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Washington Post: New exhibit space to be built under Lincoln Memorial

Editor Feb 20, 2023
Seven years after it was announced, the multimillion-dollar Lincoln Memorial project is getting underway

Washington Post: D.C. public school budget proposal criticized for cuts

Editor Feb 19, 2023
The backlash comes after D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) proposed an increase to the city’s per-student funding formula

Theresa Vargas in The Post: D.C. is overpaying landlords at a damaging cost to city residents

Editor Feb 18, 2023
The city isn’t only wasting millions every year by not checking market rents. It’s wasting millions on inadequate housing.

Washington Post: Reagan National sets passenger record in 2022 as leisure travel jumps

Editor Feb 18, 2023
Dulles International Airport also showed growth in passenger traffic, but its numbers were still below pre-pandemic levels

Washington Post: Friction between Metro and regulator eases as train wait times drop

Editor Feb 17, 2023
The improved rapport allowed the D.C. Council and Metro officials to focus on a range of other topics

Washington Post: D.C.’s Wilson Aquatic Center closed for emergency repairs

Editor Feb 17, 2023
D.C.’s busiest aquatic center remained shuttered for emergency repairs Friday after inspectors discovered a number of problems with the facility earlier in the week and immediately closed it, city officials said.

City Paper: Locker Room Fight Between Cops Raises Questions About Housing Authority Police…

Editor Feb 17, 2023
A now-former D.C. Housing Authority police officer believes she was fired for reporting a locker room fight to MPD.

City Paper: Ex-Staffers Say Karim Marshall’s Council Campaign Dogged by Delayed Paychecks,…

Editor Feb 17, 2023
Former staffers offer an inside look at Marshall’s campaign, which generated plenty of headlines but didn’t gain much traction.

DCist: D.C. To Pilot Curbside Composting Pickup This Summer

Editor Feb 17, 2023
If you’ve ever seen people lugging buckets of food scraps to dump at D.C.’s compost drop-off sites, you know there is a pent-up desire among District residents to recycle their food waste. Last year, 128,000 people used the 10 drop-off…

DCist: D.C. Ends Free COVID-19 Test Distribution At Libraries, Senior Centers

Editor Feb 17, 2023
A little over a year after it began, D.C. is ending its free COVID testing distribution at local libraries, according to DC Health.

City Paper: Another Former HSEMA Employee Accuses Chris Rodriguez of Age and Race Discrimination

Editor Feb 17, 2023
A new discrimination suit against the HSEMA director echoes a previous complaint about his alleged treatment of older Black employees.

Colbert I. King in The Post: A comedy of errors in D.C., except there’s nothing funny about it

Editor Feb 17, 2023
The Keystone Kops were a 1910s silent-screen police force that made up in zeal what it lacked in competence. D.C. government leaders bring them to mind in their response to issues ranging from homeless encampments, to D.C. Housing…

Washington Post: Two-thirds of McPherson Square homeless remain on street, D.C. says

Editor Feb 16, 2023
The Park Service shut down the encampment, the largest in the nation’s capital, on Wednesday morning

DCist: Senate GOP Offers D.C. ‘Adult Supervision,’ Pushes To Overturn Criminal Code Bill

Editor Feb 16, 2023
Senate Republicans are mounting a full offensive against a bill passed by the D.C. Council overhauling the city’s criminal code, pushing to follow the Republican-led House of Representatives’ move last week to block the bill from taking…

Washington Post: D.C. overpays landlords millions to house the city’s poorest

Editor Feb 16, 2023
Paying above-market rents means fewer people are helped by the troubled housing authority

Associated Press: Park Service clears homeless encampment near White House

Editor Feb 16, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — National Park Service employees on Wednesday swept through a large homeless encampment three blocks from the White House, tearing down dozens of tents and warning that people who resisted would be subject to arrest.

WTOP: Homeless encampment cleared a block from White House; dozens relocated

Editor Feb 16, 2023
The National Park Service cleared a D.C. park just a block from the White House, where dozens of people had been living in tents in the small green space.

WTOP: DC mayor proposes student funding increase as council chair criticizes cuts

Editor Feb 15, 2023
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced plans Wednesday to increase per-student funding by about $500 in her proposed budget, detailing a $2.3 billion investment into the city’s more than 100,000 students in public and public charter schools.

Washington Post: St. Elizabeths Hospital settles lawsuit over water crisis, covid

Editor Feb 15, 2023
St. Elizabeths Hospital patients settled a lawsuit with the District-owned psychiatric hospital and the city over allegations that the facility failed to provide needed care during an extended water outage in 2019 and the coronavirus…

WTOP: DC settles with St. Elizabeth’s patients after 28-day water outage

Editor Feb 15, 2023
Four patients at D.C.’s St. Elizabeth’s psychiatric hospital who lived without water for 28 days and filed suit over the conditions have reached a settlement with the city.
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