Monday, August 5, 2019 Website Offers One-Stop Shop for Valuable Information and Resources on Doing Business in Washington, DC (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) relaunched #ObviouslyDC to provide companies of all scales with valuable information and resources on starting and growing […]
August 2, 2019 21 Attorneys General Argue Changes to Asylum Standards Violate Federal Law and Judicial Precedent WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a group of 21 State Attorneys General to challenge the Trump administration’s proposed changes to asylum standards. If implemented, these changes would allow the Executive branch to arbitrarily deny asylum […]
Thursday, August 1, 2019 Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Seventh District have announced a second arrest has been made in reference to a Burglary One offense that occurred on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, in the 100 block of Ivanhoe Street, Southwest. At approximately 11:00 pm, three suspects entered an occupied residence at the listed […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 1, 2019 Media Contact Lauren Stephens – (202) 465-6112, lauren.stephens@dc.gov (Washington, DC) — Today, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) begins a 12-week research pilot analyzing commercial operator pick-up and drop-off (PUDO) activity, which often leads to double parking and other dangerous behavior, in nine locations across the District. The pilot is being conducted
July 31, 2019 OAG Alleges Company Failed to Provide Promised Home Improvement Services to Dozens of District Consumers and Routinely Violated Construction Code WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today filed a lawsuit against a local home contracting company and its father-son management team—Precision Contracting Solutions, LP and Derrick and Stephen Sieber—for deceiving consumers about […]
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 (Washington, DC) – According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the current temperature in Washington, DC is 89 degrees with a heat index of 95 degrees. Because of the heat, Mayor Bowser has activated the District’s Heat Emergency Plan. When the temperature or heat index in the District reaches 95 degrees, […]
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Youth and Family Services Division and Special Agents from Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Washington Field Office, Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force have announced arrests have been made in reference to Sex Trafficking of Children offenses, which occurred in various parts of the District […]
19Jul 2019 by nolanward5 Washington, D.C. — Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie released the following statement in response to a story published in this morning’s Washington Post: “Yesterday, I was contacted by a Washington Post reporter regarding a document which he stated list Keith McDuffie as the chief executive of Potomac Supply Company (the company). As […]
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 (Washington, DC) – On Wednesday, July 31, at 11:30 am, Mayor Muriel Bowser will be joined by Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice Kevin Donahue and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Peter Newsham to launch #BecomingMPD and meet with new police recruits at the Metropolitan Police Academy. The Mayor will […]
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July 30, 2019 OAG Alleges Building Owner Flouted Laws that Protect Residents’ Health and Safety Since 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against Starkoda C. Plummer, the owner of Ward 7 apartment building, for endangering the health and safety of District residents by exposing them to toxic lead-based […]
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