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DCist: At Summit, Bowser Shares ‘Anxiety’ Over Crime And Asks Neighborhood Leaders For Ideas

Editor Jan 23, 2023
Mayor Muriel Bowser on Saturday hosted a frank and nuanced summit on crime and public safety in D.C. with dozens of neighborhood officials, noting that while overall rates of violent crime have been declining, guns have become a growing…

Washington Post: Mayor invokes D.C.’s darkest years at meeting on anxiety over crime

Editor Jan 21, 2023
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said the sound of gunfire in D.C. neighborhoods reminds her of the 1990s crack epidemic

Washington Post: Regulator approves Metro plan for less-frequent rail-car inspections

Editor Jan 20, 2023
The decision came days after a public dust-up between Metro and the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission

City Paper: Discarded Housing Authority Commissioners Are Cynical About the Future of the Agency

Editor Jan 20, 2023
What was it like for the most outspoken D.C. Housing Authority commissioners to watch as politicians removed them from the board?

DCist: Students With Disabilities Face Barrage Of School Bus Delays In D.C.

Editor Jan 20, 2023
Hundreds of buses that transport kids to schools around D.C. have experienced significant delays since the start of the month, leaving parents scrambling to get their kids to and from school everyday.

DCist: Tiny Little D.C. Has More Green Buildings Than Most States

Editor Jan 20, 2023
The District has long been a leader in terms of green buildings — buildings that highly efficient and require little energy to stay warm in the winter and cool in the summer. In 2022, D.C. certified more green building square footage than…

Colbert I. King in The Post: D.C.’s crime problem is not the criminal code. It runs much deeper.

Editor Jan 20, 2023
A 15-year-old, shot while standing outside a carryout in Southeast D.C. on Tuesday evening, drew a gun from his waistband and fired multiple times in the direction of his assailant, who fled on foot. But the teen’s gunfire struck…

City Paper: Bowser Lets Crime Lab Reform Legislation Become Law Without Her Signature

Editor Jan 19, 2023
The mayor raised a variety of concerns about the bill, but avoided a symbolic veto of legislation overhauling the lab.

WTOP: Preparing for the next pandemic, DC hospital opens biocontainment unit

Editor Jan 19, 2023
Using lessons learned from COVID-19, MedStar Washington Hospital Center opened a unique facility designed to stop diseases from spreading.

DCist: Regal To Close Gallery Place Movie Theater, Two Others In Maryland

Editor Jan 19, 2023
The corporate parent of movie theater chain Regal says it will close the Gallery Place Stadium 14 theater in downtown D.C. next month as part of a broader wave of theater closures that are taking place as part of bankruptcy proceedings.

DCist: D.C. Council Bill Aims To Use Sound Detection And Cameras To Issue Tickets To Loud Vehicles

Editor Jan 19, 2023
First, there were speed cameras. Then came red light cameras and stop sign cameras. Now, some D.C. councilmembers want to try a new type of “camera” to identify, and ultimately ticket, noisy vehicles.

Washington Post: D.C. Council to consider new free proposal: School lunch

Editor Jan 19, 2023
The effort would serve free meals to students in traditional public, charter and participating private schools

Washington Post: D.C. braces for barrage of Republican intervention in local governance

Editor Jan 19, 2023
D.C. braces for barrage of Republican intervention in local governance

Axios: A D.C. nonprofit is bridging the gap for LGBTQ+ youth

Editor Jan 19, 2023
SMYAL, a nonprofit in Eastern Market, is working to bridge the gap left by Casa Ruby, the once high-profile group serving LGBTQ+ people that shut down abruptly last summer.

WTOP: DC explores idea to photograph and fine excessively noisy vehicles

Editor Jan 18, 2023
Hope may be on the horizon for D.C. residents exasperated with the sound of loud vehicles disrupting their lives round-the-clock: One lawmaker has a plan to find and fine the offenders.

City Paper: Kenyan McDuffie Tanked a Ceremonial Resolution for Karl Racine

Editor Jan 18, 2023
Racine twice supported McDuffie’s political rivals, and now McDuffie is blocking a resolution honoring the former attorney general.

WTOP: By 1 measure, DC leads nation in green building

Editor Jan 18, 2023
If D.C. were a state, it would top the list of new LEED-certified building projects per capita in 2022, according to new rankings.

DCist: D.C. Moves Forward With New Anti-Suicide Barriers On Taft Bridge

Editor Jan 18, 2023
The D.C. Department of Transportation is moving forward with a plan to place anti-suicide barriers on the William Howard Taft Bridge, the 115-year-old span that carries Connecticut Avenue across Rock Creek Park.

City Paper: Bowser Picks a DPW Director Who Lives in Maryland

Editor Jan 18, 2023
On the heels of the residency scandal that helped tank an ex-deputy mayor, Bowser tapped Timothy Spriggs to run DPW despite him residing in Maryland.

Washington Post: New D.C. lawmaker fights to bring answers in 13-year-old’s killing

Editor Jan 18, 2023
Thirteen-year-old Karon Blake was fatally shot less than a week after D.C. Council member Zachary Parker was sworn in.
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