On this date in 2020, the COVID public health emergency was declared
We mourn the nearly 1,500 District residents we lost to COVID. Roughly 1 of every 500 DC residents died of the disease.
Putting the “wash” in “Washington”
What difficult and skilled work, we are grateful to them!
Tune in now for our recent #HearingTheCouncil video interview with newly-appointed Councilmember Doni Crawford. Hear about her redemptive move to DC after a previous struggle, her pondering of parliamentary piercing protocols-& as always-dessert rankings!
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Markup
- Place-Based Substance Use Disorder Outreach Amendment Act
- Health Benefit Exchange Authority Executive Board Leighton Ku Confirmation Resolution
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2185
Tomorrow, 3PM
Markup
- Place-Based Substance Use Disorder Outreach Amendment Act
- Health Benefit Exchange Authority Executive Board Leighton Ku Confirmation Resolution
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2185
Happy #InternationalWomensDay!
This very special photo features all the women who served on the DC Council since Home Rule began 50 years earlier. We also honor those lost: S. Ambrose, W. Hardy, H. Mason, W. Rolark, P. Shackleton, & N. Winter.
Episode IV: A New Hope
Born on this date in 1745, Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski: Revolutionary War hero, savior of George Washington, “father of the American cavalry,” one of only 8 *ever* honorary citizens of the US, & namesake of Pulaski Park at Freedom Plaza
Council Increases Scrutiny on Federal Law Enforcement Officers in Force/Death Cases
https://dccouncil.gov/council-increases-scrutiny-on-federal-law-enforcement-officers-in-force-death-cases/
On this date in 1936, Marion Barry was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi (also B.B. King’s birthplace). Icon, Mayor-for-Life, At-Large/Ward 8 Councilmember, civil rights warrior, and a champion of “the last, the lost, and the least.” The District is not the same without you.
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Performance Oversight Hearing
- Department of Human Services (Government Witnesses)
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2105
Tomorrow, 9:30AM
Performance Oversight Hearing
- Department of Human Services (Government Witnesses)
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2105
For our next trick, we will make the Washington Monument disappear…then reappear again!
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Performance Oversight Hearing
- Public Service Commission (Government Witnesses Only)
Office of the People's Counsel (Government Witnesses Only)
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2190
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Performance Oversight Hearing
- Department of Housing and Community Development
- DC Housing Finance Agency
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2120
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Performance Oversight Hearing
- Board of Elections
- Office of Campaign Finance
- Office of the City Administrator
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2112
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Performance Oversight Hearing
- Department of General Services (Government Witnesses Only)
- Department of Parks and Recreation (Government Witnesses Only)
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2142
Tomorrow, 11:30AM
Performance Oversight Hearing
- Public Service Commission (Government Witnesses Only)
Office of the People's Counsel (Government Witnesses Only)
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2190
Tomorrow, 9:30AM
Performance Oversight Hearing
- Department of General Services (Government Witnesses Only)
- Department of Parks and Recreation (Government Witnesses Only)
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2142
Tomorrow, 9:30AM
Performance Oversight Hearing
- Department of Housing and Community Development
- DC Housing Finance Agency
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2120
Tomorrow, 9:30AM
Performance Oversight Hearing
- Board of Elections
- Office of Campaign Finance
- Office of the City Administrator
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2112
In our latest #HearingTheCouncil interview, Chairman Phil Mendelson talks about this predictably unpredictable budget year. We take a deep, newsy dive into the independence, power, & vexing nature of the District’s independent CFO role. Plus…puppet shows?
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Performance Oversight Hearing
- Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Development Oversight Hearing (Government Witnesses Only)
https://lims.dccouncil.
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Performance Oversight Hearing
- Office of the State Superintendent of Education
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2162
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Performance Oversight Hearing
- DC Health Benefit Exchange
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2130
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Performance Oversight Hearing
- Department of Public Works (Government Witnesses Only)
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2176
On this date in 1924, former Ward 6 Councilmember Nadine Winter was born. She served from 1975 to 1991, and passed away in 2011. wapo.st/2bUEvNq
On this date in 2010, marriage equality became the law of the land here in DC
#DCPride #LoveIsLove
Tomorrow, 9:30AM
Performance Oversight Hearing
- Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Development Oversight Hearing (Government Witnesses Only)
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2183
Tomorrow, 9:30AM
Performance Oversight Hearing
- Department of Public Works (Government Witnesses Only)
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/2176
