WUSA9: Families in DC homeless shelter say they haven’t had heat for a week
WASHINGTON — With temperatures about to drop, some living in a D.C. homeless shelter for families are bracing for the cold. Residents have been flagging problem heating in the newly built facility for months.
WUSA9: 2 employees allege DC Police faking numbers, targeting minorities
Two MPD employees with a combined 45 years of experience claim supervisors retaliated when issues were brought forward.
ABC7: Georgetown’s Alzheimer’s clinic marks 20 years, but hopes research can make it…
WASHINGTON (WJLA) — It's estimated that one in 10 people 65 and over has Alzheimer's disease. That's nearly 6 million Americans.
Washington Times: No charges filed against D.C. agencies, personnel for role in fatal Kennedy St. NW…
None of the D.C. agencies or their personnel who failed to prevent a fatal fire in a cramped, illegal Northwest residence in August has faced any significant consequences or punishment, even as murder charges have been issued in the…
WAMU: Metro Board Weighs Fare Increases And Service Changes In Proposed Budget
The Metro Board met today to review the transit agency’s proposed 2021 budget, which includes possible fare hikes and bus and train service changes. The board also got an update on Silver Line construction hang-ups.
Washington Informer: Proposed Legislation Seeks Protection of Violence Interrupters
Legislation recently brought before the D.C. Council centers upon the city’s violence interrupters, not only because it’s named after a community member who trained for that job, but because it discourages acts of violence like that which…
Washington Informer: Pathways Program Promotes Fourth Cohort
The nearly two dozen young men who completed the fourth round of the Pathways Program spent nine weeks developing as professionals, learning essential life skills, and reflecting on past mistakes, all while bonding with one another and…
Washington Blade: Brett Parson to retire from D.C. Police
D.C. police announced in a statement on Thursday that Acting Lt. Brett Parson, the openly gay cop who has served for many years as head of the department’s LGBT Liaison Unit and currently serves as supervisor of the Special Liaison Branch…
Metro Weekly: MPD Special Liaison Branch Supervisor Brett Parson to retire after 26 years of service
Lt. David Hong will succeed Parson as SLB supervisor, which oversees MPD's LGBT Liaison Unit
DCist: Real Estate Developer Marcus Goodwin Announces Bid For Grosso’s Vacant At-Large Seat
Marcus Goodwin, a 30-year-old real estate developer, just joined a slew of other candidates running to fill David Grosso’s at-large seat on the D.C. Council.
DCist: ‘There Is No Plan For Us:’ D.C. Permanently Clears K Street Encampment, Displacing Dozens
At 9:45 a.m., Michael Harris finally asked for help.
Washington Post: D.C. clears longtime homeless encampment near Union Station
As the wind picked up Thursday morning, the District government had a message for those living in tents beneath a railroad underpass near Union Station: Whatever had brought them there, and wherever they were headed, it was time to go.
Washington Business Journal: Hilton launches new lifestyle brand with 60 hotels planned. D.C. is on…
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HLT) launched a new lifestyle brand Thursday with as many as 60 hotels in the pipeline, including in D.C.
Tireless advocate for homeless women and children to be honored by Georgetown University at MLK Day…
As a newborn fresh out of the hospital and the last of five children, Sandra Jackson lay in a bassinet in her family’s home on S Street in Northwest, her parents and siblings huddled around her. Jackson tears up as she recalls the story…
Washington Business Journal: A push to cancel the D.C. Housing Authority’s HQ redevelopment…
A push to unwind the D.C. Housing Authority’s redevelopment plans for its NoMa headquarters narrowly failed Thursday, leaving a long-awaited deal with several local prominent developers in place.
WTOP: Northeast DC homeless encampment cleared from K Street underpass
It was home to dozens of people living in tents under an underpass on K Street Northeast, near Union Station. Now, the tents have been removed, the sidewalks have been cleared and most of the homeless people have relocated one block away…
Washington Post: 14 states, D.C. and New York City sue to stop Trump plan to slash food stamps for…
A coalition of 14 states along with Washington, D.C., and New York City sued Thursday to block the Trump administration from cutting off food stamp benefits from nearly 700,000 unemployed people, the first of three such planned measures to…
Press Release: Modified Holiday Schedule for Select District Services
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
January 16, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The District of Columbia Government offices will be closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday, January 20,…
District Links: Homeless tents on K Street underpass cleared; head of Events DC makes about $300K…
Good Thursday afternoon. Homeless residents encamped at the K Street underpass were cleared out today, reports Eric Falquero of Street Sense:
DCist: Electrical Contractor Reaches $2.75 Million Settlement In D.C. Wage Theft Lawsuit
The D.C. Attorney General’s Office has reached its largest-ever settlement in a wage theft case, the office announced on Wednesday.