D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser says she will try to add thousands of new residents downtown.
was previously partner-in-charge at the D.C. office of the Venable law firm, where he worked alongside the outgoing attorney general, Karl A. Racine . Schwalb earned his law degree from Harvard and had worked as a trial attorney for the Justice Department in addition to time in private practice. He lives in Ward 3.
As chair, Mendelson nominates committee leaders and leads the legislature’s committee of the whole, which includes key oversight of the city’s public schools. Mendelson called education “the great equalizer in our society.”After being sworn in Monday, Mendelson said he wants “the achievement gap to close significantly” in his next four-year term, with a focus on specific strategies in schools such as reducing truancy and improving literacy.
that has received support from some other members of the council, though it didn’t receive a vote before the end of the session.Lewis George has promised to reintroduce the “Green New Deal” social housing proposal in the coming months. She was also nominated to chair the Facilities and Family Services Committee, which includes oversight of the Department of General Services, which handles repairs and maintenance for the city’s public schools and recreation centers.
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