WTOP: New executive assistant chief appointed to DC police
D.C. police have a new second in command. Officials announced Thursday that ATF veteran Ashan Benedict has been appointed Executive Assistant Chief of Police.
Monthly Archives
April 2021
City Paper: Vince Gray vs. the Halfway House, Round 2
Gray wants to use eminent domain to take the land out from under the Bureau of Prisons and its operator, CORE DC
City Paper: What Policies Have the D.C. Council’s Newest Members Championed?
We look at the legislation Christina Henderson, Janeese Lewis George, and Brooke Pinto have introduced.
DCist: Fewer Cops, Stronger Safety Net: D.C. Commission Lays Out Sweeping Proposals To Rethink…
In a not-so-distant future, fewer armed police would patrol D.C.’s streets, social workers could respond to many 911 calls for service, and a strengthened social safety net would quickly help vulnerable residents get everything from drug…
DCist: Casa Ruby Is Looking For A New Location Amid Dispute With Landlord
Casa Ruby, the iconic Shepherd Park nonprofit serving LGBT youth in D.C., is searching for a new location.
Press Release: Police Reform Commission Report Highlights the Urgent Need to Fully Implement…
News Release — Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie
Commission’s report identifies areas where the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Act (NEAR) remains unimplemented and recommends changes to improve public safety
For…
Press Release: Councilmember Bonds Statement on Final Report of the D.C. Police Reform Commission
News Release — At-large DC Council member Anita Bonds
For Immediate Release:
April 1, 2021
At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds releases the following statement in response to the DC Police Reform Commission's release of their…
Press Release: Councilmember Vincent C. Gray’s Statement on the DC Police Reform Commission’s…
News Release — Ward 7 DC Council member Vincent Gray
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 1, 2021
Contact: Takiyah “T.N.” Tate
Washington, DC – In 2020, while justice reform protests were happening in the District and…
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill Requiring D.C. National Guard Commanding General to Live in…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
April 1, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to require the Commanding General of the District…
Press Release: Norton Says Biden American Jobs Plan to Jumpstart SW Ecodistrict Plan
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
April 1, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that President Biden’s historic infrastructure bill, the…
Charlene Roach-Glymph: It’s time to support students with disabilities
As Mayor Muriel Bowser, the city and our schools prepare for the upcoming budget deliberations and schools embark on an equitable recovery from a disjointed year of learning, the city must ensure students with the greatest needs get the…
Philip Kennicott in The Post: Capital crossings — Washington is a city of great bridges and terrible…
On my first day living in Washington, I crossed the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge and saw the best of the city laid out like a panorama of postcard views — the Kennedy Center, the Washington and Lincoln memorials, and the necklace of green…
Press Release: Statement from Councilmember Charles Allen on release of Police Reform Commission…
News Release — Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 1, 2021
Contact: Erik Salmi
The following statement is from DC Councilmember Charles Allen (Ward 6), who chairs the Council’s Committee…
DCist: Fewer Cops, Stronger Safety Net: D.C. Commission Lays Out Sweeping Proposals To Rethink…
In a not-so-distant future, fewer armed police would patrol D.C.’s streets, social workers could respond to many 911 calls for service, and a strengthened social safety net would quickly help vulnerable residents get everything from drug…
Associated Press: It’s cherry blossom season, but DC isn’t ready to open up
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials in the nation’s capital are watching the crowds as cherry blossom season begins in earnest.
Washington Business Journal: As the pandemic rounds year two, Nationals Park gears up for activity…
There may have been a chill and clouds overhead on March 24, 2020, but it was a bright day for Justin Cox. He had finally gotten all of his permits in order to open a new Navy Yard tap room for his Atlas Brew Works, its first expansion…
WTOP: Mini-golf opening in the Spy Museum’s former Penn Quarter space
Mini-golf is trending in D.C. For the second time in a month comes news of an upscale indoor mini-golf bar and restaurant coming to D.C.
Washington Post: Biden Justice Department will continue to push D.C. gun cases to federal court
The new top federal prosecutor in Washington is standing by a Trump-era Justice Department policy of charging certain gun crimes in federal court instead of locally, continuing an initiative that draws stiffer prison sentences and has…
Washington Post: Even as other museums reopen, Smithsonian artifacts (and pandas) won’t be back on…
Despite the reopening of most private museums in Washington, the Smithsonian and the National Gallery of Art have no set date to reopen from pandemic-related closures that began in November.
Press Release: Councilmember Christina Henderson introduces The Record Expungement Simplification to…
News Release — At-large DC Council member Christina Henderson
For Immediate Release
April 1, 2021
Contact: Amanda Farnan
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Councilmember Christina Henderson (At-Large) introduced the Record Expungement…