Axios: D.C. sees significant decline in monkeypox cases
D.C.’s monkeypox cases have been on a decline since mid-summer — with a 70% drop in cases over the past month.
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Warren Thompson in The Post: Removing the tipped wage will hurt restaurant workers
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In November, D.C. voters will decide on Initiative 82, another attempt to eliminate the tipped wage that supports tipped restaurant industry employees.
City Paper: Making a Meltdown: What Role Did Federal Prosecutors Play in Unraveling D.C.’s Crime Lab?
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An investigation into troubles at the Department of Forensic Sciences reveals more details about its downfall.
Washington Post: Reckless driving classes, expanded traffic cameras among D.C. plans for bad drivers
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With traffic fatalities at a 14-year-high last year, D.C. looks to driver’s license points and other measures to reduce recklessness on city streets
Washington Post: Spotty communications oversight could endanger riders, Metro audit says
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Problems with the reliability, reach or management of Metro’s various communications systems have been identified since 2010
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Decades after local shops were razed, Ward 7 got a Lidl. Hooray?
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There were potent emotions outside the grand opening of D.C.’s first Lidl, and they weren’t all about the German grocery chain’s wunderbar selection of brats.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. sells McMillan site ahead of planned $720 million redevelopment
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After almost two decades envisioning a new life for the McMillan Sand Filtration Site, stops and starts, protests and repeated court battles, the District announced Thursday it has launched…
Washington Post: Spotty communications oversight could endanger riders, Metro audit says
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Problems with the reliability, reach or management of Metro’s various communications systems have been identified since 2010
DCist: D.C. To Offer Childhood Vaccinations At Five Free Clinics Starting Monday
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DC Health announced that it will partner with Children’s National Hospital to offer free childhood vaccinations at five clinics across the city. The initiative is meant to ensure any child who is…
DCist: Private-Sector Workers In D.C. To See Expansion Of Paid Family Leave
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Hundreds of thousands of private-sector workers in D.C. will be eligible for expanded paid leave benefits starting on Oct. 1.
Washington Post: Former Metro manager pleads guilty in nine-year fraud scheme
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Metro paid $1.3 million to a company that federal prosecutors said was involved in the conspiracy
DCist: D.C. Has A Lead Pipe Problem. A New Report Recommends Lawmakers Mandate Their Removal
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D.C. officials have been struggling to get lead out of the city’s drinking water since at least 2004, when one of the nation’s worst-ever crises of lead-contaminated water was uncovered here. Now,…
DCist: D.C. Health Runs Out Of Free Flu Shots At COVID Centers
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Like a beer and a shot or peanut butter and jelly, D.C.’s hottest recent pairing seemed to be the COVID-19 bivalent booster and flu shot — so much so that the city now says it’s run out of free doses…
City Paper: Mendelson Backs Bonds, McDuffie for At-Large, Racine Picks Silverman
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For even the most devoted D.C. politics junkie, it can be difficult to keep up with each and every campaign endorsement. And while voters probably shouldn’t entirely rely on what any single person or…
Washington Post: McDuffie, Silverman announce endorsements in at-large council race
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D.C. Council members Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5) and Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) rolled out high-profile endorsements this week in the race for the District’s two at-large seats as the November…
Washington Post: Lawmakers, residents blast D.C.’s 911 call center at council hearing
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The chairman of the D.C. Council’s public safety committee called for a “fundamental cultural shift” at the city’s 911 call center.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: How Lizzo came to play a president’s crystal flute on a D.C. stage
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A day before Lizzo’s public performance, she spent a private afternoon at the Library of Congress, playing several flutes from its impressive collection
City Paper: D.C. Could Soon Allow a Flood of Foreclosures, Even Though It Still Has Federal Relief Cash to Hand Out
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Advocates are urging the Council to protect struggling homeowners ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline.
DCist: D.C.’s First Lidl Opens At Skyland, Bringing A Supermarket To Ward 7
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It only took ten seconds to cut the ribbon on a project that was more than 10 years in the making.
WTOP: DC may join Maryland jurisdictions in allowing noncitizens to vote
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Legislation that would allow noncitizens to vote in local elections in the District quickly gained momentum Tuesday as a committee approved the bill, sending it to the full D.C. Council for…