Students from across the city gave speeches on issues affecting young people, including mental health, gender affirming care, and racism.

As usual, the U.S. Capitol Police will close most of the streets near the Capitol this evening for the State of the Union address. Unless you’re an “authorized pedestrian,” you won’t be able to access Capitol Square starting at 6 p.m., while the following roads will be closed between 7:00 p.m. and the conclusion of the speech.

So how much will it cost you to book former D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty to deliver his “Changing Tomorrow, Today: An Afternoon with Mayor Adrian Fenty” education reform speech at your event? A cool $20,000, plus first-class travel. WTOP’s Mark Segraves reports that industry sources tell him that’s the going rate for Fenty’s new gig. Not too shabby for the former chief executive of the District — at that rate, he’ll only have to give…

What’s former mayor Adrian Fenty up to these days? It’s been a whole three days since he passed the torch over to the new guy and, last we heard, he was thinking about heading back to Oberlin College to teach political science. Of course, Fenty also said that he was “literally exploring everything” when it came to his next job.

DC Vote mailed 41,000 petitions to the White House. It looks like President Barack Obama’s silence on D.C. voting rights will continue. D.C. Shadow Representative Mike Panetta caught part of the White House press briefing yesterday, where a reporter asked Press Secretary Robert Gibbs if Obama would be mentioning the District’s lack of voting rights in his address to Congress, as many activists have been asking. “I have to admit, I haven’t the slightest…

View Road Closures for State of the Union in a larger map The U.S. Capitol Police will shutting down most streets around the Capitol tonight as the start of the president’s State of the Union address draws near. The Capitol Square will be restricted to authorized pedestrians only beginning at 6 p.m., and the following streets will be closed beginning at 7:30 p.m. until the speech is over. *D Street between 2nd Street NE &…