee on the Whole, The Honorable Phil Mendelson, Chairman Public Hearing on Bill 23-456, the “Abatement and Condemnation of Nuisance Properties Amendment Act of 2019” January 28, 2020 11:30 am Room 412 John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, District of […]
