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Wizards and Capitals to Leave DC, Raising Stadium Questions for Hoya Mens Basketball

Wizards and Capitals to Leave DC, Raising Stadium Questions for Hoya Men’s Basketball

By Daniel Greilsheimer January 19, 2024

The Georgetown University men’s basketball team may be on the move, jumping state lines and joining the Wizards and Capitals in Virginia. On Dec. 12, it was reported that Ted Leonsis (CAS ’77),...

DC Mayor Launches Teen Curfew Program

DC Mayor Launches Teen Curfew Program

By Karenna Warden September 7, 2023

CW: This article references/discusses gun violence. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. The District of Columbia launched a pilot program Sept. 1 that subjects...

Georgetown University Partners With City for Vaccination Clinic

Georgetown University Partners With City for Vaccination Clinic

By Casey Howlett April 29, 2021

Georgetown University collaborated with Washington, D.C. officials to organize a vaccination clinic April 25, administering second doses of the Moderna shot to eligible D.C. residents.  The temporary...

Indoor Dining Reopens in The District, Following Monthlong Shutdown

Indoor Dining Reopens in The District, Following Monthlong Shutdown

By Kelly Anderson January 28, 2021

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) lifted a month-long ban on indoor dining in the District on Jan. 22, allowing restaurants to open indoors at 25% capacity. The ban on indoor dining was implemented...

MPD Chief Sworn In Amid Political Unrest, Inauguration

MPD Chief Sworn In Amid Political Unrest, Inauguration

By Sanjana Nayak January 24, 2021

Robert J. Contee III was sworn in as the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department on Jan. 2, following the resignation of former Chief of Police Peter Newsham in November.  Mayor Muriel Bowser...

Metro’s Proposed Cuts Reduce Metrorail Service, Eliminate Bus Routes in Georgetown

Metro’s Proposed Cuts Reduce Metrorail Service, Eliminate Bus Routes in Georgetown

By Jo Stephens and Ella Kohler December 4, 2020

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority released a budget proposal that would make drastic cuts to public transportation in Washington, D.C., affecting several bus routes servicing the Georgetown...

D.C. Police Chief Newsham To Resign, Take Job in Prince William County

D.C. Police Chief Newsham To Resign, Take Job in Prince William County

By Sanjana Nayak December 4, 2020

After 31 years at the Metropolitan Police Department, Peter Newsham has announced that he will be stepping down from his position as police chief.  Newsham was sworn in as police chief in January...

KEENAN SAMWAY FOR THE HOYA A long history of attempts to achieve statehood or voting congressional representation for D.C. precedes this bill.

House of Representatives Passes DC Statehood Bill in Historic Vote

By Clara Grudberg June 27, 2020

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to grant statehood to Washington, D.C., marking the first time that either chamber of Congress has voted to make the District a state. The bill, H.R. 51, was...

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Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced a new initiative to reduce opioid overdose-related deaths in Washington, D.C.

Bowser Announces Initiative to Reduce Opioid Overdoses

By Meredith Miller January 18, 2019

A Washington, D.C. initiative, LIVE.LONG.DC., aims to reduce District opioid overdoses by 50 percent by 2020, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced. Opioid overdoses are at a record high in D.C., which...

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City Council Chairman Phil Mendelson postponed the final vote on a bill to regulate Airbnb and regular services Oct. 16.

DC Council Postpones Airbnb Regulation Vote

By Yolanda Spura October 25, 2018

Washington, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson postponed the final vote on a bill limiting the use of Airbnb, a homestay service, and other short-term lodging services in the District Oct. 16, after...

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The Metropolitan Police Department and Washington, D.C.s Fraternal Order of Police reached their first mutually agreed upon contract since 2001.

MPD, Police Union Reach First Labor Contract Agreement Since 2001

By Deepika Jonnalagadda September 6, 2018

The first mutually agreed upon labor contract between the Metropolitan Police Department and Washington, D.C. police union Fraternal Order of Police in almost two decades was reached Aug. 30, Mayor...

EDITORIAL: Reject Amazon to Defend DC

By Editorial Board November 10, 2017

While Amazon considers Washington, D.C., as one of the potential locations to build its second corporate headquarters, Washingtonians should be wary of this apparent economic boon. Though D.C. Mayor...

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