Washington Post: D.C.’s first elected AG leaves behind transformed office, unfinished fights
The District’s first-ever elected attorney general hurtled toward his last day in office with the relentlessness of a man whose work remains unfinished.
DCist: At Summit, Bowser Shares ‘Anxiety’ Over Crime And Asks Neighborhood Leaders For Ideas
Mayor Muriel Bowser on Saturday hosted a frank and nuanced summit on crime and public safety in D.C. with dozens of neighborhood officials, noting that while overall rates of violent crime have been declining, guns have become a growing…
District Links: Bowser talks about anxiety over crime at citywide ANC summit; DC struggles with bus…
Local officials are scheduled to join Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware for a press conference on Tuesday morning to announce his reintroduction of the DC statehood bill.
Press Release: Norton Says Tax Filing Season is Reminder that D.C. Residents Remain Under Taxation…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
January 23, 2023
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
D.C. pays more in federal taxes than 23 states and more in overall federal taxes per capita than any state
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Kicks Off Tax Season by Highlighting Resources for District Residents to…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 23, 2023
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Art Swift (DISB)
Residents Encouraged to…
Patricia Brantley: DC needs to look beyond recovery and set a vision for excellent schools
It’s not surprising that so much of the conversation in education right now is focused on recovering from the academic damage that students sustained over the past few years, especially our students of color and students deemed “at-risk.”…
Washington Post: Mayor invokes D.C.’s darkest years at meeting on anxiety over crime
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said the sound of gunfire in D.C. neighborhoods reminds her of the 1990s crack epidemic
Washington Post: Regulator approves Metro plan for less-frequent rail-car inspections
The decision came days after a public dust-up between Metro and the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission
City Paper: Discarded Housing Authority Commissioners Are Cynical About the Future of the Agency
What was it like for the most outspoken D.C. Housing Authority commissioners to watch as politicians removed them from the board?
DCist: Students With Disabilities Face Barrage Of School Bus Delays In D.C.
Hundreds of buses that transport kids to schools around D.C. have experienced significant delays since the start of the month, leaving parents scrambling to get their kids to and from school everyday.
DCist: Tiny Little D.C. Has More Green Buildings Than Most States
The District has long been a leader in terms of green buildings — buildings that highly efficient and require little energy to stay warm in the winter and cool in the summer. In 2022, D.C. certified more green building square footage than…
Colbert I. King in The Post: D.C.’s crime problem is not the criminal code. It runs much deeper.
A 15-year-old, shot while standing outside a carryout in Southeast D.C. on Tuesday evening, drew a gun from his waistband and fired multiple times in the direction of his assailant, who fled on foot. But the teen’s gunfire struck…
District Links: Revised criminal code is latest target of House GOP; forensics lab reform bill…
Mayor Muriel Bowser's inaugural remarks are drawing another round of attention, with Politico Magazine writing today about her plea to the White House to reduce the federal government's footprint downtown unless more of its workers return…
jonetta rose barras: A city traumatized by crime
I am on the telephone listening to my granddaughter discuss the week’s events. Normally she is a confident, self-assured, sassy high schooler with opinions about everything. Today, however, I hear something else in her voice: anxiety.
A…
City Paper: Bowser Lets Crime Lab Reform Legislation Become Law Without Her Signature
The mayor raised a variety of concerns about the bill, but avoided a symbolic veto of legislation overhauling the lab.
WTOP: Preparing for the next pandemic, DC hospital opens biocontainment unit
Using lessons learned from COVID-19, MedStar Washington Hospital Center opened a unique facility designed to stop diseases from spreading.
DCist: Regal To Close Gallery Place Movie Theater, Two Others In Maryland
The corporate parent of movie theater chain Regal says it will close the Gallery Place Stadium 14 theater in downtown D.C. next month as part of a broader wave of theater closures that are taking place as part of bankruptcy proceedings.
DCist: D.C. Council Bill Aims To Use Sound Detection And Cameras To Issue Tickets To Loud Vehicles
First, there were speed cameras. Then came red light cameras and stop sign cameras. Now, some D.C. councilmembers want to try a new type of “camera” to identify, and ultimately ticket, noisy vehicles.
Washington Post: D.C. Council to consider new free proposal: School lunch
The effort would serve free meals to students in traditional public, charter and participating private schools
Washington Post: D.C. braces for barrage of Republican intervention in local governance
D.C. braces for barrage of Republican intervention in local governance