While mourning people who died unhoused in 2022, advocates call for change
For the 10th year in a row, dozens of people gathered on the longest night of the year to remember District residents who died without a home, often without fanfare or memorial services.
This year’s Homeless Memorial Vigil, held…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Questions in D.C. youth’s death: ‘To de-escalate … you don’t bring a gun’
Karon Blake, 13, was out late on a D.C. block that’s between his middle school and a Franciscan monastery.
Washington Post: D.C.’s five-year economic strategy: equity and population growth
D.C. leaders unveiled a plan Monday for economic growth with an emphasis on adding jobs and population — including a first-time goal of retaining current residents.
City Paper: Brian Schwalb Isn’t Shying Away from Conflict with Muriel Bowser So Far. How Much Will…
The new attorney general is already challenging the mayor on one hot-button issue. Could there be more fights to come?
Washington Post: Pressure mounts on D.C. police to name resident who killed 13-year-old
As classmates and others mourned the 13-year-old killed in Northeast Washington over the weekend, pressure built for D.C. authorities to publicly identify and charge the man who told police he fatally shot the youth after seeing him…
WTOP: District of Comebacks? Mayor Bowser unveils plans to revitalize jobs, residency, downtown
As D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser begins her third term, she’s determined to revitalize the city with more jobs and more residents, especially downtown.
DCist: Bowser Sets Goal Of Increasing D.C.’s Population And Black Incomes Over Next Five Years
Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday outlined an ambitious plan to increase D.C.’s population by some 55,000 residents, grow the median income of Black households by $25,000, and put almost all residents east of the Anacostia River within a mile…
WTOP: ‘Thou shalt not kill’ posters coming to DC. Can they help curb gun violence?
Amid recent gun violence that the police chief has called “completely unacceptable,” local community leaders are hoping an age-old commandment, printed on a red and white cardboard sign, will help stem the bloodshed.
DCist: Residents Demand Answers, Criminal Charges After Brookland Resident Fatally Shoots…
Days after a Brookland man fatally shot a 13-year-old who was allegedly tampering with cars in the neighborhood, residents and activists are still searching for answers.
DCist: D.C. Is Ending Hotel Shelter For Residents Who Are Homeless And Medically Vulnerable
D.C. will stop housing homeless and medically vulnerable residents in hotel rooms, the city’s Department of Human Services announced Friday.
Press Release: Norton Urges National Zoo to Evaluate Entry Pass Policy
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
January 9, 2023
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) urged the National Zoo today to reevaluate its policy requiring visitors…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Unveils DC’s Comeback Plan
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 9, 2023
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Natalia…
District Links: Bowser aims for population of 725,000 by 2028 in new economic strategy; House rules…
Mayor Muriel Bowser today released a five-year "Comeback Plan" that outlines six goals to achieve by 2028, including reaching a DC population of 725,000 and lifting the median household income of Black residents by $25,000.
Washington Post: How does Metro’s proposed rail fare hike compare to other cities?
Other transit systems, such as BART in the San Francisco area, also are considering raising fares
Washington Post: Once-vibrant gateway to U.S. capital falls on hard times. Some hope to fix it.
The once-vibrant gateway into the nation’s capital has fallen on hard times, with vacancies, safety issues and foot traffic slow to rebound. New station leadership hopes to rescue it to its glory days.
DCist: After More Than A Decade Of Waiting, Hundreds Line Up With Hopes To Get Into Public Housing…
Rosalynn Talley arrived at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library at 9 a.m. on Friday with a mission in mind: to get off of the waiting list for public housing she’d been on since 2009. By noon, and much to her surprise, it had…
Washington Post: D.C. drivers who owe fines can now renew licenses, new court order says
Thousands of D.C. residents who couldn’t renew their driver’s licenses due to fines and fees they owed to the city now can renew them under a court order.
Colbert I. King in The Post: How can we slow the steady drumbeat of violence pounding D.C.?
There’s hardly a day in the week when I am not in the vicinity of the 6200 block of Georgia Avenue NW in D.C. The block is flanked by my barbershop to the south and the gas station I frequent to the north. The supermarket where I often…
DCist: When Residents East Of The Anacostia River Lost A Grocery Store, A Truck Selling Groceries…
After Good Food Markets stopped vending groceries last November, the closest store where residents living in D.C.’s Bellevue neighborhood could get fresh produce and canned goods was over a twenty minute walk away in Maryland.
District Links: Gun violence looms as issue for Bowser’s third term; WaPo finds sentences for…
Amid continued concern about gun violence among DC juveniles, the District's new deputy mayor for public safety and justice is talking about her approach to reversing the tide.