Politics

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, in a recently issued statement, has warned the District residents that a “potentially dangerous” batch of K2, a synthetic drug, has hit the D.C. streets.

Washington, D.C. ranks in the highest category along with 16 other states in the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation and the Equality Federation Institute’s 5th annual State Equality Index (SEI) report which shows how state legislation affects the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer, Questioning (LGBTQ) community.

Former Republican Governor of Maine Paul LePage and his staff spent at least $22,000 for more than 40 rooms over a two-year period during their visits to the Washington, D.C.’s Trump International Hotel, according to a report by Portland Press Herald.

Hate crimes targeting gays in Washington, D.C. have tripled and anti-trans attacks have also nearly doubled since Donald Trump became the president in 2016, according to D.C.’s Metro Police.

In a petition addressed to the Metro, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration has asked the transit agency to resume its late-night rail services for D.C. residents.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will be opening the Downtown Day Services Center at 1313 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20005 on February 25.

D.C. government has announced a grant of $100,000 to support the city’s immigrant employees and residents in gaining U.S. citizenship.

Washington, D.C. has appointed plastic straw inspector Zach Rybarczyk to enforce the ban on the use of plastic straws in the District.