Washington Post: Bowser ousts director of youth rehabilitation services
The move upset some juvenile justice advocates, who said they had been impressed with Hilary Cairns’s work
DCist: Nurses At The George Washington University Hospital Are Organizing A Union
Registered nurses at the George Washington University Hospital are working to form a union, with the D.C. Nurses Association as its bargaining representative, according to DCNA executive director Edward Smith.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Celebrates the Opening of The Ethel, a Permanent Supportive Housing…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
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February 13, 2023
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District Links: Bowser cuts ribbon on 100 units for people exiting homelessness; DCPS blasted for…
Mayor Muriel Bowser joined former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend this morning to celebrate the opening of The Ethel, an apartment building in Hill East that will house people formerly experiencing homelessness.
Washington Post: Here’s how D.C. is changing what is taught in social studies
For the past several months, the D.C. State Board of Education has been drafting a new set of social studies standards for the city’s 96,000 students, an exercise that hasn’t been done since 2006.
Washington Post: D.C. school leaders under fire after awarding contracts without council approval
D.C.'s public school system is under fire after awarding multimillion-dollar contracts to food service and other vendors, repeatedly flouting a city law that requires approval from lawmakers.
Washington Post Editorial Board: It’s time to clear out the McPherson Square encampment
On a February morning, a 54-year-old resident of the McPherson Square homeless encampment shuffles around her tent, grabbing wrappers and dropping them in a nearby trash receptacle. She doesn’t feel comfortable coming out at night, when…
DCist: Hirshhorn Museum Launches Reality TV Show To Find America’s Next Top Artist
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is launching a reality television program called The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist that will air on MTV and the Smithsonian Channel this spring.
DCist: Union Kitchen Workers Win Back Pay In National Labor Relations Board Settlement
Union organizers at Union Kitchen locations in the D.C. region have settled a dispute with the food accelerator and retailer, which officials said had engaged in union-busting tactics outlined in an extensive complaint last fall.
Axios: D.C. mayor stands by as Congress intervenes in crime law
Congress is closer to overturning a D.C. law for the first time since 1991, after the House on Thursday approved blocking controversial reforms to the city’s criminal code. And Mayor Muriel Bowser might be fine with that.
Washington Post: Cities like D.C. have funds to house the homeless. They need staff.
Staffing shortages are hampering efforts to house the dozens of people living in the District’s largest homeless encampment, as the National Park Service readies to shut down McPherson Square at the city’s behest on Wednesday.
District Links: House votes of disapproval spur political, historical explanations; advocates…
With about 100 beds in the city's homeless shelters available but unused each night, the DC Department of Human Services says there's no danger of maxing out the system's capacity, but advocates are predicting that the District may indeed…
DC on path to fill homeless shelters in 2023, advocates warn
Close observers of DC’s homeless services are predicting the city’s shelters may be full by midyear as a potential rise in demand for beds coincides with the shuttering of some shelter programs.
Next week, the National Park Service…
jonetta rose barras: School boundaries are more than just geographic lines
DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson may have been right to persuade his colleagues to use the 2023 Budget Support Act to mandate a DC Public Schools (DCPS) boundary study — but not so much on his narrow perspective on its scope. The resulting…
Colie Levar Long: Listen to a former prisoner — longer sentences don’t work
At the core of opposition to the District of Columbia’s proposed new code of criminal laws — the subject of a mayoral veto overridden by the council, and more recently a resolution of disapproval passed by the House — is a commonly…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: House GOP vote blocking D.C. local bills isn’t politics. It’s prejudice.
The Republican-led 118th Congress blocked floor privileges to D.C. Mayor Bowser, other leaders of color who govern 4.3 million U.S. citizens
City Paper: Bowser Administration Officials Advance McPherson Square Clearing With Help from NPS
Advocates believe officials are rushing ahead with the clearing instead of taking the time to help house the camp’s residents.
DCist: Two Of D.C.’s Violence Prevention Offices To Operate Under One Director
Mayor Muriel Bowser has appointed Linda Harllee Harper as the Executive Director of the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. She will take on the new role while continuing to lead a separate department: the Office of Gun Violence…
Washington Post: Two D.C. public safety agencies will now be under one director
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Thursday that she is shaking up the organization of her public safety agencies, putting the Office of Gun Violence Prevention and the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement under a single…
Associated Press: House votes to overturn DC criminal code and voting laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House has launched the first salvo in what could be a long-running feud with the District of Columbia over self-government in the nation’s capital.