With more debates ahead, at-large council candidates talk education, criminal justice at recent…
As Election Day nears, candidates forums scheduled this week and next will give voters a chance to learn more about the views of the six candidates vying for two at-large DC Council seats.
On Wednesday evening, the Hill Rag will join…
Washington Post: Former D.C. deputy mayor agrees to pay $3,000 fine in ethics investigation
A former top aide to D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has agreed to pay $3,000 to settle an ethics investigation into her use of government staff for babysitting. Former deputy mayor Courtney Snowden, as part of a written agreement with the…
Curbed DC: Should evading fares on Metro be a crime? D.C. lawmakers and the transit authority…
It costs only a few dollars to ride Metro’s trains or buses, but it can cost up to $300 and 10 days of jail time to do so without paying the proper fare. Those penalties may soon change. Last week, District legislators advanced a bill…
DCist: After 32 Years, The D.C. Government Is Taking Over The High Heel Race
What began in 1986 as a group of drag queens making a spontaneous drunken sprint between a bar and a steakhouse has become one of the District's most iconic community events. And starting this year, the annual 17th Street High Heel Race is…
WAMU: The Government Owes Millions To Low-Income Washingtonians. Here’s How To Claim That Money.
Roughly 20,000 low-income D.C. residents are not taking advantage of a tax credit that could reap them thousands of dollars every year. It’s called the Earned Income Tax Credit, and many people don’t even know it exists.
Washington Post: With gift, Peggy Cooper Cafritz ensured her support of artists of African descent…
Peggy Cooper Cafritz’s support for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts went beyond her checkbook. She attended events at the school she co-founded, purchased artwork by its faculty and students and hosted dinners at her home to nurture a…
Washington Post: How D.C. learned to love minced alligator
When Seng Luangrath was 12 and living in a refugee camp in Thailand, the trauma of exile was still fresh. She had grown up in neighboring Laos in a multigenerational household with a grandmother who taught her to cook sticky rice and other…
WTOP: DC councilman ‘very confident’ on progress of sports wagering bill
WASHINGTON — One of the sponsors of a bill allowing for sports betting in D.C. said that he has the numbers to advance it to the next step. D.C. Councilman Jack Evans, a Democrat who represents Ward 2, said that he is “very confident” he…
WTOP: #PinkTax: No more sales tax on feminine hygiene products in DC
WASHINGTON — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Friday that the District will no longer charge sales tax on feminine hygiene products effective as of Monday, Oct. 1. In her tweet posted Friday afternoon, she wrote, “Because feminine hygiene…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: Born from circumstance and built on loss, ‘grandfamilies’ get their own…
Antoine Pinkney hoped but didn’t know if his family’s application for an apartment would be approved when he stood near his 13-year-old granddaughter in the community playroom of the building where they hoped to move. In the room was a new…
Washington Post: Why is so much money flowing into D.C.’s school board races?
The checks are flowing in from across the country: $200 from a charter school principal in New York, $100 from a Silicon Valley employee, another $100 from a school leadership consultant in North Carolina. The money, more than $150,000 and…
Washington Post: In D.C., a rare public display of mayoral muscle
On a recent afternoon, almost a year after launching her long-shot campaign for the D.C. Council, Dionne Reeder found herself in a downtown restaurant facing a flurry of questions from the District’s most powerful Democrat. Mayor Muriel E.…
Washington Informer: Chasm of Views Dominate Council Eviction Act Hearing
It’s been nearly a year since officers from the U.S. Marshals Service caused heated debate by dumping sensitive financial documents on a Capitol Hill sidewalk while carrying out an eviction order against a tax services company. Local…
Washington Informer: Prominent Black Women Back Reeder for D.C. Council
As the race for a crucial D.C. Council seat enters its home stretch, Dionne Reeder, a third-generation Washingtonian and entrepreneur who branded herself as a collaborator and bridge builder, can now count a bevy of high-profile Black…
Washington Post Editorial Board: A homeless student athlete’s story raises questions about D.C.’s…
D.C. OFFICIALS have made fighting residency fraud in the city’s public schools a priority. That’s understandable. Nonresidents shouldn’t be able to game a system paid for by D.C. taxpayers. But is the city’s zeal to show it is cracking down…
DCist: What Happens When Local Education Leaders Tweet In Support Of Kavanaugh?
The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has been increasingly contentious amid allegations of sexual assault. And members of the Senate aren't the only ones grappling with their feelings about the judge.
City Paper: Scandal Tainted Politicos Join Dionne Reeder in a Bid to Oust Elissa Silverman
Talk to Dionne Reeder’s supporters, and they will insist that Elissa Silverman is the most divisive politician in the city. … But the Reeder camp’s focus on Silverman’s divisiveness may be a way to deflect from the controversial figures…
DCist: Deanwood Businesses Padlocked By New Owner With Just One Day’s Notice
Employees at Little Jewels Child Development Center in Deanwood had just put the kids down for a nap on Wednesday afternoon when someone came to the door to deliver an urgent letter. The owner of Little Jewels, Ruth Thompson Cole, answered…
Phil Andrews in The Post: Maryland and D.C. should end early voting
Maryland and D.C. residents soon will be encouraged to do something they shouldn’t: vote early in this year’s general election. Virginians will not be urged to do so because Virginia, wisely, does not allow early voting. Neither does…
Alfred Harf in The Post: The cost of Metro service expansion has been given short shrift
The Oct. 4 Metro article “Report lays out answers to Metro’s problems” referenced a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority planning staff analysis that concluded that service reductions are a principal cause of the decline, and…