City Paper: Housing Authority Commissioners’ Emergency Meeting Thwarted By Website Crash
Some DCHA commissioners will host an unofficial meeting with Empower DC ahead of a D.C. Council vote on a bill that would reconfigure the board.
WTOP: Bowser makes one last pitch for embattled OUC nominee
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser gathered the top chiefs from the city’s public safety agencies to talk about plans to make holiday shoppers feel safer in commercial districts.
DCist: New Audit Delivers Another Blow To D.C.’s Embattled Forensics Lab
The D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences has failed to operate as an independent part of the justice system, a report from the Office of the D.C. Auditor has found.
Colbert I. King in The Post: Rebuilding safety means rebuilding some families
A reader, Leroy Swain, took me to task for stating in last week’s column on juvenile crime that I didn’t want to start a “blaming and shaming game about unstable families in our community.”
City Paper: Who Will Sit on Bowser’s Reconfigured Housing Authority Board?
Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing a new DCHA board that would eliminate critics.
Washington Post: Joseph’s House, a haven for the ill and unhoused, fights to stay open
On a quiet, tree-lined street near D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, one house looks just like all the others. Plants and garden figurines cover the front yard, with concrete steps that lead up to the front door. On a sunny day, there’s…
District Links: Bill to overhaul DCHA board draws flak over tenant representation; crowded council…
Legislators are slated to decide next week whether to accept Mayor Muriel Bowser's plans for reforms to the governance of the DC Housing Authority amid loud objections from many advocates for residents of the city's public housing.
DC Council poised to pass domestic workers bill of rights
As Yeny finished a recent 16-hour workday, she discovered she’d lost money.
Yeny, who’s being referred to by just her first name to prevent retaliation, works construction and child care jobs as a domestic worker in DC. That day,…
jonetta rose barras: At-large DC Council member Anita Bonds’ redemption tour
Former DC Mayor Marion Barry often extolled the collective and generous forgiving nature of District residents. He said that helped fuel his post-prison comeback, which included elections as the Ward 8 DC Council member, a fourth term as…
WTOP: DC Council to vote on plan making Metrobus free in DC
The D.C. Council is set to vote on a proposal making all Metrobus service in the District free starting next Summer.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. Council proposes more incentives to address office, retail…
D.C.'s streets and office buildings are fuller now than they were for most of 2020, but foot traffic and the economic activity that comes with it remain far below pre-pandemic levels.
City Paper: Who Will Sit on Bowser’s Reconfigured Housing Authority Board?
Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing a new DCHA board that would eliminate critics.
Washington Post: Bowser moves to dissolve, reconfigure D.C. Housing Authority board
The legislation could give Mayor Muriel E. Bowser more control over governance of the embattled agency as its leaders work to comply with federal standards
DCist: D.C. Officials Propose Shrinking D.C. Housing Authority Board, A Move Critics Call A ‘Power…
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson have introduced emergency legislation that would dissolve the D.C. Housing Authority’s current 13-member Board of Commissioners and replace it with what they call a…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: No, Marjorie Taylor Greene, D.C. is not a crime-ridden hell hole
The city of Washington, D.C., is roaring.
DCist: A D.C. Council Bill Intended To Increase Solar Energy Divides Environmental Advocates
Everyone seems to agree: more solar energy is a good thing. But a bill to require more solar in the District is dividing environmental advocates. Some say it’s needed to keep the local solar industry from crashing, while others say it…
City Paper: D.C. Auditor Slams Prosecutors for Contributing to Crime Lab Dysfunction in New Report
The findings closely reflect the results of a previous City Paper investigation into the Department of Forensic Sciences.
City Paper: Councilmembers Skeptical of Housing Authority Consultants on Loan from Mayor
And other takeaways from the housing committee hearing on the 82 failures HUD found at the agency.
Axios: New D.C. Council bill proposes free Metrobus starting next summer
Metrobus rides would be free starting next summer, under new legislation introduced by the D.C. Council.
DCist: The D.C. Council Is Voting On A Slew Of Criminal Justice Reform Bills. Here’s What’s In Them
Three large bills that would enact a litany of changes to the city’s policing and criminal justice systems advanced in the D.C. Council on Wednesday.