Colbert I. King in The Post: Father’s arrest in toddler’s death raises ongoing D.C. gun issues
I don’t pretend to fully understand God’s will. But according to the city’s deputy medical examiner, 23-month-old Legend King Wheeler died from a gunshot wound to the head on the day before Thanksgiving 2021.
DCist: D.C. Office Of Campaign Finance Will Investigate Ward 3 Poll Conducted By Councilmember…
The D.C. Office of Campaign Finance confirmed today it will investigate a complaint against Councilmember Elissa Silverman (I-At-Large).
DCist: Following A Strike By American University’s Staff Union And A Student Walkout, Contract…
American University administrators resumed negotiations Friday morning with staff who were on strike this week demanding higher wages and equitable pay. It was the first bargaining session administrators held with the staff’s union since…
WTOP: DC public schools push back student immunization deadlines
D.C. public schools are pushing back enforcement deadlines for students who fail to receive their required vaccinations, including against COVID-19.
Washington Post: D.C. schools extend deadlines for coronavirus, routine vaccination mandate
Students will need to be vaccinated against the coronavirus by Jan. 3
Axios: D.C. sets new vaccine deadline for students
D.C. is pushing back the date by which public school students must be up-to-date on vaccinations, according to a letter sent to school leaders Friday.
DCist: D.C. Delays Enforcement Of Student COVID Vaccine Mandate Until 2023
D.C. is delaying enforcement of student vaccine policies for several months, as the city struggles to bring thousands of students into compliance with routine and COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
DCist: Howard University Targeted By Two Bomb Threats This Week
On Tuesday and early this morning, Howard University received bomb threats, leading students to evacuate and prompting an investigation.
Washington Post: American University students walk out of convocation as staff strike continues
A large group of first-year American University students walked out of a convocation ceremony on campus Friday as a days-long strike by a staff union intensified.
DCist: After Series Of Deaths At D.C. Jail, A Mother Demands Answers
The last time Althea Littles spoke to her son Treyvon was two days before he died. Littles says they were talking about plans for his upcoming release from the D.C. Jail: what he wanted her to cook, who was going to pick him up. Her son…
Press Release: Statement from Mayor Bowser on Women’s Equality Day
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 26, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser commemorated Women’s Equality…
WTOP: DC Peace Academy graduates its first class of violence interrupters
The D.C. Peace Academy recognized its first class of violence interrupters to graduate from a program committed to raising up frontline workers in communities battling rising homicide rates.
Jessica Sutter in The Post: D.C. school test results are coming. Here’s what we should do with them.
The calendar says a new school year is about to begin. But looking at the data, it is clear that the challenges our students, schools and families have faced over the past two years remain the same.
WTOP: Judge strikes down COVID-19 vaccine mandate for DC employees
City government workers in the District can no longer be punished for choosing not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a D.C. Superior Court judge who effectively threw out the COVID-19 vaccine mandate that applied to all D.C.…
DCist: Local LGBTQ+ Nonprofit Casa Ruby Was Financially Mismanaged For Years Before Its Closure
While Casa Ruby in D.C. faced funding cuts and allegations of financial irregularities, its founder, Ruby Corado, focused on consolidating the growth of a new organization she called Casa Ruby, El Salvador Chapter.
DCist: Judge Rules COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement For D.C. Government Workers Is Unlawful
A D.C. judge ruled Thursday that Mayor Muriel Bowser can no longer require that D.C. government employees get a COVID-19 vaccine, unraveling a mandate that applied to the city’s workforce of more than 30,000.
Washington Post: D.C. vaccine mandate for government workers is unlawful, judge says
A D.C. Superior Court judge on Thursday said the vaccination mandate Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) imposed on city government workers earlier this year was unlawful in response to opposition from the D.C. police union.
Washington Post: First class of violence interrupters graduates from Peace Academy
Privately funded program is meant to train those who mediate conflicts on the streets of D.C.
DCist: For Some Locals, Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Is ‘A Lifechanger.’ For Others, It’s Only…
Bailey Reavis, of Adams Morgan, long assumed she would never pay off her student debt. She’d enrolled in the University of Colorado Boulder as an in-state student to minimize her debt. Since graduating eight years ago, Reavis has been…
DCist: Traffic Violence Changed Their Lives Permanently. They Hope Drivers Heed Their Warnings
Seven years ago, the District of Columbia made an ambitious commitment: It would aim to eliminate traffic deaths in the city by 2024. Christened Vision Zero, the program prompted other cities and jurisdictions in the region to follow,…