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Harry Jaffe on NBC4: DC Mayor Offers ‘Smidge’ of AG’s Requested Budget Increase

Editor Apr 25, 2019
Mayor Muriel Bowser chose the fattest budget in the District’s history to stiff Attorney General Karl Racine. The AG, arguably the most popular and effective elected D.C. official, requested to increase his office’s budget by $5 million…

The New Yorker: Go-Go Music as a Rallying Call to Resist Gentrification

Editor Apr 25, 2019
The percussive, funk-inspired, call-and-response style of music known as go-go is the sound of black Washington, D.C., a homegrown genre that seeped into the city’s bloodstream in the mid-sixties and still pulses through its streets today.…

City Paper: D.C. Attorney General Will Review MPD’s Policies on Interacting With Juveniles

Editor Apr 25, 2019
Another video surfaced of D.C. officers cuffing a 9-year-old boy.

Washington Post: D.C. school system’s central office facing cuts

Editor Apr 25, 2019
The headquarters staff of the D.C. school system will shrink by 70 positions under a reorganization proposal intended to direct money to classrooms — a move that marks one of the first major decisions by the city’s new schools chief.

Curbed: D.C. officials take steps to make streets safer after recent traffic deaths and activist…

Editor Apr 25, 2019
Lawmakers and transportation planners are floating short- and long-term fixes for dangerous roads

WAMU: K Street Is Getting A Redesign — And Buses And Bikes Are Top Priority

Editor Apr 25, 2019
K Street is one of the most congested and confusing thoroughfares in D.C.’s core. But a major redesign aims to reduce that congestion by prioritizing buses.

Washington Post: D.C. attorney general to review police procedures after officer detains 9-year-old…

Editor Apr 25, 2019
D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine on Wednesday launched a review of police procedures after an officer was seen on video chasing and detaining a 9-year-old boy whose mother said had committed no crime.

DCist: After Police Detain Another Child, D.C. Attorney General Is Reviewing MPD’s Policies

Editor Apr 25, 2019
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced that his office will survey the Metropolitan Police Department’s practices around interacting with children and potentially recommend changes after several well-publicized incidents involving…

WTOP: After 9-year-old boy handcuffed, DC police policies under review

Editor Apr 25, 2019
An incident between a 9-year-old boy and police who told him to stop leaning on a car ended with the child in handcuffs on Monday. Now, D.C.’s attorney general is reviewing how officers interact with children.

WAMU: How Prescribing Healthy Food In Ward 8 Could Help African Americans Curb Chronic Illnesses

Editor Apr 25, 2019
What began as Adrienne Dove’s routine visit to the doctor’s office ended more like a life-changing sales pitch of sorts. The physician checked Dove’s blood pressure, which has been dangerously high of late, and then the two started…

DCist: Activists Have Been Living In The Venezuelan Embassy For Two Weeks

Editor Apr 25, 2019
The activists haven’t been home in two weeks.

Washington Post: D.C. Council members move to oppose Maryland toll plan for Capital Beltway, I-270…

Editor Apr 25, 2019
Proposed resolution says widening the highways would only worsen traffic in the city

WAMU: Second D.C. Charter School Makes Effort To Form A Union

Editor Apr 25, 2019
Teachers at Mundo Verde Bilingual Charter school in Washington have made efforts to form a union, the second unionization attempt by charter school teachers in the District over the past two years.

DCist: Former Investigative TV Reporter Russ Ptacek Is Getting Into ASMR. Like, Really Into It

Editor Apr 25, 2019
D.C. newshounds know Russ Ptacek from his spirited investigative features on WUSA 9, tackling discriminatory cab drivers, vermin-filled restaurant kitchens, and more during his half decade at the CBS-affiliated local TV station.

Theresa Vargas in The Post: The Howard University controversy was never just about dogs. It was…

Editor Apr 25, 2019
Some D.C. residents may still think it’s okay to walk a dog across Howard University’s central yard.

UrbanTurf: A First Look at the Newest Condo Building Coming to Walter Reed

Editor Apr 25, 2019
Upwards of 2,000 new residences will be built as part of the Walter Reed redevelopment, and UrbanTurf recently got a look at what some of the new condominiums will look like.

WTOP: K Street could see major traffic changes if DC mayor gets her way

Editor Apr 25, 2019
If you wanted to slow down legislation moving through Capitol Hill, you might go visit one of the lobbyists working out of an office on K Street. If you wanted to experience an egregiously slow commute with the occasional illegal turn,…

DCist: Kwame Onwuachi Has Faith In D.C.’s Food Scene: ‘I Just See It Getting Bigger And Bigger’

Editor Apr 25, 2019
Chef Kwame Onwuachi may have experienced a very high profile defeat in this city, but he still has faith in D.C.’s restaurant scene.

WTOP: DC drops charges for 20 Rockwool protesters arrested at Danish embassy

Editor Apr 25, 2019
D.C.’s Office of the Attorney General has dropped charges against 20 people arrested by the Secret Service outside the Danish Embassy on March 28, as they protested the construction of the Rockwool insulation factory in Jefferson County,…

City Paper: The Long Journey of Dave Salovesh’s White Ghost Bike

Editor Apr 24, 2019
D.C. has a track record of failing to make streets safer after motorists kill cyclists and pedestrians. Will the death of an uncompromising bicycle advocate be any different?
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