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Matthew Frumin’s idea to buy the old Whittle campus for MacArthur High School has received mixed reviews
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Axios: Outside probe of D.C. sexual harassment scandal is delayed
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An independent investigation into the John Falcicchio sexual harassment scandal has failed to launch.
Washington Post Editorial Board: How to fight crime without scaling back officer accountability
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With crime a top concern among Americans, cities and states are looking back at the reforms many embraced following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. The trick will be…
Colbert I. King in The Post: An alleged offender on policing in D.C.? ‘Call them — they won’t do anything.’
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Monday’s disgusting attack on D.C. day-care teachers walking with 24 toddlers was shocking enough. But even more troubling was the way the alleged perpetrator seemed so confident he had no reason to…
Axios: D.C. mayor needs $16 million to pay police for overtime
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D.C. cops are working so much overtime that the mayor needs to shuffle more than $16 million in funding to cover their budget.
WTOP: How a new grant helps some DC kids prepare for college while they’re in middle school
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For the last two years, students at Kramer Middle School in D.C. have had the opportunity to go on trips for college tours.
Washington Post: Advocates urge D.C. to find new ways to stem rising opioid deaths
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The opioid crisis should command more of mayor’s attention, advocates said, as a commission begins to decide how to use $80 million in settlement dollars
DCist: D.C.’s Opioid Crisis Is Worse Than Ever. Residents, Lawmakers Say Bowser Isn’t Doing Enough
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More than a dozen residents, doctors, and public health professionals testified before the D.C. Council on Thursday, supporting a long-held demand that Mayor Muriel Bowser declare a public health…
DCist: Medical Providers At Unity Health Care, D.C.’s Largest Community Health Center, Move To Unionize
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Medical providers at Unity Health Care, the District’s largest federally-qualified health center that serves tens of thousands of the city’s most vulnerable patients, are trying to form a union.
DCist: ‘Like A Tiny Cog In A Broken Machine’: Overtime, Mismanagement Plummet Morale And Push Cops Out Of MPD
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When you walk into Mike Savage’s house in Waldorf, Maryland, one of the first things you see is a table full of medals, awards, and photos — a shrine to his career as a police officer.
Washington Post: D.C. releases ‘highest ever’ school enrollment figures
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The preliminary data show D.C. continues to outpace pre-pandemic growth in schools
Theresa Vargas in The Post: A Day of the Dead altar in D.C. will honor a traitor, and be stunning
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The ofrenda at the Mexican Cultural Institute will have all the traditional elements and pay tribute to a woman whose legacy shows the complexity of history
WTOP: Should 1,200 trees be removed from Rock Creek Park to better the golf course?
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You now have until Nov. 4 to submit feedback on a proposed plan to remove 1,200 trees from Rock Creek Park in D.C.
WTOP: Acting police chief’s nomination unanimously approved by DC Council’s public safety committee
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Acting police Chief Pamela Smith’s nomination to become the permanent leader of the District’s police force has been approved by a key D.C. Council committee. The nomination now heads for a final…
DCist: These D.C. Police Officers Work So Much Overtime They Out-Earn The Mayor
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There’s overtime pay, and then there’s this. A small group of MPD officers works 12-18 hours nearly every day. What’s going on?
Axios: D.C. mayor shakes up staff as Commanders stadium search heats up
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Mayor Bowser is doubling down on building a new football stadium at RFK, freeing up her top confidant to focus on it and hiring consultants who worked on Nats Park.
DCist: D.C. Council Considers Grant Program To Fund Local News Outlets
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The D.C. Council is considering a bill that would provide grant funding to revive and sustain local news outlets amid declining revenues, increased layoffs, and shuttering newsrooms. Councilmembers…
DCist: Golf Course Project Would Clear-Cut 8 Acres Of Forest In Rock Creek Park
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The 18-hole golf course in Rock Creek Park is in dire need of rehabilitation: 4 holes are completely unplayable, fairways are overgrown, and the turf has large patches of bare dirt. But a project to…
Axios: How Mayor Bowser’s “drug-free zones” would work in D.C.
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A "gray market" of marijuana sales and other drugs on the street are "fueling violence" in Washington, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday — as she sought to enact new policing measures.
DCist: Police Reform Rollbacks, Drug-Free Zones: What’s In Bowser’s Latest Public Safety Bill
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser introduced a public safety package on Monday reneging on several police reform measures passed in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, including restrictions to…