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WTOP: Reasons for optimism, and caution, in DC’s annual HIV report

Editor Feb 8, 2022
D.C. continues to show steady improvement in the battle against HIV, with the number of new cases in 2020 continuing a yearslong decline going back more than a decade.

Washington Post: D.C. announces massive public education budget with more mental health funding

Editor Feb 7, 2022
The huge spending proposal could be challenged by inflation, enrollment declines and staffing shortages.

Washington Post: 1 in 3 Metrobus rides goes unpaid amid rise in fare evasions during pandemic

Editor Feb 7, 2022
A new report shows Metro lost millions in revenue from spike in unpaid trips

Washington Post: D.C. had mixed results in fight against HIV in 2020, report says

Editor Feb 7, 2022
New cases declined, but numbers show no progress toward other key goals

Washington Post: American University unknowingly distributed counterfeit KN95 masks, officials…

Editor Feb 7, 2022
The Eagle, AU’s student-run newspaper, said it received tips questioning the legitimacy of the face coverings

WTOP: DC mayor proposes bigger investment in schools, including raises for substitute teachers

Editor Feb 7, 2022
D.C.’s mayor is sharing some of the details of her new proposed budget — specifically changes coming to schools.

WTOP: Library of Congress puts artwork from Black Lives Matter fence online

Editor Feb 7, 2022
It’s been about a year since Black Lives Matter artwork was removed from a fence in Lafayette Square to be preserved. Now, the artwork from that national symbol of protest is being displayed by the Library of Congress in a new online…

Petula Dvorak in The Post: The rising homicide rate in D.C. is nothing compared with what fentanyl…

Editor Feb 7, 2022
The deaths aren’t always loud or public. There’s no web of screaming yellow crime-scene tape, and sirens are rare. But in 2020, opioids claimed more than twice the 198 lives that gunfire did in the nation’s capital.

City Paper: In the Crowded Ward 5 Race, Gordon-Andrew Fletcher Turns to Local Seniors for Cash to…

Editor Feb 7, 2022
Fletcher is lagging behind other major candidates in the cash race.

DCist: D.C. Prisoners File Lawsuit Alleging Unequal Treatment In Federal Facilities

Editor Feb 7, 2022
The Public Defender Service for D.C. has filed a class action lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons, arguing that people from D.C. are treated unfairly in federal prisons.

DCist: D.C.’s Second Statue At The U.S. Capitol Will Be Unveiled This Month

Editor Feb 7, 2022
D.C. will finally have two statues displayed in the U.S. Capitol when an effigy of Pierre L’Enfant is unveiled on Feb. 28, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton announced Monday. The House of Representatives accepted the statue as a gift from D.C.…

Axios: HUD report reveals D.C.’s homelessness highs and lows

Editor Feb 7, 2022
D.C. saw one of the nation’s largest declines in family homelessness between 2020 and 2021, and also had one of the nation’s highest rates of sheltered people experiencing chronic homelessness, per a new report out on Friday by the U.S.…

Axios: D.C. diners are still wary of restaurant dining, survey says

Editor Feb 7, 2022
D.C. diners are more cautious than most of the country when it comes to eating out during the pandemic, OpenTable data shows.

Axios: D.C. housing advocates want more rental assistance

Editor Feb 7, 2022
D.C. could soon see a surge of evictions, says the Office of the Tenant Advocate, as a group of housing advocates ask D.C. to use surplus funding to avoid evictions.

Washington Post: Formerly homeless families displaced from D.C. transitional housing after fires

Editor Feb 6, 2022
After spending more than a month in a hotel, Chanice Little returned Wednesday to the living room of her recently repainted apartment in downtown Washington. She stood next to a waterlogged twin mattress and box spring — the remnants of…

WTOP: American Univ. says school distributed KN95 masks that ‘did not meet’ standards

Editor Feb 5, 2022
American University has said that the KN95 masks distributed to its D.C. campus community did not meet the standards the distributor promised them.

Washington Post: For decades, the Friendship House charity served children and families in a…

Editor Feb 5, 2022
As a matter of fact, the house that Friendship House was in still exists, even if the charity that was Friendship House no longer does.

Washington Post: 200,000 Black men fought in the Civil War. Some lawmakers want to give them the…

Editor Feb 5, 2022
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) are seeking to posthumously honor the Black men and women who served in the Civil War.

Theresa Vargas in The Post: In this D.C. ballet studio, a delicate dance toward equity happens every…

Editor Feb 5, 2022
Ballet’s diversity problem isn’t new, but some of the promises to fix it are. The Dance Institute of Washington has seen what happens when words accompany action.

Washington Post: New fare gates will require SmarTrip upgrade for some longtime commuters returning…

Editor Feb 5, 2022
Tens of thousands of riders with older cards will not be able to use Metro fare gates starting next month
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District Links: Council unanimously approves key FY 2027 budget legislation; White House criticism of Smithsonian…

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The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to approve a revised version of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Support Act after incorporating a series of amendments offered by councilmembers.

District Links: DC Council set for final vote tomorrow on FY 2027 budget legislation; Trump administration renews…

Jul 6, 2026 7
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…

District Links: DC touts two-year-old FEMS transfusion program as lifesaving success; record fireworks show brings air…

Jul 2, 2026 16
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…

Kathy Patterson: The mayor and council are killing a key commission created after 9/11

Jul 1, 2026 144
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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