Petula Dvorak in The Post: This hockey coach spent decades saving lives. Let’s save his ice.
His players aren’t in the NHL.
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Ron Moten in The Post: The D.C. attorney general race is in a state of emergency
As a native Washingtonian who has been engaged in D.C. politics for 25 years, I have seen all sorts of candidates, political upsets and underdogs come through. But out of all of my experiences, the removal of Kenyan R. McDuffie by the D.C.…
K. Denise Rucker Krepp in The Post: My seven-year journey to get answers on D.C. crime prosecutions
When I sought elected office eight years ago as an advisory neighborhood commissioner in D.C., my goal was to stop the return of professional football to RFK Stadium. I was standing outside Payne Elementary School on Election Day 2014,…
Tamika Spellman in The Post: A safer D.C. starts with a smaller police department
It’s not surprising that D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is attempting again to increase the D.C. police force at the cost of real public safety. What is disappointing is the lack of scrutiny given to her claims.
Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C.’s mayoral race pits the fanciful against the pragmatic
On the same day last week that D.C. mayoral candidate Robert C. White Jr. unveiled a plan to guarantee a job to any D.C. resident who wants one, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced that the number of people suffering from homelessness in…
Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. is lucky the Van Ness school shooting was not far bloodier
Classes had just ended Friday afternoon and students were streaming out of a private school in Northwest Washington when shots suddenly rang out. More than 200 rounds of ammunition were fired. Four people, including a 12-year-old girl,…
Colbert King in The Post: ‘Our communities are now safe’? D.C. residents know otherwise.
D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III sounded almost triumphant when he announced Friday that the threat from a gunman who indiscriminately shot at people from an apartment in Northwest D.C. was over because the man was found dead. Said…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: This Washington TikToker is getting people to reveal their salaries
The videos posted by Hannah Williams have drawn millions of views on the platform
Bridgette Stumpf in The Post: Bowser’s proposed budget betrays survivors and community safety
The significant increase in D.C. crime rates has led local leaders to debate the allocation of resources for crime prevention and response, mainly focused on the D.C. police budget. However, as we start National Crime Victims’ Rights Week…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: D.C. mom begs to move after finding mice in food and children’s bed
At a time of rising rents, the family’s situation shows what it looks like to be stuck depending on the city for housing
Washington Post Editorial Board: In the race for a new Commanders stadium, we see how not to use tax money
Localities in the D.C. area are jockeying to land the new stadium planned by the Washington Commanders. But there are a right way and a wrong way to deploy taxpayer dollars in pursuit of it. Maryland is going about it the right way.…
Gina Merritt in Washington Business Journal: Public funding is crucial for quality affordable housing
Last month, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced her request for an unprecedented $500 million of funding for the Housing Production Trust Fund, D.C.’s main affordable housing financing vehicle, in her proposed fiscal 2023 budget, doubling…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Many deaths haunt this D.C. child advocate. But one hurts the most.
Marie Cohen spends a lot of her time on children’s deaths.
Washington Post Editorial Board: Metro is sliding toward a budgetary cliff
Washington’s transit system has been kept alive during the pandemic, barely, thanks to federal relief funds. That life support — about $1 billion in the current fiscal year, split about equally between operating and capital funds — will…
Cheryl Cort in Greater Greater Washington: Will affordable housing needs overcome some neighbors’ opposition to Dance Loft on 14?
When the owner of Dance Loft on 14’s building announced plans to sell the building at 4618 14th Street NW, the local performing arts non-profit organization didn’t start looking to move. Instead, the leadership of the Dance Loft envisioned…
Payton Chung in Greater Greater Washington: Invasive pear trees are reshaping the region’s landscape
Hot on the heels of the Tidal Basin cherry trees’ peak bloom, a more widespread blossoming is lining DC’s roadsides with puffy white blooms. However, the flowering of Callery pear trees is cause for consternation rather than celebration.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: D.C. is a great sports town — if you’re a fan. Kids? Forget about it!
In a baseball-obsessed city that’s home to World Series winners, a public high school team just got the shaft. Again.
Washington Post Editorial Board: How many police officers does D.C. need? An audit could tell us.
In the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd in 2020, D.C. put the brakes on police hiring. Anti-police sentiment had fueled a push to cut funding for police and reduce the number of sworn officers. Concern about city finances…
Colbert King in The Post: As D.C. election season gears up, Bowser flexes the power of incumbency
District voters will grade some of their leaders (and their challengers) by way of the ballot box this year. An evaluation of their work will be reflected in report cards handed out on primary day, June 21, and in the general election,…
Irvin B. Nathan in The Post: D.C. should focus on expanded home rule before statehood
Ultraconservative Republicans, eagerly anticipating taking control of the House in this November’s midterm elections, are proclaiming a desire to cut back or eliminate the limited home rule that Congress granted D.C. in 1973. If the Senate…