District Links: Wilson pool closed for emergency repairs after DC Health inspection; new lawsuit…
The Wilson Aquatic Center remains closed for emergency repairs days after DC Health inspectors found multiple regulatory violations, and officials haven't provided a timetable for when the popular indoor pool in Ward 3's Tenleytown…
After scathing HUD report, DCHA approves draft procurement policy
DC's beleaguered housing agency is taking steps toward overhauling its contracting policy, following a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) review published last fall that revealed many “systemic problems” with the…
jonetta rose barras: Protecting neighborhood commercial corridors
The disjointed mishmash of architecturally inferior structures mostly resembles a collection of shanties rather than outdoor cafes. There are concrete barriers and bollards that further distort Adams Morgan’s 18th Street NW commercial…
Washington Post: Two-thirds of McPherson Square homeless remain on street, D.C. says
The Park Service shut down the encampment, the largest in the nation’s capital, on Wednesday morning
DCist: Senate GOP Offers D.C. ‘Adult Supervision,’ Pushes To Overturn Criminal Code Bill
Senate Republicans are mounting a full offensive against a bill passed by the D.C. Council overhauling the city’s criminal code, pushing to follow the Republican-led House of Representatives’ move last week to block the bill from taking…
Washington Post: D.C. overpays landlords millions to house the city’s poorest
Paying above-market rents means fewer people are helped by the troubled housing authority
Associated Press: Park Service clears homeless encampment near White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — National Park Service employees on Wednesday swept through a large homeless encampment three blocks from the White House, tearing down dozens of tents and warning that people who resisted would be subject to arrest.
WTOP: Homeless encampment cleared a block from White House; dozens relocated
The National Park Service cleared a D.C. park just a block from the White House, where dozens of people had been living in tents in the small green space.
District Links: Senate fight looms over revised criminal code; WaPo investigation into housing…
The Tennessee senator who is leading efforts to block the Revised Criminal Code Act enacted by the DC Council says he now has the support of all 48 of his fellow Republicans in the Senate — setting up a scenario where just two Democrats…
WTOP: DC mayor proposes student funding increase as council chair criticizes cuts
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced plans Wednesday to increase per-student funding by about $500 in her proposed budget, detailing a $2.3 billion investment into the city’s more than 100,000 students in public and public charter schools.
Washington Post: St. Elizabeths Hospital settles lawsuit over water crisis, covid
St. Elizabeths Hospital patients settled a lawsuit with the District-owned psychiatric hospital and the city over allegations that the facility failed to provide needed care during an extended water outage in 2019 and the coronavirus…
WTOP: DC settles with St. Elizabeth’s patients after 28-day water outage
Four patients at D.C.’s St. Elizabeth’s psychiatric hospital who lived without water for 28 days and filed suit over the conditions have reached a settlement with the city.
Washington Post: D.C.’s largest homeless encampment is cleared, in shadow of White House
After two weeks of intense outreach and citywide hand-wringing over the future of the homeless campers at McPherson Square, the National Park Service evicted dozens of people from their downtown tents Wednesday morning and arrested two men…
DCist: Bowser Announces Increase In D.C. Schools Spending, But Budget Fight With D.C. Council Awaits
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday that she’s proposing a 5.05% increase in the amount of money allocated for each student in the city’s public and charter schools, amounting to an additional $144 million in funding.
WTOP: Congressional effort to block DC’s new criminal code intensifies
Congressional Republicans are pressing ahead with a legislative effort to prevent D.C. from implementing a new criminal code that would lighten maximum sentences for burglary, carjacking and robbery.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces 5.05% Increase to the Uniform Per Student Funding Formula,…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Public Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 15, 2023
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Enrique Gutierrez (DCPS)
Initial DCPS Budgets Posted and Shared with School…
Colbert I. King in The Post: When it comes to Congress, Bowser and the council must be on the same…
It should have come as no surprise when the House voted last week in favor of resolutions disapproving two D.C.-enacted bills — one allowing noncitizens to vote in D.C. elections and a second revising the city’s criminal code. House…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces New Resources for Connecting Black Washingtonians to…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor; Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development; DC Department of Housing and Community Development; DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking
FOR IMMEDIATE…
DCist: ‘It’s Inhumane’: McPherson Square Homeless Encampment Cleared, Leaving Some Residents With…
The National Park Service on Wednesday cleared a large homeless encampment at McPherson Square, despite pushback and calls for a delay from some D.C. lawmakers and numerous homeless advocacy groups.
City Paper: Prior to McPherson Encampment Clearing, D.C. Officials Twice Refused Offers of Aid from…
District leaders say they hope to find housing for the park’s residents, but they wouldn’t accept help from prominent nonprofits.