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Colbert King in The Post: At rising crime’s core: An absence of hope

Editor Aug 5, 2022

Ahead of a D.C. Council hearing in January 2020, the Bowser administration told lawmakers that one of the city government’s top priorities for the coming year would be reducing gun violence and making the District a model city for police…

Associated Press: Pentagon denies DC request for National Guard migrant help

Editor Aug 5, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon rejected a request from the District of Columbia seeking National Guard assistance in what the mayor has called a “growing humanitarian crisis” prompted by thousands of migrants being bused to the city from…

Washington Post: Feds deny Bowser’s request for National Guard to help with Texas migrants

Editor Aug 5, 2022

The Biden administration on Friday denied D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s request for assistance from the National Guard to help the city process the busloads of migrants that Republican governors in Texas and Arizona have been sending to…

DCist: Feds Deny D.C.’s Request For National Guard Support To Aid Migrants

Editor Aug 5, 2022

The U.S. Department of Defense has denied D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for National Guard support to aid migrants who are being bused to D.C. by Republican governors.

DCist: Former MPD Lieutenant Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter In Fatal Shooting Of Library…

Editor Aug 5, 2022

A former Metropolitan Police Department lieutenant has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter after fatally shooting a D.C. Public Library police officer Thursday afternoon.

Washington Post: Retired D.C. police lieutenant charged in shooting of library officer

Editor Aug 5, 2022

The fatal shooting occurred at a training session at a library branch in Southeast Washington

Press Release: State Board Approves State Accountability Amendment

Press Release Aug 5, 2022

News Release — DC State Board of Education August 3, 2022 Establishes Two-Year Schedule for ESSA Amendment Process Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Washington, D.C.—During its July 20 public meeting, the D.C. State Board of Education…

Michele Booth Cole, Ashley Harrell and Jordan Barksdale in WaPo: D.C. has a new law to help student…

Editor Aug 5, 2022

In 2021, D.C. implemented the Sexual Assault Victims’ Rights Amendment Act of 2019 (SAVRAA), which gives 13- to 17-year-old victims of sexual assault in D.C. the right to an advocate — a trained professional from a community-based…

Axios: Meet the TikToker who’s visiting every museum in D.C.

Editor Aug 5, 2022

Washingtonians might leave museums to tourists, but D.C. resident Noelle Harada set out to visit every museum in town in just one year. So far, she's crossed 73 off her list and has about ten left to go.

DCist: As The School Year Looms, D.C. Scrambles To Get Students Caught Up On Routine Vaccinations

Editor Aug 5, 2022

Less than a month away from the start of school, a quarter of D.C. students are behind on routine childhood vaccinations, and city officials are in the final push of a summer-long campaign to get shots in arms.

Washington Post: Metro ordered to clean up, regularly inspect control rooms

Editor Aug 4, 2022

The transit agency’s regulator said it found one control room in a condition of disrepair and neglect

DCist: Why D.C. Is Less Vulnerable To Hurricane Flooding Than Other East Coast Cities

Editor Aug 4, 2022

With Hurricane Isabel still churning off the coast of North Carolina, on Sept. 18, 2003, D.C. and federal officials decided to shut down the nation’s capital. Metro trains and buses stopped running mid-morning, the day before the storm hit…

Washington Post: D.C. reports monkeypox cases among homeless, expands vaccine program

Editor Aug 4, 2022

Monkeypox has spread to the homeless population in D.C., with two confirmed cases, as the District launches weekly walk-up vaccination clinics in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus.

Petula Dvorak in The Post: After years of ‘Good Mornings’ on K Street, Larry Tutt bids farewell

Editor Aug 4, 2022

Arlene Tutt never really got her brother’s job until she tried to do it, days after he died.

DCist: Metro Failed To Maintain Rooms With Equipment That Keeps Trains From Colliding, Safety…

Editor Aug 4, 2022

Metro needs to inspect, clean, and protect Metrorail station rooms that house equipment that detects when trains are on tracks and helps the system avoid crashes, the agency’s safety oversight body said in a report released Thursday. The…

DCist: D.C. To Open Walk-Up Monkeypox Vaccine Clinics Every Friday

Editor Aug 4, 2022

Starting tomorrow, limited walk-up monkeypox vaccinations will be available for eligible D.C. residents on Fridays, city officials announced on Wednesday.

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Highlights Continued “Summer of Fun” Activities

Press Release Aug 4, 2022

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Department of Parks and Recreation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    August 4, 2022  CONTACT:    Susana Castillo (EOM) Michael Tucker Jr. (DPR) Throughout August,…

Press Release: Norton, Lee, Johnson, Demings, Meng Announce GAO Agrees to Report on Federal…

Press Release Aug 4, 2022

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton August 4, 2022 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA),…

Axios: Children’s National is interrupting violence one child at a time

Editor Aug 4, 2022

For the first time ever, Children’s National Hospital has a violence intervention program aimed at youth victims.

Washington Business Journal: Georgetown University eyes redevelopment of law school campus near…

Editor Aug 4, 2022

Georgetown University is looking to redevelop its law school campus between Judiciary Square and Union Station as the institution continues to grow its academic, administrative and residential spaces outside of the neighborhood that shares…

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

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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…

District Links: Council set to vote tomorrow on revised budget plans; DC breaks ground on long-awaited Crummell…

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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson today released the text of the revised fiscal year 2026 budget legislation slated for consideration tomorrow, as well as an amended version of the FY 2027 Local Budget…

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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson may not seem a Yoda doppelganger: He lacks pointy ears; he is also considerably taller and much younger than the Star Wars Jedi Master. What’s more, compared to the…

District Links: McDuffie concedes mayoral race to Lewis George; Silverman set for council return; old machines…

Jun 18, 2026 20

Mayoral hopeful Kenyan McDuffie this morning conceded the Democratic primary to Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, who has 52.87% of the vote in the updated tally released this afternoon by…

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