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
Axios: A D.C. nonprofit is bridging the gap for LGBTQ+ youth
SMYAL, a nonprofit in Eastern Market, is working to bridge the gap left by Casa Ruby, the once high-profile group serving LGBTQ+ people that shut down abruptly last summer.
District Links: Report eyes revenue lost because of DC’s lack of statehood; McDuffie’s…
The lack of DC statehood means a loss of up to $3.2 billion annually in potential revenue, according to the estimate developed by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute in a new analysis released this morning.
WTOP: DC explores idea to photograph and fine excessively noisy vehicles
Hope may be on the horizon for D.C. residents exasperated with the sound of loud vehicles disrupting their lives round-the-clock: One lawmaker has a plan to find and fine the offenders.
City Paper: Kenyan McDuffie Tanked a Ceremonial Resolution for Karl Racine
Racine twice supported McDuffie’s political rivals, and now McDuffie is blocking a resolution honoring the former attorney general.
WTOP: By 1 measure, DC leads nation in green building
If D.C. were a state, it would top the list of new LEED-certified building projects per capita in 2022, according to new rankings.
DCist: D.C. Moves Forward With New Anti-Suicide Barriers On Taft Bridge
The D.C. Department of Transportation is moving forward with a plan to place anti-suicide barriers on the William Howard Taft Bridge, the 115-year-old span that carries Connecticut Avenue across Rock Creek Park.