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DCist: After Two Failed Attempts, D.C. Council Passes Law To Make Homelessness A Protected Class

Editor Jul 5, 2022

At 18, John Alley left Puerto Rico with a dog, an accordion and the clothes on his back, looking for a fresh start from the island he had called home. Alley first went to New York City, but without connections and nowhere to stay when he…

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Introduces Legislation to Help Protect District Homeowners from…

Press Release Jul 5, 2022

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  July 5, 2022  CONTACT:   LaToya Foster (EOM) Daniel Weaver (DCRA) New…

Press Release: Mayor Bowser and DPR Announce Additional Sessions for Learn-to-Swim for All Ages

Press Release Jul 5, 2022

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Parks and Recreation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   July 5, 2022   CONTACT:    LaToya Foster (EOM)  Michael Tucker Jr. (DPR) Classes Will…

Homelessness

A different kind of pride: What LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness need

Annemarie Cuccia Jul 5, 2022

Olivia Rodriguez-Nunez still remembers dancing around in a jumper at the age of 4. If she undid the buttons on the side, it felt like she was wearing a dress. The thrill that thought gave her — commonly called gender euphoria — was one of…

Washingtonian: From Duke Ellington to the 9:30 Club: The Fascinating History of a DC Venue

Editor Jul 5, 2022

Louis Armstrong, Malcolm X, and Smashing Pumpkins all took the stage there

Washingtonian: DC’s Latest Cool Indie Label Is Run By the National Symphony Orchestra

Editor Jul 5, 2022

Gianandrea Noseda gives a preview of the NSO’s exciting recording efforts

Axios: A veteran DCPS teacher recaps the school year

Editor Jul 5, 2022

DCPS last week finished its first in-person pandemic school year after more than a year of virtual learning.

Washington Post: Picture-perfect weather for a spectacular fireworks show in Washington

Editor Jul 5, 2022

The weather was clear, the humidity was low, and there was a sufficient breeze from the south to clear the smoke. It was perfect weather to photograph the D.C. fireworks show Monday evening.

Washington Post: Court rulings loom over July Fourth celebrations in Washington region

Editor Jul 5, 2022

Washington D.C. celebrated Independence Day on Monday with some hallmarks of the nation’s capital: parades, festivals and protests.

WTOP: DC announces 3-year investment aimed at supporting LGBTQ+ students

Editor Jul 5, 2022

D.C. teachers will have new professional development opportunities — and DC Health will receive additional funding to advance its youth and student sexual health efforts — as part of a three-year investment that Mayor Muriel Bowser said…

WTOP: DC’s Palisades neighborhood turns out to celebrate the Fourth

Editor Jul 5, 2022

Complete with police on motorcycles, vintage fire trucks, and politicians tossing candy and treats for children, the 56th annual Fourth of July parade in D.C.’s Palisades neighborhood kicked off a sunny, sparkly neighborhood celebration.

DCist: Kenyan McDuffie Reboots Campaign, This Time For A D.C. Council Seat

Editor Jul 4, 2022

Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie has filed paperwork to enter another local D.C. election: this time, an At-Large D.C. Council seat. The news, first reported by longtime D.C. journalist and political analyst Tom Sherwood, comes two…

Washington Post: How flooding rain deluged District and northern suburbs Saturday night

Editor Jul 3, 2022

A relentless onslaught of thunderstorms deluged southern Montgomery County, northern Prince George’s County and the northern areas of the District on Saturday night, causing streams to rapidly overflow and turning roads into rivers. The…

Theresa Vargas in The Post: Hungry and homeless: Life for a migrant family in the nation’s capital

Editor Jul 2, 2022

A couple and their three children, ages 4, 6 and 11, have been living out of a van

Washington Post: In 1922, D.C.’s Masons bought land for a massive temple near Kalorama

Editor Jul 2, 2022

On July 15, 1922, thousands of men and women (but mostly men) crowded around an ancient oak on a miraculously undeveloped parcel of land at Connecticut and Florida avenues NW. They were Freemasons with their spouses, and they had an…

Washington Post: Metro transit police officers to get body cameras this year

Editor Jul 2, 2022

Transit department officials say they hope the cameras will bring transparency and build public trust, but questions remain on how they will be used

Washington Post: Kenyan McDuffie to seek at-large D.C. council seat after failed AG bid

Editor Jul 2, 2022

Nearly two months after he suspended his campaign for D.C. attorney general, council member Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5) is switching his Democratic Party affiliation to run as an independent candidate for an at-large seat on the…

Washington Business Journal: Whittle School’s landlord sues CBRE over the D.C. campus,…

Editor Jul 2, 2022

The landlords of the Whittle School & Studios’ D.C. campus are suing CBRE Group Inc., alleging the real estate company knew of the private school's financial struggles and brokered the sublease anyway, according to court documents.

Colbert King in The Post: The voters speak in D.C., but it’s not quite clear what they said

Editor Jul 1, 2022

Questions raised in this column on the eve of the June 21 D.C. Democratic primary — “Is Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) in trouble?” and “Is D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) a political kingmaker?” — were answered by 128,000 voters,…

Washington Business Journal: Howard University could get another $150M in federal funding for…

Editor Jul 1, 2022

Howard University could get another substantial infusion of federal funding to build a new hospital.

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

Jun 22, 2026 68

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…

Jun 22, 2026 8

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…

jonetta rose barras: Where is the power center of the new/old political era?

Jun 19, 2026 311

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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