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DCist: D.C. Will Use Cameras To Ticket Drivers In Bus Lanes, At Bus Stops For First Time

Editor Apr 11, 2023
Get out of those red bus lanes, and away from bus stops! That’s the message the D.C. government will send drivers this summer and fall when they launch automated camera ticketing for vehicles blocking bus lanes and bus stops in the…

City Paper: Jan. 6ers and Marjorie Taylor Greene Drive Attention to the D.C. Jail. Real Reform…

Editor Apr 11, 2023
The feds and Mayor Bowser promised reforms at the jail, as insurrectionists drew GOP attention to its conditions. But few have materialized.

Axios: D.C. considers revisions to Connecticut Avenue bike lane plan

Editor Apr 11, 2023
The District is considering revisions to its massive bicycle lanes project on Connecticut Avenue NW to address concerns about parking loss.

Petula Dvorak in The Post: Virginia’s GOP AG says D.C.’s crime problem is Virginia’s problem. Duh.

Editor Apr 10, 2023
In an effort to politicize D.C.'s challenges like his counterparts in Congress, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares accidentally made a salient point

WTOP: Washington Commanders to pay $625K to settle DC’s ticket deposit lawsuit

Editor Apr 10, 2023
The Washington Commanders will pay more than half a million dollars to settle a lawsuit in D.C. alleging the team engaged in deceptive practices to hold on to hundreds of thousands of dollars in security deposits paid by fans for premium…

DCist: Commanders To Pay $625,000 To D.C., Ticket Holders In Lawsuit Settlement Over Security…

Editor Apr 10, 2023
Pro-Football Inc., the company that owns the Washington Commanders, will have to pay the District government and its residents a combined $625,000 to settle a lawsuit over the team’s handling of security deposits for season ticket holders.…

Washington Post: Commanders to pay $425,000 fine, refund deposits in settlement with D.C. AG

Editor Apr 10, 2023
The Washington Commanders must pay a $425,000 fine to the District of Columbia and refund more than $200,000 in deposits to D.C. ticket holders as part of a settlement reached with the office of D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb (D)…

Axios: D.C.’s rat problem might have gotten worse

Editor Apr 10, 2023
It already looks like there may be an increase this year in 311 service requests about rats this year, Gerard Brown, the program manager for the DC Health Rodent and Vector Control Division, tells Axios.

Washington Post: D.C. school lottery sees uptick in applications, high school interest

Editor Apr 9, 2023
D.C. saw an uptick in school lottery applications for the 2023-24 school year, representing a 3-percent increase from the current year, officials said.

Theresa Vargas in The Post: More than meets the eye: Georgetown vs. giant Transformers statues

Editor Apr 8, 2023
A brain scientist vows to fight to keep Optimus Prime and Bumblebee outside his home after a board says they have to go

Washington Post: IG faults D.C. employment services agency over delays in issuing benefits

Editor Apr 7, 2023
The D.C. Department of Employment Services faced immense scrutiny during the pandemic, as frustrated people who had lost their jobs complained the city agency was slow in doling out unemployment payments and offered conflicting information…

Washington Post Editorial Board: With homicide ticking up, D.C.’s justice system is failing victims

Editor Apr 7, 2023
The District’s 59 homicides in 2023 as of Friday represent a 31 percent increase over the same period last year, according to the D.C police.

Washington Business Journal: D.C. Zoning Commission rejects pitch to expand inclusionary zoning…

Editor Apr 7, 2023
The D.C. Zoning Commission has halted a proposed expansion of the inclusionary zoning program aimed at requiring more affordable housing downtown and in other high density neighborhoods.

DCist: Dispatches From A Rainy Rat Abatement In Northwest D.C.

Editor Apr 7, 2023
Rats — they’re as much a stitch in the fabric of D.C. life as the Metro and mosquitos.

DCist: Bowser Boosts D.C. Police Hiring Bonuses To $25,000 Amid Recruitment Struggles

Editor Apr 7, 2023
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Friday that she’d be upping the hiring bonus for D.C. police officers to $25,000, a $5,000 increase from the current hiring bonus in effect.

Colbert I. King in The Post: Easter week in D.C.: A story of hope, a backdrop of despair

Editor Apr 7, 2023
As of Good Friday, the day that Christians commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus and his death on the cross at Calvary, the District had recorded nearly 60 homicides since the year began.

Axios: Three ways D.C. is reimagining Chinatown-Gallery Place

Editor Apr 7, 2023
D.C. wants to rejuvenate Chinatown-Gallery Place, starting with creating more inviting spaces for pedestrians and accelerating office-to-residential conversions.

City Paper: Former DCRA Director Accused in Whistleblower Lawsuits Is Back

Editor Apr 7, 2023
Melinda Bolling departed as director of DCRA in 2018 and left behind two whistleblower lawsuits, one of which cost taxpayers $200,000.

Washington Post: Violence, downtown, Congress: Obstacles grow in Bowser’s third term

Editor Apr 7, 2023
The mayor faces a litany of challenges as she tries to advance her agenda months into a rare third term leading the nation’s capital.

DCist: D.C. Lawmakers Scramble To Limit Rent Hikes As Deadline Looms

Editor Apr 7, 2023
When the dozens of families who live at 741 Longfellow St. NW received notices in late March that their rents would increase by 8.9% after May 1, they were shocked, then increasingly concerned.
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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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