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TGIF. A DC judge rejected the police union's request to block provisions of the city's new police reform law that require police body camera footage and names of officers involved in a death or serious injury to be released within five…

Happy Wednesday. Progressive candidate Ed Lazere has built a large war chest in his bid for an at-large DC Council seat, reporting nearly $315,000 in cash on hand with the help of public campaign financing.

Happy Tuesday. DC has had 121 homicides so far this year — a 21% increase from the same period in 2019, when the District ended up with its highest annual total in more than a decade. At least 570 people have been shot in the city in 2020,…

TGIF. With the DC Council's emergency public safety reform legislation now in effect, Mayor Muriel Bowser today released edited body camera footage in three high-profile killings of Black men by Metropolitan Police Department officers in…

Happy Wednesday. A day after DC landed onto the New York region's quarantine list for visitors, Mayor Muriel Bowser urged District residents to avoid unnecessary travel — particularly to 27 high-risk states — and adjusted a key measure…

Happy Monday. DC released a list of 27 coronavirus "high-risk" states today, requiring anyone traveling from them to self-quarantine for 14 days.

TGIF. Beginning next Monday, DC will require people coming from "high-risk areas" to self-quarantine for 14 days, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today. While the city hasn't released a list of places under the order — Maryland and Virginia…

Happy Tuesday. Fans of DC Council budget debates will get an extra showing this week, with a key second vote on the local budget postponed until Thursday after skirmishing this afternoon that lawmakers themselves characterized as a…

Happy Monday. In advance of the DC Council's final vote on the local budget tomorrow, Mayor Muriel Bowser is fighting against cuts to the police department.

Happy Thursday. DC officials gave themselves another two weeks to decide whether DC Public Schools will offer in-person instruction on a staggered schedule this fall.

Happy Wednesday. Tax Day usually falls on or around DC Emancipation Day, but last-minute filers are rushing in the midsummer heat thanks to the reprieve from the customary April deadline. Now, just less than two weeks removed from…

Happy Tuesday. Police Chief Peter Newsham reacted to the District hitting over 100 homicides, noting in brief remarks at a press conference yesterday that "we definitely need to think about what we’re doing right now, because it’s not…

Happy Monday. Washington's football team officially announced today it will be changing its name.

TGIF. After independent at-large Council member David Grosso called for the ousting of Police Chief Peter Newsham, Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday defended DC's top cop and called Grosso a "lame duck."

Happy Thursday. DC may join two states soon in allowing felons in prison to vote — and become the first jurisdiction to restore the vote for incarcerated residents — under an emergency bill approved by the DC Council this week.

Happy Wednesday. The DC Council gave initial approval yesterday to a budget that aims to make up plummeting revenue due to the pandemic in part by increasing taxes on gasoline and some businesses, but lawmakers voted down a proposal to…

Happy Monday. The owner of Washington's NFL franchise, Dan Snyder, announced last Friday the team will review its name, after stadium sponsor FedEx urged a change and Nike wiped out all of the team's merchandise from its online store shop.…

Happy Thursday. FedEx, which has naming rights for the Washington football team's stadium, has announced it wants the franchise to change its name. "We have communicated to the team in Washington our request that they change the team…

Happy July. DC statehood doesn't have a shot at passing the GOP-controlled Senate, but Republicans are nonetheless ratcheting up their rhetoric against enfranchising the District's residents, with some comments seen as painting…

Happy Tuesday. The NAACP announced yesterday it will move its headquarters from Baltimore to a particularly meaningful DC location: the site of the building that heralded the rebirth of the neighborhood around 14th and U streets NW.