District Links: Applicants for DC’s foreclosure relief funds endure delays; advocates warn of…
With Thanksgiving just days away, Mayor Muriel Bowser is embarking on her administration's sixth annual Home for the Holidays campaign with a goal of placing 900 families and individuals experiencing homelessness into housing by the end of…
Axios: D.C. teachers’ union, city go to arbitration as contract drags on
Union contract negotiations between D.C. public school teachers and Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration is in arbitration — three years after the initial contract expired.
Washington Post: D.C. homeowners wait for financial aid as foreclosure notices pile up
As of Nov. 1, the District has assigned about $1.7 million of the $50 million the federal government gave the city for foreclosure relief
Washington Post: Federal court border ruling may increase migrant buses to D.C. area, advocates say
The arrival of the buses has slowed, but advocates helping migrants build new lives are preparing for a potential increase
DCist: Stephen Starr, Nancy Silverton To Open Italian Restaurant In Georgetown’s Old Dean &…
Stephen Starr, the restaurateur behind D.C.’s Le Diplomate and St. Anselm, is officially partnering with Los Angeles-based chef Nancy Silverton to bring an Italian market and restaurant to the former Dean & DeLuca location, part of the…
DCist: ‘He Was Pursuing That Moped’: MPD Captain Testifies Against Officers In Murder, Obstruction…
When Captain Franklin Porter got to his desk around 9 p.m. on October 23, 2020, it appeared he was in for a pretty normal shift as watch commander for the Metropolitan Police Department. As the supervisor in charge of MPD’s entire Fourth…
DCist: Slew Of Longtime Local Radio Voices Take Buyouts At WTOP
Eight veteran WTOP journalists, including several whose voices many Washingtonians hear on air every day, will leave the station at the end of year after accepting voluntary buyouts.
DCist: D.C. Teachers March For New Contract As Union Bargaining Resumes
D.C. teachers held demonstrations at at least five schools across the city after school on Thursday, continuing their push for a contract after their last one expired in 2019. At one school, they chanted slogans like, “Support your…
DCist: Street Vendors Renew Call To Decriminalize Unlicensed Selling Before 2025
Kahssay Gebrebrhan has been selling hot dogs in the District on Indiana Avenue NW for more than 30 years. Gebrebrhan says that for many of them, he’s experienced harassment from both law enforcement and representatives from the Department…
District Links: Racine sues Commanders over withheld season ticket deposits; advocates push DC to…
A week after filing suit against the Washington Commanders, AG Karl Racine is back this week with a second court challenge.
jonetta rose barras: Transform this!
After winning her historic third term as mayor of the nation’s capital and chief executive officer of the DC government, Muriel Bowser started throwing around terms like “transformation.” She is supposed to have a “big ideas” summit Dec. 3…
Washington Post: D.C. attorney general files second lawsuit against Commanders
The office of D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Washington Commanders regarding refundable deposits that allegedly were not returned by the team to season ticket holders from the District.
Axios: D.C. attorney general sues Washington Commanders for allegedly cheating ticket holders
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced a new civil lawsuit Thursday against the Washington Commanders, alleging the football team used an illegal scheme to trick D.C. ticket holders out of their season ticket deposits and used the…
Associated Press: Commanders sued by DC for cheating fans out of ticket money
The Washington Commanders have been sued again by the District of Columbia, this time accused of scheming to cheat fans out of ticket money.
DCist: To Deter Fare Evasion, Metro Is Testing Out Prototype Faregates
Two new prototype faregates have popped up at Fort Totten as Metro continues to try different ways to deter people from evading fares.
DCist: Big Changes To North Capitol Street And I-295 Among Possible Projects With New Federal…
Below-grade portions of North Capitol Street could be decked over, parts of Interstate 295 that cleaved through neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River could be put underground, and broadband internet could reach further into low-income…
Washington Post: Hirshhorn breaks ground on long-debated sculpture garden redesign
At a ceremony presided over by Jill Biden, artists and museum leaders, the museum looks ahead to a more accessible future
Axios: Several longtime WTOP anchors and staff take voluntary buyouts
Some of D.C.'s most recognizable radio voices are leaving the airwaves.
City Paper: Mayoral Allies Present Potential Conflicts for the D.C. Housing Authority
Bowser’s chief of staff pushed for a land giveaway to the city and a company owned by DCHA Director Brenda Donald’s brother received housing subsidy funds.
DCist: Good Food Markets Closes Ward 8 Grocery Store As It Pivots To Prepared Food
One of four grocery stores east of the Anacostia River, Good Food Markets, stopped selling produce and other groceries last Tuesday, leaving thousands of residents living in an area considered a food desert with one less option than…