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DCist: Revenue Projections For D.C.’s Sports-Betting App Have Been Slashed

Editor Mar 3, 2022
When the D.C. Council signed off on legalizing sports betting in 2018, one of the main drivers was the potential for tax revenue for city coffers. But new data is showing that while revenue is starting to come in, it’s only a fraction of…

DCist: D.C. Will Start Reporting COVID-19 Data Weekly Instead Of Every Weekday

Editor Mar 3, 2022
D.C. will no longer report COVID-19 data every weekday. Moving forward, the health department will publish cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, along with other key pandemic indicators, every Wednesday. D.C.’s vaccination data will…

DCist: The Capitol Fencing Installed For State Of The Union Is Already Down

Editor Mar 3, 2022
Unlike its six-month stay following the Jan. 6 insurrection, the fencing that surrounded the Capitol for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address has seen a much shorter life.

Washington Post: D.C. jail leader offers few details of plan to improve troubled facility

Editor Mar 3, 2022
An oversight hearing also centered on the Corrections Information Council, which has not inspected the Correctional Treatment Facility since last March

Axios: D.C.’s economy awaits a boost as federal workers return

Editor Mar 3, 2022
President Biden is calling federal workers back to the office, a move that would provide a much-needed boost to D.C.’s economy.

City Paper: The Big Dunce: Which D.C. Agency Is the Worst?

Editor Mar 3, 2022
This performance oversight season we compare them and attempt to determine a victor (or loser depending on your perspective) in a March Madness-style bracket.

City Paper: Candidates Like Robert White Want To Change How D.C. Develops Public Land. Could It Make…

Editor Mar 3, 2022
“If you look at any of the development projects on public lands, there is no difference between what they’re doing today and what we were doing 15 years ago,” White says.

WTOP: Activists sue DC police over its surveillance of social media

Editor Mar 3, 2022
A joint lawsuit has been filed against D.C. police by activists who hope to uncover its surveillance practices and techniques on social media.

WTOP: DC switches to reporting COVID-19 data weekly

Editor Mar 3, 2022
After nearly two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, D.C. will change the way it reports coronavirus-related data, the city’s Department of Health said Wednesday.

Washington Post: Season and hope on hold for Nats fans as MLB lockout delays Opening Day

Editor Mar 2, 2022
There were reasons for optimism as March arrived. The pandemic, once again, seemed to be easing. Masks were cautiously tucked away. Vaccinations rose. Infection rates plummeted. And the promise of baseball’s Opening Day, America’s annual…

DCist: Lawsuit Accuses D.C. of Withholding Public Records On Police Social Media Surveillance

Editor Mar 2, 2022
A new lawsuit alleges that the D.C. government and the Metropolitan Police Department are withholding records about how police use social media to investigate crimes and monitor protests. The Brennan Center for Justice and Data for Black…

City Paper: D.C. Housing Authority Board Chair Dionne Bussey-Reeder Has Settled Her Tax Debts

Editor Mar 2, 2022
The former Council candidate faced questions about her ability to serve on the board due to those back taxes.

Washington Post: With area mask mandates over, wary businesses weigh their own: ‘We’re in a tough…

Editor Mar 2, 2022
Donna Durante-Miller cautiously opened the doors to Elroy, her H Street NE bar and hookah lounge, as D.C. lifted its indoor mask mandate on Tuesday — and hoped for the best.

DCist: Many D.C. Workers Will Soon Get More Paid Leave, And Employers Will Get A Tax Cut

Editor Mar 2, 2022
Hundreds of thousands of private-sector workers in D.C. will soon see a large increase in the amount of paid leave they get every year, while the employers that fund the program will be paying less for it.

UrbanTurf: A Mixed-Income Development Could Replace Congress Heights Apartment Complex

Editor Mar 2, 2022
The Congress Heights residential development pipeline is growing, this time at Meadowbrook Run near Oxon Run Park.

Washington Post: D.C. will offer private-sector workers maximum paid-leave benefits, CFO says

Editor Mar 2, 2022
Private-sector workers in D.C. will be able to take up to 12 weeks of leave per year in a dramatic expansion of the city’s paid-leave system, the city’s chief financial officer said Monday, since the program has cost less than previously…

WUSA9: DC 911 call center director reappointed following audit of EMS crew dispatch issues

Editor Mar 2, 2022
A mom whose daughter died after crews were sent to the wrong quadrant of D.C. says reappointing 911 call center director Karima Holmes is "unconscionable."

WTOP: Community members gather to remember Relisha Rudd and ask for help solving her disappearance

Editor Mar 2, 2022
Advocates for the missing and police came together in D.C. Tuesday night to remember a missing girl, hoping to revive interest in the cold case and solve the disappearance of Relisha Rudd. She disappeared eight years ago.

Washington Blade: Trans group to provide LGBTQ crime victim housing for D.C. courts

Editor Mar 1, 2022
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Washington Post: Low turnout for D.C. protest of coronavirus restrictions

Editor Mar 1, 2022
A rally in D.C. against pandemic-related restrictions and in support of the self-styled “Freedom Convoy” that occupied downtown Ottawa for weeks drew a few dozen people, many of whom were journalists, near the Washington Monument on…
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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson this morning distributed the latest version of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Support Act, which is slated for final consideration at an additional legislative meeting…

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The DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is hailing the success of its two-year-old program that enables paramedics to administer whole blood to critically injured and medically unstable…

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The DC Council created an expert advisory panel in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This year the mayor and council have agreed to kill the District’s Homeland Security Commission despite…
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