District Links: Racine sues Commanders over withheld season ticket deposits; advocates push DC to…
A week after filing suit against the Washington Commanders, AG Karl Racine is back this week with a second court challenge.
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2022
jonetta rose barras: Transform this!
After winning her historic third term as mayor of the nation’s capital and chief executive officer of the DC government, Muriel Bowser started throwing around terms like “transformation.” She is supposed to have a “big ideas” summit Dec. 3…
Washington Post: D.C. attorney general files second lawsuit against Commanders
The office of D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Washington Commanders regarding refundable deposits that allegedly were not returned by the team to season ticket holders from the District.
Axios: D.C. attorney general sues Washington Commanders for allegedly cheating ticket holders
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced a new civil lawsuit Thursday against the Washington Commanders, alleging the football team used an illegal scheme to trick D.C. ticket holders out of their season ticket deposits and used the…
Associated Press: Commanders sued by DC for cheating fans out of ticket money
The Washington Commanders have been sued again by the District of Columbia, this time accused of scheming to cheat fans out of ticket money.
DCist: To Deter Fare Evasion, Metro Is Testing Out Prototype Faregates
Two new prototype faregates have popped up at Fort Totten as Metro continues to try different ways to deter people from evading fares.
DCist: Big Changes To North Capitol Street And I-295 Among Possible Projects With New Federal…
Below-grade portions of North Capitol Street could be decked over, parts of Interstate 295 that cleaved through neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River could be put underground, and broadband internet could reach further into low-income…
Washington Post: Hirshhorn breaks ground on long-debated sculpture garden redesign
At a ceremony presided over by Jill Biden, artists and museum leaders, the museum looks ahead to a more accessible future
Axios: Several longtime WTOP anchors and staff take voluntary buyouts
Some of D.C.'s most recognizable radio voices are leaving the airwaves.
City Paper: Mayoral Allies Present Potential Conflicts for the D.C. Housing Authority
Bowser’s chief of staff pushed for a land giveaway to the city and a company owned by DCHA Director Brenda Donald’s brother received housing subsidy funds.
DCist: Good Food Markets Closes Ward 8 Grocery Store As It Pivots To Prepared Food
One of four grocery stores east of the Anacostia River, Good Food Markets, stopped selling produce and other groceries last Tuesday, leaving thousands of residents living in an area considered a food desert with one less option than…
City Paper: There’s ‘An End in Sight’ for the Lengthy Contract Fight Between DCPS and the Teachers’…
The dispute has dragged on for more than three years, but arbitration could deliver some resolution.
District Links: Mayor releases task force’s ‘Build Back Better’ recommendations;…
Remaking the North Capitol Street corridor into an urban boulevard is among the various projects being recommended for funding by a mayoral task force in a report released today.
WTOP: You can weigh in on draft of DC’s Racial Equity Action Plan
D.C. has released a draft version of its plan to move the District closer to racial equality.
DCist: Young Doctors Demonstrate Outside D.C.’s Children’s National Amidst Surge In Respiratory…
Off-shift resident physicians and fellows from Children’s National Hospital demonstrated last night, saying they’re overworked, underpaid, and stretched thin amidst staff shortages. Despite the pouring rain, almost 40 physicians gathered…
DCist: As First Freezes Hit The Region, D.C.’s Winter Shelter Plan Goes Into Effect
Hypothermia season has just begun, meaning that D.C. is now legally required to make shelter available and that its annual winter shelter plan is now in effect.
Courtland Milloy in The Post: Teaching a tough subject with poetry and love
Children’s book by Caroline Brewer spotlights a fictional girl protesting violence by police and others
DCist: D.C. Gets Federal Funds To Help Homeless Students. But Many Schools In Need Are Shortchanged
Towanda Chew has gone to extraordinary lengths to prioritize her children’s education. Like many parents navigating homelessness, keeping this promise remains a harrowing challenge. It requires that she first keep them safe and sheltered.
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Washington Post: Children’s National doctors rally over working conditions amid RSV surge
Hannah Kilcoyne, a first-year resident at Children’s National Hospital, started a recent 14-hour overnight shift with a tall order: spend as much time as possible with newly admitted patients, write treatment plans for each, tend to an…
District Links: Council unanimously OKs revised criminal code despite mayor’s concerns; Bowser…
The DC Council voted unanimously yesterday to approve a revised criminal code in the works for more than a decade, after voting down an effort to raise the proposed penalties for two offenses related to gun possession.