Washington Business Journal: Walmart shutting down D.C. store on H Street NW
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) says it is closing down its oldest D.C. store.
DCist: Manchin Says He’ll Likely Vote With Republicans To Block D.C. Criminal Code Bill
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) says he will likely vote with Republicans to block a D.C. bill that overhauls the city’s criminal code, significantly raising the prospect that Congress could overturn a local city measure for the first…
District Links: Sen. Joe Manchin says he’ll vote with GOP to block DC’s Revised Criminal…
West Virginia's Joe Manchin is the first Democratic senator to express public support for the GOP-led effort to overturn the DC Council's Revised Criminal Code Act.
‘There’s just nothing else’: Why only one-third of displaced McPherson residents are in housing or…
It wasn’t the first time Moon has packed his life into his cobalt-blue backpack. Now middle-aged, he has left countless temporary homes since becoming homeless at 15. But this time, he was planning his next move in a city with a dwindling…
Washington Post: After violent weekend, D.C. homicides up 40 percent over last year
Five people were killed in three separate shootings in D.C. this weekend, including one which occurred near Audi Field during a soccer match, sending the city’s homicide count soaring to 40 percent above where it stood at the same time…
WTOP: DC unveils newer, bigger Emergency Operations Center
Emergency responders in D.C. have been busy in recent years — whether it’s at the city or federal level. Now, the next time things hit the fan, District and federal officials have an improved space to coordinate a response.
DCist: McDuffie Reintroduces Bill That Would Provide Reparations To Descendants Of Enslaved People
At-large D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie is re-upping a years-old effort to establish a reparations fund for Black D.C. residents.
DCist: Before A Non-Citizen Voting Bill In D.C. Became A Right-Wing Flashpoint, It Had A Long Local…
Earlier this month, prime time Fox News polemicist (and former D.C. resident) Tucker Carlson darkly told his audience of millions what he sees as an existential threat to the country.
Axios: D.C. cherry blossom trees face climate change threats
Cherry blossom season is on the way, but while the pink blossoms only last a few weeks, the changing climate is impacting them year round.
District Links: DC leaders hope unified response will sway senators against overturning local law;…
Local and federal officials cut the ribbon this morning on a new DC Emergency Operations Center, which features more space for convening government decision-makers and private-sector partners when responding to large-scale emergencies.
WTOP: Late-night Metrorail service will be reduced for weeks of maintenance
Metro will reduce its late weeknight service on four lines over the next three weeks to complete some needed maintenance, the transit system said Friday.
Washington Post: A D.C. drag event feared Proud Boy crashers. Residents came to defend it.
About 200 LGBTQ advocates, allies and others lined the street outside Crazy Aunt Helen’s, a Capitol Hill restaurant, to protect the Drag Storytime event happening inside
Washington Post: Tennessee senator gloms onto D.C. crime to force a vote
Resolution from Sen. Bill Hagerty puts Hill Democrats, D.C. Council and Biden in tough position
Washington Post: Bowser lobbies Senate amid worries about losing Democrats on D.C. home rule votes
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has petitioned Senate leaders to oppose a congressional effort to overturn a pair of D.C. bills as the city braces for Congress to potentially vote to undo local legislation for the first time in a generation.
WTOP: DC mayor urges US Senate not to block new criminal penalties
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is calling on the U.S. Senate not to vote for a resolution — already approved by the House — that would prevent the District from implementing a new criminal code that includes lighter mandatory penalties for some…
Washington Post: Metro to reduce late-night service for three weeks for maintenance work
The transit agency said four lines will be affected for the three-week project, which will start Monday
Washington Post Editorial Board: A last, best chance to fix the D.C. criminal code
A controversial overhaul of Washington’s criminal code needs to be fixed.
Washington Post Editorial Board: For D.C. housing voucher tenants, the rent is too damn high
There is nothing new about reports of waste, inefficiency and poor living conditions in public housing and related federal low-income housing assistance programs. Hardly any housing authority in the country has been free of such issues.…
Colbert I. King in The Post: Is D.C. juvenile justice a revolving door? We need to know.
Presidents’ Day weekend was no holiday for D.C. crime — and certainly no timeout for juvenile offenders. A fuller accounting of how both are handled by the city’s juvenile justice system is overdue.
Washington Post: D.C.’s Department of Buildings: New name, similar complaints
It’s been just under five months since the District’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs broke up into two smaller agencies — and reviews of the change, at least so far, are mixed.