City Paper: Buwa Binitie Steps Down From DC Housing Finance Agency Board
The well-connected developer had served on the board since Mayor Muriel Bowser took office.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Monkeypox-fueled hate echoes the HIV/AIDS era, even in rainbow cities
It was a sunny day last week when it finally happened, the thing Jay had left his small, conservative hometown in the South to avoid — hate.
Washington Post: D.C. to provide $1,000 for school expenses to 15,000 needy families
About 15,000 low-income D.C. families will receive a $1,000 payment before the end of the month to help with expenses for the upcoming school year, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Thursday.
DCist: D.C. To Give One-Time $1,000 Payments To 15,000 Low-Income Families
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday that 15,000 low-income families will be getting one-time, $1,000 payments this month from a pot of federal funds the city was awarded for COVID-19 relief efforts.
DCist: ‘They Keep Making The Same Kind Of Mistakes’: This Journalist Has Been Tracking D.C.’s…
Last week, a 3-month-old boy named Aaron Boyd Jr. died after being trapped in a car and going into apparent cardiac arrest. Though police officers got there sooner, a dispatching error meant it took 13 minutes for paramedics to arrive to…
DCist: Federal Court Upholds D.C.’s New Requirements That Child Care Workers Get College Degrees
A four-year legal battle over D.C.’s new requirements that many child care workers get a college degree has seemingly come to an end.
DCist: D.C. Public Schools Will Require Proof Of Negative COVID Test Before Students Return To…
D.C. Public Schools will require every student and staff member to submit a negative COVID-19 test result before they return to classrooms later this month, one of the few COVID-19 precautions in place as the system starts another pandemic…
District Links: DC Health adds new data portal on monkeypox cases; DC providing $1,000…
The DC government is using COVID-19 relief funds to provide an extra back-to-school payment of approximately $1,000 to participants in the District's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
Axios: D.C.’s “new” neighborhoods, and how they came to be
For those of us who’ve called D.C. home for a decade or more, it sometimes feels as if we’re living in an entirely new city.
DCist: ‘We Want Them To Feel Uplifted’: This Health Clinic Fills A Gap In Care For Pregnant People…
Tsedaye Makonnen is reclining on her couch, in her home in Northeast D.C. She’s 33 weeks pregnant, and she’s surrounded by three other Black women — a midwife and two trainees — who are performing a routine prenatal exam.
Washington Post: After decades helping victims’ families, the system left her disillusioned
Longtime victims’ advocate Marcey Rinker grew increasingly frustrated with how the justice system was changing, as homicides continued to mount
WTOP: DC Health publishes monkeypox data tracker, identifies 350 cases
D.C. Council members pushed the District’s health department to publish a dashboard tracking monkeypox cases. On Wednesday, that data was made public, with the agency reporting 350 cases in the District.
WTOP: Construction on Barry Farm redevelopment begins in September
D.C. said it has closed on financing that will bring affordable housing and commercial businesses to a historically significant area of the city.
Washington Post: Lender Mariner Finance accused of predatory practices by five states, D.C.
A loan company controlled by one of the nation’s largest private-equity firms is engaged in a nationwide scheme that takes advantage of low- and moderate-income consumers, according to a lawsuit filed by five states.
Washington Post: D.C. won’t have a vote in the midterms — but it has plenty at stake
With their party in control of Congress and the White House, Democrats in D.C. had the sense that anything was possible at the start of the legislative session last year. Momentum for D.C. statehood hit an all-time high. The city…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: A D.C. therapist waits (and waits) on mail containing at least $45,000
Cynthia Killough describes a frustrating search for answers from the U.S. Postal Service
Washington Post: American University staff preparing to strike over wages
Hundreds of staffers at American University plan to go on strike next week if negotiations over wages and health-care benefits with the school in D.C. do not produce a contract.
DCist: Construction On Long-Awaited Barry Farm Redevelopment Begins Next Month
The first phase of a years-long redevelopment project at the Barry Farm housing complex in Southeast D.C. is set to begin next month, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office announced on Wednesday.
WTOP: American U. adds fleet of E-scooters ahead of fall term
This fall, it will be a little easier for American University students in D.C. to get to class on time.
DCist: After Letter from Councilmembers, D.C. Officials Release Data On Monkeypox
Officials for DC Health released online data today for monkeypox cases throughout the District, revealing that there are 350 positive cases in D.C. as of August 16.