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District Links: DC’s sports-betting app ran a $4M deficit last year, DCist reports; former DCHA chair resigns from DowntownDC BID post; and more

Chris Kain Mar 4, 2022 119

Doubts about the District's sports betting program continue to swirl as initial revenue estimates fall short for its GambetDC app — and particularly amid news that the app even ran a $4 million deficit last year.

District Links: DC Health shifts to weekly COVID-19 updates using new metrics; DC to boost paid-leave benefits while cutting payroll tax; and more

Chris Kain Mar 3, 2022 44

DC Health is replacing its daily data updates on COVID-19 cases with a weekly report that corresponds with the metrics outlined last week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

District Links: DCPS says students, staff can go maskless outdoors at school; DC Council restricts government use of WhatsApp; and more

Chris Kain Mar 2, 2022 38

DC Public Schools will no longer require students and staff to wear masks while they are outside.

District Links: CFO boosts revenue estimates again; waitlist stymies DC home repair program; scaled-back mask mandate takes effect; and more

Chris Kain Mar 1, 2022 69

The start of meteorological spring coincides with the arrival of new revenue estimates from the District's top finance official, who expects the government to bring in $148.8 million more in fiscal year 2022 than anticipated three months…

District government

New legislation mandates access to free period products for DC students

Elise Kline Mar 1, 2022 920

When Juliana Lopez enters the bathroom at her high school in need of a pad, the 17-year-old junior at Columbia Heights Educational Campus is often left empty-handed. Lopez recounted urgently needing to visit the school nurse for a pad…

District Links: Security fencing makes return around U.S. Capitol; DC auditor looks into DOES overtime practices amid employee complaints; and more

Chris Kain Feb 28, 2022 65

With President Joe Biden's State of the Union address coming up tomorrow, fencing around the U.S. Capitol is being reinstalled amid concern about possible demonstrations related to trucker convoys headed to the area.

District Links: DC leaders highlight Supreme Court nominee’s local ties; DC tourism chief predicts resurgence starting this spring; and more

Chris Kain Feb 25, 2022 42

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson — President Joe Biden's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, where she would become the first Black woman to serve as a justice — has multiple ties to the District.

District Links: Bowser brings back former OUC director to head 911 agency again; NPS agrees to pull Melvin Hazen’s name from park, trail; and more

Chris Kain Feb 24, 2022 81

Karima Holmes is returning to the helm of the agency that runs the District's 911 and 311 call center — a post she previously held for five years, drawing acclaim from some but criticism from others.

District Links: National Guard to help with traffic control ahead of trucker convoys; Democratic primary in Ward 3 becomes more crowded; and more

Editor Feb 23, 2022 43

Amid uncertainty about what to expect from trucker convoys headed to the Washington area, the Pentagon has agreed to deploy National Guard troops to help with traffic control in DC in the coming days.

District government

DC Council cites rent relief as one priority for the District’s $923.8 million in unallocated funds

Annemarie Cuccia Feb 22, 2022 756

DC has hundreds of millions of dollars in unallocated money, and legislators are hoping to convince Mayor Muriel Bowser how to best spend it. The District had a budget surplus of $566 million during fiscal year 2021, which ended…

District Links: Head of Bowser admin’s violence interruption efforts departs ONSE; safety audit faults Metro’s emergency response; and more

Chris Kain Feb 22, 2022 112

Amid rising concern about violent crime in DC, the founding director of the District's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement — which runs the mayor's violence interruption program — has resigned.

District Links: Nadeau pulls bill to reinstate vax mandate, lacking enough votes; WaPo poll shows a drop in Bowser’s approval rating; and more

Chris Kain Feb 18, 2022 64

The DC Council isn't voting today after all on whether to reinstate the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for admission to restaurants, bars and a variety of other venues.

District Links: DC breaks ground on newly named Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center in Ward 8; MPD suspends lieutenant amid investigation; and more

Chris Kain Feb 17, 2022 65

After years of negotiations and sometimes tense debate about a new hospital on the St. Elizabeths East campus, Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials enjoyed a victory lap with a midday groundbreaking celebrating what's been newly…

District Links: Council to vote Friday whether to restore vaccine mandate; DC had fewer deaths of people experiencing homelessness in 2021; and more

Chris Kain Feb 16, 2022 69

The DC Council will vote Friday on whether to reinstate a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for admission to restaurants, bars, health clubs, sports and entertainment venues.

District government

Housing advocates propose solutions to ‘inefficient’ DCHA processes for vouchers

Annemarie Cuccia Feb 16, 2022 1,971

Housing advocates across the District are demanding that the DC Housing Authority (DCHA) reform the way it administers housing vouchers so people experiencing homelessness can be matched sooner with a place to live. On Feb. 9, DCHA’s Board…

District Links: Bowser’s decision to drop mask, vaccine mandates draws flak; Alex Rodriguez part of group set to acquire Trump Hotel lease; and more

Chris Kain Feb 15, 2022 69

In place for a month, the District's vaccination mandate for admission to restaurants, bars, sports and entertainment venues, health clubs and certain other places is no longer in effect, though businesses may continue to require proof of…

District Links: Bowser drops vaccine mandate as of Tuesday, mask mandate as of March 1; emergency repairs close part of Roosevelt Bridge; and more

Chris Kain Feb 14, 2022 60

With COVID-19 cases in the District down by about 90% from their peak in late December and early January, Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced an end to the indoor mask mandate as of March 1. She also is dropping the vaccination requirement…

District Links: Ward 3’s Mary Cheh says she won’t seek a fifth term after all; questions arise over KN95 masks being handed out by DC; and more

Chris Kain Feb 11, 2022 105

Joining what's been called the Great Resignation, Ward 3's Mary Cheh has announced that she won't seek a fifth term on the DC Council after all.

District Links: DC risks removal from national group that helps update voter rolls; most COVID-19 coordinator posts at DCPS still vacant; and more

Chris Kain Feb 10, 2022 44

The upcoming budget season is coinciding with a mayoral campaign and public safety concerns stemming from a rise in homicides and carjackings in recent years.

District Links: Shell found at Fort Totten was WWI chemical munition, WTOP reports; Senate eases ‘vacancy crisis’ by confirming 7 DC judges; and more

Chris Kain Feb 9, 2022 97

An unexploded shell found in 2020 on National Park Service land near the Fort Totten Metro station may be linked to the World War I-era chemical weapons testing facilities that many decades later forced a prolonged cleanup in Spring…

District Links: DC reports mixed results in battle against HIV amid coronavirus pandemic; DC gets its second statue at the U.S. Capitol; and more

Chris Kain Feb 8, 2022 82

Pierre L'Enfant is headed to the U.S. Capitol later this month — an arrival at least two decades in the making.

District Links: Mayor announces 5.9% rise in per pupil funding for FY 2023; Bezos suggests Toni Morrison Auditorium at MLK Library; and more

Chris Kain Feb 7, 2022 107

Mayor Muriel Bowser won't present her proposed fiscal year 2023 budget until mid-March, but she announced today that it will include a 5.9% increase to the Uniform Per Student Funding Formula as well as a $36 million "recovery fund" to…

District Links: Chief Contee says MPD doesn’t have an FOIA ‘watchlist’; name change inspires talk of new Commanders home at RFK site; and more

Chris Kain Feb 4, 2022 56

The branding debut of the Washington Commanders may have drawn mixed reviews in recent days, but it is helping the long-standing debate over a new stadium in DC command attention once again.

District government

Children at risk: Plea bargains bring doubts about whether there’s justice for victims of fatal abuse and neglect

jonetta rose barras Feb 4, 2022 1,024

Federal prosecutors last week secured guilty pleas in the brutal deaths of two DC children. But some advocates and officials say the potential penalties are far too lax. U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and DC Police Chief Robert J.…

District Links: Lawsuit says MPD slowed FOIA responses to its critics; Senate eases DC Courts’ vacancy crisis by confirming 3 judges; and more

Chris Kain Feb 3, 2022 79

A new lawsuit claims that the Metropolitan Police Department has slowed its response to Freedom of Information Act requests from reporters, attorneys and community leaders deemed to have embarrassed or criticized the department.

District Links: Council votes to send $10K+ in supplemental pay to DC child care workers; CFO releases DC’s 25th consecutive ‘clean’ audit; and more

Chris Kain Feb 2, 2022 53

DC's budget season is getting underway with yesterday's release of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.

District Links: DC Health updates ‘test-to-stay’ guidance; Howard, UDC among HBCUs facing bomb threats; opioid overdoses kill 3 in one day; and more

Chris Kain Feb 1, 2022 37

DC Health issued new guidance yesterday on "test-to-stay" programs at schools, as well as amended protocols for ending isolation after a positive COVID-19 test result.

District Links: Vote to name Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library’s auditorium after Jeff Bezos draws criticism; carjackings soar in 2021; and more

Chris Kain Jan 31, 2022 86

Broadly hailed for the renovation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library downtown, the DC Public Library system is drawing flak for a plan to rename one of the facility's upgraded spaces in recognition of Amazon co-founder,…

District Links: Bowser admin seeks eminent domain for new Ward 7 grocery at site leased to Walmart; remembering the Knickerbocker disaster; and more

Chris Kain Jan 28, 2022 58

Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking to use eminent domain to revive a long-dormant mixed-use project along East Capitol Street in Ward 7 and ensure it includes a full-service grocery store.

District Links: Bowser extends indoor mask mandate; H Street’s Big Board faces license suspension for ignoring vaccine, mask requirements; and more

Chris Kain Jan 27, 2022 44

Mayor Muriel Bowser has extended the District's indoor mask mandate through Feb. 28, in part to coincide with cold winter temperatures likely to facilitate the spread of COVID-19 by keeping people inside.

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District Links: Now mayor-elect, Janeese Lewis George names transition team; council panel advances 911 call center…

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After easily prevailing in yesterday's general election, Janeese Lewis George emerged as mayor-elect, and today she announced her transition team as well as a new jobs portal for people interested in…

District Links: Councilmember Christina Henderson switches from independent to Democrat; feds submit concept plan for…

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Independent at-large Councilmember Christina Henderson this morning announced that she has switched her party registration to affiliate once again with the Democratic Party — doing so in the wake of…

District Links: DC begins $19M modernization of Ward 4’s Upshur Rec Center; task force calls for feds to give DC…

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Mayor Muriel Bowser helped break ground this morning on a $19 million modernization of Ward 4's Upshur Recreation Center and the adjoining outdoor pool — a project that will expand a facility that…

District Links: Robert White’s campaign confirms he’ll resign from council on Monday; DC considers lawsuit…

Oct 30, 2026 113

Robert White, the Democratic nominee to become DC's delegate to the House of Representatives, announced yesterday that he will resign as an at-large member of the DC Council effective Monday in order…

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