District Links: Bowser to unveil budget proposal; sportsbook opens for bets at Capital One Arena; and more
Mayor Muriel Bowser will unveil her proposed budget for the next fiscal year on Thursday morning.
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District Links: Black residents make up over 80% of DC’s recent COVID cases; AG Racine files antitrust suit against Amazon; and more
The pandemic’s racial disparity has widened in DC, where more than 80% of people newly infected with the coronavirus are Black residents.
District Links: Mayor proposes $400 million investment in affordable housing; director of Housing Authority is out; and more
Mayor Muriel Bowser pledged Monday to spend $400 million for affordable housing — a record amount that would be spread out over the next year and a half.
District Links: Bowser admin opposes shrinking size of DC police, expresses openness to other reform proposals; DC nightlife reopens; and more
The Bowser administration is opposing calls to reduce the size of the Metropolitan Police Department.
District Links: Some DC schools could lose librarians despite attempt to avoid budget cuts; Bowser names chair of turbulent arts commish; and more
Despite Mayor Muriel Bowser's pledge to avoid budget cuts to schools, some public schools may be reopening next fall without a librarian.
District Links: Head of troubled forensics department to resign; Buttigieg visits Frederick Douglass Bridge project site; and more
The director of DC's Department of Forensic Sciences is resigning in the wake of the crime lab losing its accreditation last month.
District Links: Eviction moratorium stays in place for now; lawmakers approve Comprehensive Plan changes; and more
The DC Council opted Tuesday not to lift DC's moratorium on evictions ahead of a Friday hearing on the city's pandemic recovery.
District Links: DC excludes fully vaccinated from much of its mask mandate; lawmakers to take up ban on eviction filings Tuesday; and more
Most aspects of the District's mask mandate will no longer apply to people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, in line with the latest federal guidance, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday.
District Links: DC to lift restrictions on restaurants, most other businesses May 21; unemployment payment issues persist; and more
DC will take a giant step toward reopening on May 21 when it allows restaurants and most other businesses to operate at full capacity and bars and nightclubs at 50% capacity.
District Links: Restaurants seek more clarity on reopening plans; Washingtonian staff go on publishing strike after CEO’s op-ed; and more
Restaurants and businesses are restless over the city’s pace of relaxing pandemic restrictions, saying it is slowing down their recovery. Two council members are calling on the mayor to present a clear reopening plan.
District Links: Debate swirls over dancing ban at weddings; DC Council bill would reinforce MPD’s no-chase policy; and more
The wedding industry is upset over the District's ban on dancing at weddings, and the sentiment is only exacerbated given that the city itself allows dance programs at public facilities operated by the Department of Parks and Recreation.
District Links: Democratic Governors Association makes Bowser a member; MPD officer who fought rioters on Jan. 6 calls for more recognition; and more
Mayor Muriel Bowser is now a card-carrying member of the Democratic Governors Association.
District Links: DC Council rejects expanded subsidy for United Medical Center; revised Comprehensive Plan passes first vote; and more
The DC Council balked at the Bowser administration’s request to pump more money into the only full-service hospital east of the Anacostia River — United Medical Center, which is teetering while a replacement won’t be ready for years.
District Links: DC has new mask rules for fully vaccinated; homicides continue to climb as city launches summer crime-fighting campaign; and more
Mayor Muriel Bowser released updated mask rules for fully vaccinated people over the weekend after a staff error caused confusion about changes to the face covering mandate.
District Links: Joe Manchin deals new setback for statehood bill; DC officials wonder if census undercounted population; and more
Joe Manchin seemingly stabbed hopes for DC statehood when the moderate Democratic senator said recently that he would “never” support eliminating the filibuster. He twisted that dagger on Friday by saying he does not support the statehood…
District Links: Racine offers to seal arrest records for 220 detained during George Floyd protests; MPD hackers stand down on leak threat; and more
DC Attorney General Karl Racine said Thursday he is offering to seal the arrest records of about 220 people whom police took into custody for violating a curfew during protests over the police killing of George Floyd last June.
District Links: DC announces hours for Saturday’s walk-up vaccine clinics; funeral held for Liz Davis, former teachers union chief; and more
The city announced hours for 11 walk-up coronavirus vaccination clinics that won't require appointments starting this Saturday. All residents aged 18 and older who haven't yet been vaccinated will have the chance to get a shot at the…
District Links: DC police use-of-force incidents declined in 2020, watchdog says; MPD chief responds to computer network hacking; and more
Reported use-of-force incidents in the Metropolitan Police Department decreased for the first time in five years by 22% last year, according to a new report from the independent DC Office of Police Complaints.
District Links: DC population up 14.6% since 2010, census data shows; 11 mass-vaccination sites will take walk-ups as of Saturday; and more
DC’s population grew 14.6% between 2010 and 2020, according to new data released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The District has 689,545 residents, the 2020 count found — up dramatically from the 601,723 people who called DC home in…
District Links: DC doesn’t yet plan to end the 23-hour-a-day lockdown at DC Jail; homicides up 42%; and more
DC doesn't have plans to ease what is effectively a kind of solitary confinement for 23 hours of the day for the approximately 1,500 inmates at the DC Jail.