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DCist: D.C. Has Reached Hotel Capacity For Newly Arrived Migrants

Editor May 3, 2023
D.C. officials say hotels meant to provide migrant families who have been bused to the region with temporary housing have been filled to capacity.

DCist: Budget Cuts Could Wipe Out Small Orgs That Serve Survivors Of Domestic Violence

Editor May 3, 2023
Organizations that serve domestic violence survivors say they have an annual ritual.

Axios: Congress takes on fight over long flights out of Reagan Airport

Editor May 3, 2023
Washington-area lawmakers are on a collision course with representatives from Texas and out West over the reach of Reagan National Airport.

DCist: Ben Vinson, Scholar Of The African Diaspora, To Be Howard University’s New President

Editor May 3, 2023
Howard University has announced its next president, Ben Vinson III, a current provost, vice president, and history professor at Case Western Reserve University. Vinson, a historian of the African diaspora in Latin America, will take over…

DCist: D.C. Council Passes Emergency Bill Offering Restaurants Relief Against Higher Delivery App…

Editor May 3, 2023
The D.C. Council unanimously passed emergency legislation Tuesday that aims to ensure that food delivery companies like DoorDash and UberEats don’t overcharge restaurants for basic services.

Washington Post: Migrants find no space in crowded hotels leased by D.C., council members say

Editor May 3, 2023
District officials have stopped placing migrant families arriving on buses from Texas and Arizona and by other means in hotels meant as temporary lodging, telling those people that there is no more room, the city’s Department of Human…

Washington Post: Howard University names scholar of the African diaspora as its new president

Editor May 2, 2023
Ben Vinson III is now provost of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland

Axios: Leaders clash over the future of K Street

Editor May 2, 2023
D.C.’s leaders are again divided over how to fix downtown’s decline amid the rise of teleworking and the absence of federal workers.

DCist: Hundreds Line Up For What Could Be Their Last Chance To Get Public Housing

Editor May 2, 2023
Two hours after the doors of Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library opened on Monday to residents on the city’s waiting list for public housing, 53-year-old Michelle Jennings was still inching along the first floor.

City Paper: Bowser’s Car-Centric Design Changes Have United Advocates Behind K Street Transitway…

Editor May 1, 2023
Charles Allen’s plans to fund free Metrobus service by raiding the downtown project have gradually attracted more support.

WTOP: Will lunch out become more expensive? Tipped minimum wage increases in DC

Editor May 1, 2023
You may be paying a little more for that pasta primavera or bacon cheeseburger at your favorite lunch spot in D.C.

Washington Business Journal: Georgetown University pitches huge redevelopment of law center near…

Editor May 1, 2023
Georgetown University is pitching a significant redevelopment of its Gewirz Student Center building near Capitol Hill.

DCist: A ‘Downtown Killer:’ Mayor Bowser Decries D.C. Council Plan To Cancel K Street Transitway…

Editor May 1, 2023
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday pushed back against a pair of budget proposals from the D.C. Council which she decried as “downtown killers” that would hamper the city’s plans to help revitalize the ailing area.

Washington Post: K Street, rideshare surcharge proposals would harm downtown D.C., mayor says

Editor May 1, 2023
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Monday criticized the D.C. Council’s plan to pay for free Metrobus service at the expense of a long-planned downtown transit project that she said is critical to rejuvenating the downtown corridor amid…

Axios: H Street set for big makeover with largest development coming

Editor May 1, 2023
The H Street NE AutoZone and its large surface parking lot would turn into 200 apartments under a new redevelopment proposal.

WTOP: DC council member wants to add $2 rideshare surcharge for some downtown trips

Editor Apr 29, 2023
A D.C. council member is advocating to include a $2 surcharge on rideshare trips, hoping to encourage more people to use public transit and decrease traffic congestion.

Washington Post: Police chief’s exit the latest among key D.C. government departures

Editor Apr 29, 2023
The retirement of D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III — who plans to take a top-level position with the FBI — is the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the administration of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), who is months into…

Washington Post: D.C. jail medical care ‘systemically dysfunctional,’ suit alleges

Editor Apr 29, 2023
People incarcerated in D.C. and their advocates filed a federal lawsuit against the District this week, alleging that the city’s Department of Corrections does not provide prisoners the medical care that the Constitution demands.

Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. should heed pleas of outgoing Police Chief Robert J. Contee…

Editor Apr 29, 2023
D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III announced this week that he will leave his post on June 3, after just two years in the top job, to become an assistant director at the FBI. It’s a blow to the community that in part follows his…

Washington Post Editorial Board: Why is Mayor Bowser proposing cuts to the D.C. Circulator?

Editor Apr 29, 2023
Jose Chaj looks unhappy when told that his preferred bus may not show up anymore. “That’s not good,” the 52-year-old laborer said. He frequently rides the red D.C. Circulator bus between Columbia Heights and downtown — and he’ll often let…
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District Links: Bowser looks to expand DHS truancy pilot amid council skepticism; judge criticizes Trump admin over East…

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Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Department of Human Services today announced a 71% reduction in truancy among students participating in a pilot program that her administration is seeking to expand.

District Links: Council set to vote on youth curfew with new amendments; MPD probe reportedly implicates at least 15…

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The DC Council is slated to revisit the issue of an expanded youth curfew at Tuesday's legislative meeting, with a final vote on permanent legislation and a rescheduled vote on emergency legislation…

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Earlier this week, Wesley Williams, operations and policy officer for the DC Office of Campaign Finance, confirmed that his agency has opened an investigation into whether the relationship between…

District Links: House Oversight Committee demands records from MPD investigation on crime data; Lewis George, McDuffie…

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The GOP-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is demanding all records from the Metropolitan Police Department's internal investigation into claims of manipulated crime data. …
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