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DCist: D.C. Campaign Office Throws Out Last Complaint Against Former Councilmember Over Polling

Editor Mar 27, 2023
The D.C. Office of Campaign Finance has thrown out the last complaint filed against former councilmember Elissa Silverman over polling she conducted ahead of last year’s Democratic primary, closing out a political and legal saga that…

Washington Post: D.C. campaign finance office tosses complaints about Silverman’s poll

Editor Mar 27, 2023
The D.C. Office of Campaign Finance has dismissed a third and final complaint related to former D.C. Council member Elissa Silverman’s decision to poll last year’s Ward 3 Democratic primary election, concluding a controversial saga that…

District Dig: Self-Serve — DCHA Executive Director Brenda Donald’s bonus is dubious

Editor Mar 27, 2023
A controversial bonus for D.C. Housing Authority Executive Director Brenda Donald appears contrary to District law, is inconsistent with her contract, and was awarded against long standing DCHA practice, according to a copy of that…

DCist: Bowser Proposes MPD Take Over Functions Of D.C.’s Troubled Crime Lab

Editor Mar 27, 2023
Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed 2024 budget, unveiled before the D.C. Council last week, contains broad proposed cuts to city services prompted by an uncertain financial outlook. But one change, some officials say, would also undermine the…

Washington Post: Too few D.C. students finish college. This program aims to change that.

Editor Mar 27, 2023
An early college program at Coolidge High School could be a model for the rest of the city, leaders said

Washington Post: Departure of D.C. mayor’s right-hand man leaves ‘gap that has to be filled’

Editor Mar 27, 2023
As she celebrated her third inauguration in early January, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser posed for a photograph with dozens of city hall staffers, a crowd that included a close adviser who stood next to her, as he has since she took office,…

Washington Post: D.C. child-care workers celebrate their new degrees

Editor Mar 26, 2023
By December 2023, all preschool teachers and many at-home day care providers in the District must have at least an associate’s degree

Washington Post: Lawmakers tour D.C. jail to investigate treatment of Jan. 6 defendants

Editor Mar 25, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Democrats offer two different views of jail conditions

Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. needs hundreds more police officers. Here’s how to do it…

Editor Mar 25, 2023
The Metropolitan Police Department has 411 fewer officers than three years ago because of attrition and struggles in attracting recruits. The force is the smallest it has been in decades, with fewer than 3,400 sworn officers, and D.C. is…

Washington Post: Bowser and D.C. Council spar over proposed budget cuts

Editor Mar 25, 2023
The proposed reductions in spending include some programs that received an infusion of federal dollars during the pandemic.

City Paper: Bowser Proposes Slashing Emergency Rental Assistance, Housing Production Funds Amid Grim…

Editor Mar 24, 2023
Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled her proposed fiscal year 2024 budget with a grim speech on Wednesday, declaring that amid a tough economic forecast, the city must go back to “the basics.” D.C.’s days flush with federal cash, she said, have…

WTOP: New jail, paramedic school, new fire trucks all part of DC mayor’s vision under proposed…

Editor Mar 23, 2023
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s vision for the city includes police officers back in schools, a new jail and a school for paramedics. It’s all part of a massive, $19.7 billion proposed budget Bowser presented to the D.C. Council on Wednesday.

WTOP: Audit report calls for more transparency from DC’s troubled 911 call center

Editor Mar 23, 2023
D.C.’s embattled 911 call center needs to be more transparent with the public, particularly in incidents during which mistakes were made, to help regain public trust, auditor Kathy Patterson said Thursday.

Washington Business Journal: GSA not committing to give up FBI’s downtown D.C. home for…

Editor Mar 23, 2023
The federal government "would be delighted" to consider ways to downsize its downtown D.C. footprint and give up prominent sites like the J. Edgar Hoover Building for potential redevelopment — but not without a thorough review, and not if…

City Paper: After Years Positioning Herself as a Housing Leader, Bowser’s New Budget Beats a Retreat

Editor Mar 23, 2023
Advocates and lawmakers are alarmed by Bowser’s proposals to walk back spending on development and rental assistance.

DCist: D.C. 911 Agency Reports Another Issue Locating Calls, Audit Finds Other Problems Still Aren’t…

Editor Mar 23, 2023
The D.C. Office of Unified Communications reported a problem with 911 calls on Wednesday evening. The issue affected the agency’s ability to accurately pinpoint the quadrant of emergency calls from landline phones.

Washington Post: Joining national trend, D.C. to cancel $90M in residents’ medical debt

Editor Mar 23, 2023
Qualifying District residents will be notified by mail when their burden has been eliminated

Axios: Mayor Bowser proposes bus service cuts

Editor Mar 23, 2023
Mayor Bowser wants to cut DC Circulator service in half to save money.

Washington Business Journal: Bowser proposes major increase in downtown D.C. housing tax abatement…

Editor Mar 22, 2023
Mayor Muriel Bowser's proposed fiscal year 2024 spending plan includes a big expansion of the District's tax abatement meant to spur new housing downtown, in addition to millions in capital investment designed to bring major new…

Washington Post: Bowser budget plan defunds panel that advised criminal code rewrite

Editor Mar 22, 2023
City council chairman and director of the commission say they disagree with the mayor’s proposal, arguing that the panel’s expertise remains important
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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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