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Washington Post: ‘A sad day in D.C. jazz history’: Twins closes after 33 years in the District

Editor Sep 4, 2020

When Amy Bormet was launching the Washington Women in Jazz Festival in 2011, she approached venues all over the District, hoping to book five nights in March.

Lauren Victor in The Post: I was the woman surrounded by BLM protesters at a D.C. restaurant. Here’s…

Editor Sep 4, 2020

Why didn’t I just raise my fist?

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: The face of waste, fraud and abuse in DC government

jonetta rose barras Sep 4, 2020

The DC Council has decided to permit the controversial Medicaid managed care contract recently submitted by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration to move forward. That decision comes one week after information presented during a public…

Washington Post: D.C. fire chief Gregory Dean to retire, official says

Editor Sep 3, 2020

The District’s fire chief, Gregory Dean, who was hired five years ago to lead a department marred by a series of high-profile failures, has decided to retire, D.C. Fire spokesman Doug Buchanan confirmed Thursday evening.

WTOP: DC Fire Chief Dean retires

Editor Sep 3, 2020

D.C.’s Fire and EMS Chief Gregory Dean is retiring.

Washington Post Editorial Board: Was the shooting of Deon Kay justified? We don’t know yet.

Editor Sep 3, 2020

LESS THAN 24 hours after a young Black man was fatally shot by a D.C. police officer in Southeast Washington, officials on Thursday made public the body-camera footage of the deadly encounter.

Washington Post: Police body-camera video shows man fatally shot by D.C. officer had gun

Editor Sep 3, 2020

A D.C. police officer who fatally shot a young man Wednesday afternoon in Southeast Washington fired once after seeing the 18-year-old turn while holding a gun with his right hand, according to body-camera video made public Thursday.

Washington Post: U.S. attorney retreats from suggestion that D.C. police arrested protesters without…

Editor Sep 3, 2020

The top federal prosecutor in D.C. on Thursday sought to de-escalate a burgeoning feud with city officials over arrests of anti-racism demonstrators, retreating from his suggestion days earlier that local police had taken people into…

Washington Informer: D.C. Children in Rental Housing Are Food-Insecure: Report

Editor Sep 3, 2020

A new survey found that one in four adults with children in the District say they can’t afford enough food for their children and one in 10 adults in rental housing say they are behind on their rent.

Washington Informer: Peaceful March on Washington Followed by Racially Divisive Protests

Editor Sep 3, 2020

Mayor Fears 'Race War' as Outside Agitators Fuel Nationwide Fires

Associated Press: Trump threat to Democratic-led cities provokes outcry

Editor Sep 3, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said President Donald Trump’s latest threat to cut federal dollars for certain big cities is aimed at spurring them to do more to quell violence, but local leaders dismissed it Thursday as a political…

Associated Press: DC Police release body camera footage from fatal shooting

Editor Sep 3, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in the nation’s capital on Thursday released body camera footage from the officer who fatally shot a Black teenager a day earlier, leading to protests outside Mayor Muriel Bowser’s home and a police station.

Washingtonian: Life on the River: The Anacostia’s Hero

Editor Sep 3, 2020

He helped found and then led Groundwork Anacostia River DC.

DCist: D.C. Fire and EMS Chief Gregory Dean Announces Retirement

Editor Sep 3, 2020

Gregory Dean announced his retirement Thursday, after five years as Chief of the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department. Dean was appointed by Mayor Muriel Bowser in 2015 to lead the 2,100-member department.

Washington Post: White GWU professor admits she falsely claimed Black identity

Editor Sep 3, 2020

A blog post attributed to a history professor at George Washington University stated that she had assumed a Black identity for much of her career, despite being White.

DCist: New Research Uses Google Street View To Look At ‘Indicators Of Gentrification’ In D.C.

Editor Sep 3, 2020

A new project by a California-based sociologist examines how certain D.C. neighborhoods have gentrified over time, relying in part on a perhaps-unorthodox tool for such a task: Google Street View.

Press Release: Norton Says the Constitution Does Not Allow Trump to Unilaterally Withhold Federal…

Press Release Sep 3, 2020

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton September 3, 2020 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on President Trump’s memo on withhold…

Press Release: District and Virginia Mark Major Milestone of Long Bridge Project to Expand Regional…

Press Release Sep 3, 2020

News Release — District Department of Transportation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2020 Media Contacts: Lauren Stephens Mariam Nabizad Long Bridge Project Concludes Environmental Planning, Moves Closer to…

Press Release: Modified District Government Services for Labor Day

Press Release Sep 3, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 3, 2020 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) (WASHINGTON, DC) – On Monday, September 7, 2020, the District Government will observe Labor Day. While some services will be affected, many District…

Washingtonian: CVS Apologizes After Nurse Shares Covid Conspiracy Theory

Editor Sep 3, 2020

"The CDC is lying to us, and doctors are being paid to lie about Covid," a nurse in a CVS program told a patient in DC.

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District Links: Dems show increased turnout even with some ballots not yet tallied; Allen bill would let next mayor fill…

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The Board of Elections' latest updates to the unofficial election results haven't altered projected electoral outcomes, but they do now show a notable jump in turnout compared to recent Democratic…

District Links: Auditor calls for DC to step up monitoring of contractor performance; judge tells Kennedy Center to…

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With healthcare and construction topping the District's contract spending, a new report from the Office of the DC Auditor found general compliance with DC laws and regulations governing procurements…

District Links: Council OKs amended FY 2027 budget with funding for future semi-open primaries; upcoming Nadeau bill…

Jun 23, 2026 9

The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to approve the fiscal year 2027 local budget, with the addition of a contingency list that leads off with restoration of a local reserve account as…

Allister Chang and Raul Echevarria: The economics underneath DC’s childcare system are breaking down

Jun 22, 2026 316

This month, the DC Council voted to reverse most of the mayor's proposed cuts to early childhood programs, adding roughly $60 million to the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund and nearly $50…

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