Axios: D.C.’s new MacArthur school takes shape
The city is getting its first new public high school in decades. It’s opening this fall at the former Georgetown Day School on MacArthur Boulevard.
DCist: After Days Of Bare Shelves, H Street Walmart Is Slowly Restocking
The Walmart Supercenter in H Street NW, one of the area’s more affordable grocery stores, has begun restocking its shelves after being almost bare of groceries for days.
District Links: Pinto, Allen seek to override veto of revised criminal code; demands grow for…
The new chair of the DC Council's Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety is joining with her predecessor on an effort to override the mayor's veto of the Revised Criminal Code Act.
Washington Post: Twitter temporarily bans account for D.C.-area bus system without explanation
The social media app suspended the @metrobusinfo account on Tuesday for about six hours and gave Metro transit officials no explanation
Washingtonian: Is DC a Great Architecture City?
The author of the AIA Guide weighs in on our buildings.
Washington Post: D.C. police chief defends not naming man said to have shot 13-year-old
D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III on Tuesday defended not immediately identifying the man who fatally shot a 13-year-old boy he claimed to have seen breaking into vehicles, and said any charges would probably be decided by a grand…
Courtland Milloy in The Post: New Thou Shalt Not Kill movement meets numbness of so many killings
When Mario Leonard was a boy, he was rescued from a house fire, but his mother perished. His grandparents stepped in to raise him. But they died before he got to grow up.
WTOP: DC police chief calls inaccurate information swirling over shooting of 13-year-old ‘reckless’
Hours before a scheduled community meeting, the head of D.C. police gave an impassioned statement to address what he called the “spreading of inaccurate information” surrounding the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy accused of breaking…
DCist: Police Decry Misinformation, Offer Few Details About Fatal Shooting Of 13-Year-Old
As outraged residents continue to demand answers regarding the 13-year-old fatally shot over the weekend by a Brookland man, D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee held an impassioned press conference Tuesday afternoon — offering few new details…
DCist: Judge Orders D.C. To Allow Drivers With Outstanding Fines To Renew Their Licenses
A federal judge has ordered D.C. to immediately allow drivers with more than $100 in outstanding fines or fees to obtain or renew their driver’s license, a ruling that supporters say could benefit tens of thousands of residents — many of…
DCist: Eleanor Holmes Norton Asks National Zoo To ‘Re-Evaluate’ Timed-Entry Requirement
D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is pressing the director of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo for answers about its policy that still requires visitors to book free, timed-entry passes to gain admission. District residents and tourists…
DCist: D.C.’s New Attorney General On Crime, The Commanders, And Co-Existing With The Mayor
It’s been a week since D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb came into office, and by his own admission it’s been a whirlwind to get up to speed on all the work the hundreds of attorneys in the office do in representing both the city and the…
District Links: New committee chair seeks $500M for DCHA repairs over 5 years; push for…
The new head of the DC Council's Housing Committee is making an early pitch for funding in the upcoming budget cycle, pushing for a $500 million investment over the next five years to repair and maintain public housing units in DC.
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…