WTOP: Overhaul of DC’s 120-year-old ‘mess’ of criminal laws presented to council
The process of overhauling D.C.’s criminal code finally goes before the D.C. Council for the first time next week.
DCist: D.C. Council Prepares To Vote On Overhaul Of Criminal Code
A massive overhaul of D.C.’s outdated criminal code is nearing the legislative finish line.
WTOP: Region ‘making big steps’ in bringing back a swimmable, fishable Anacostia
Since the 1970s, it has been illegal to swim in the Anacostia River — and when it comes to fishing, you’re also warned to limit the consumption of fish from the river and to not eat certain species.
DCist: See A Trove Of Historic Documents From D.C.’s First Latino LGBTQ+ Advocacy Group
As president of ENLACE, D.C.’s first known Latino LGBTQ advocacy group, in the 1980s, Letitia “Leti” Gomez knew she was part of something historic. So she began saving all sorts of memorabilia: newspaper clippings, meeting agendas, fliers…
City Paper: Bowser Fights Budget Transparency. No One Is Surprised.
This time, Mayor Muriel Bowser is withholding information from a firm representing preschoolers with special education needs.
DCist: Ballot Drop Boxes Open In D.C. Ahead Of Nov. 8 Election
Fifty-five ballot drop boxes are now open across D.C., allowing voters who have received a mail ballot to make their choices ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
DCist: ‘It’s Fight Or Flight Out Here:’ What It’s Like To Be An Unhoused Woman In D.C.
Women across America are significantly less likely to experience homelessness than men, a disparity that is particularly high in D.C., where rates of homelessness are roughly three times higher among men than women, according to data from…
District Links: Council set to vote on slate of DCHA reforms in wake of HUD report; AG sues chemical…
The DC Council is slated to vote on emergency legislation Tuesday to undertake several immediate reforms to the DC Housing Authority in the wake of a blistering report prepared by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
jonetta rose barras: DC elected officials claim to care about poor people, but the HUD report says…
Don’t expect me to mince words here. The DC government and, thus, the entire city, particularly low-income residents, have been drowning in high-cost mediocrity and breathtaking incompetence for decades. Some of the adverse consequences of…
WTOP: DC may delay COVID-19 vaccination deadline for students again
D.C.’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination deadline for eligible school kids, may be pushed back again.
WTOP: DC bar that lost liquor license for violating COVID regulations files suit against health…
A D.C. bar that lost its liquor license for not complying with vaccine rules filed a lawsuit against the District’s health department, challenging the city’s right to close it during the pandemic.
Washington Post: Tensions simmer as Metro ridership grows during train shortage
The strain between the agency and its regulator spills into the open during a Metro board meeting
DCist: DC Council Could Extend COVID Vaccine Mandate Deadline For Students
At-Large Councilmember Christina Henderson says she will propose emergency, temporary legislation to delay D.C.’s COVID vaccine mandate for students over 12 to the 2023-2024 school year. The mandate was introduced a year ago, and was…
Associated Press: DC sues chemical manufacturer over pesticide pollution
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court Thursday against chemical manufacturer Velsicol Chemical, LLC, claiming it violated city environmental laws by polluting a major waterway, the Anacostia…
DCist: As Fallout Over D.C. Housing Authority Audit Continues, New Bill Would Impose Quick Reforms
An emergency bill that could get a vote in the D.C. Council as early as next week would impose a number of quick reforms at the D.C. Housing Authority, the agency reeling from a scathing federal audit that recently identified significant…
DCist: D.C. Lawsuit Targets Chemical Company, Saying It Knowingly Polluted Waterways With Carcinogen
A major chemical manufacturer polluted D.C. homes, yards and waterways with a toxic pesticide for decades, even after learning it could cause cancer, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine alleges in a new lawsuit.
Washington Business Journal: Events D.C. taps new leader to replace Greg O’Dell
The Events D.C. board voted unanimously Thursday to appoint Angie M. Gates, now head of the District's film office, to succeed Greg O'Dell as its new chief executive.
WTOP: DC cuts the ribbon on new emergency shelter for domestic violence victims
As part of its recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the District and its nonprofit partner My Sister’s Place cut the ribbon Thursday on a new emergency shelter for domestic violence victims — one of two new buildings DC’s…
Washington Post: D.C. bar that flouted vaccine rules sues city health department
A D.C. bar that was championed by conservatives earlier this year after it lost its liquor license for violating vaccine rules sued the city’s health department Thursday, alleging the District had no authority to close it.
Washington Post: Cancer-causing pesticide polluted local rivers for decades, D.C. alleges
D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced a lawsuit against a chemical manufacturer on Thursday, alleging that its pesticide contaminated the Potomac and the Anacostia rivers for decades with chemicals it knew were linked to cancer.