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District Links: Despite revisions, robotaxi bill faces headwinds on council panel; lawmaker seeks limits on use of opioid settlement funds; and more

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District Links: DC to hold April 6 special election to fill at-large…

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Candace Smith: Hundreds of DC kids lost their coaches. More could be…

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District Links: Henderson undoes party switch as Dems name Holtz to…

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jonetta rose barras: When will Mayor-elect Janeese Lewis George share…

Washingtonian: At Full Capacity for Dogs, the Humane Rescue Alliance “Desperately” Seeks Adopters…

Editor Aug 3, 2022
Unusually high intake and low adoption rates have created the perfect storm.

Theresa Vargas in The Post: Study confirms what D.C. parents have known: Drivers don’t care

Editor Aug 3, 2022
The report’s findings that vehicles are speeding through school zones would be concerning, if so many people weren’t already concerned

Washington Post: Casa Ruby bank accounts frozen as D.C. investigates nonprofit’s collapse

Editor Aug 3, 2022
A D.C. Superior Court judge has granted D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine’s request to temporarily freeze Casa Ruby’s bank accounts, court documents filed Wednesday show. The ruling follows a Washington Post report that raised questions…

DCist: After A Rocky Relationship With The Public, One D.C. Government Agency Is Breaking Up

Editor Aug 3, 2022
If the D.C. government was a romance novel, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs would be the troubled couple working its way through a lengthy, painful breakup.

DCist: Loved Ones Mourn, Demand Justice For Kevin Hargraves-Shird, Fatally Shot By D.C. Police

Editor Aug 3, 2022
Kevin Hargraves-Shird was loved; that much was made apparent by the crowd of about 150 supporters honoring his life at Tuesday’s vigil.

Press Release: DC Health to Provide Limited Walk-Up Monkeypox Vaccinations on Fridays for Eligible…

Press Release Aug 3, 2022
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Health FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 3, 2022 CONTACT:  Susana Castillo (EOM) Kelsey Felton (DC Health) (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, DC Health announced…

District Links: DCRA enters its final months before council-mandated split; 4 Black women sue over…

Chris Kain Aug 3, 2022
The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs has drawn criticism for decades over its handling of permits, housing inspections and its many other responsibilities. While there's also been intermittent praise from some quarters for…

Washington Post: Black female firefighters sue D.C., alleging racial and gender bias

Editor Aug 3, 2022
The lawsuit comes almost a year after a similar case was filed by current and former Black female police officers in the District

Washington Post: Metro hires new chief operating officer

Editor Aug 2, 2022
Brian Dwyer replaces former chief operating officer Joseph Leader, who resigned in May amid a safety lapse

Washington Business Journal: Affordable housing complex in Southeast D.C. lines up financing for…

Editor Aug 2, 2022
It may have taken a few years, but an affordable housing complex in Southeast D.C. has finally lined up the financing to pay for much-needed renovations and upgrades.

DCist: How Monkeypox Messaging And Response Is Failing, According To Local LGBTQ+ Advocates

Editor Aug 2, 2022
More than one month after the first monkeypox case was reported in D.C., former DC Health director LaQuandra Nesbitt issued a warning.

DCist: Portions Of National Air And Space Museum To Reopen In October, With Timed-Entry Passes…

Editor Aug 2, 2022
Portions of the National Air and Space Museum will reopen to the public in mid-October, some six months after the entire building was closed as part of a seven-year, $1 billion facelift of the iconic and popular destination on the National…

WTOP: Many DC drivers speed in school zones, study says

Editor Aug 2, 2022
Many drivers in the District speed through school zones and ignore signs that tell them to slow down, according to a new report from the traffic analytics company INRIX.

WTOP: Part of Air and Space Museum to open in October

Editor Aug 2, 2022
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will reopen the west end of its D.C. building on Friday, Oct. 14 with both new and renovated exhibitions.

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Invites Residents to Apply for Tuition and Scholarship Supports Through…

Press Release Aug 2, 2022
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 2, 2022 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Fred Lewis (OSSE) New DC Futures Program…
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jonetta rose barras: DC Council wastes the public’s money and disregards residents’ health care

jonetta rose barras Aug 2, 2022
Late again. DC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage and Chief Procurement Officer George Schutter failed to meet the noon July 28 deadline set by the DC Council to address its questions and concerns about why Mayor…

City Paper: Eric Goulet Launches a Ward 3 State Board of Education Run Amid Campaign Finance…

Editor Aug 2, 2022
The erstwhile Council candidate is attempting a political comeback as questions persist about his last run for office.

City Paper: Family of Man Killed By D.C. Police Wants Body Camera Footage Released

Editor Aug 2, 2022
Serena Hargraves says the officer who killed her brother did not issue any commands to drop a gun, despite what police have said.

Washington Post: Despite signage, D.C. drivers aren’t slowing in school zones, study says

Editor Aug 2, 2022
Crashes were slightly less severe in school zones, even as speed and crash rates remained similar

Axios: Gap between monkeypox vaccine demand, supply dire in hotspot cities

Editor Aug 2, 2022
In some states that have become hotspots for the monkeypox outbreak, there's a drastic disconnect between the number of doses that local health officials say they need versus what they have been allotted, an Axios Local review of a dozen…
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District Links: Despite revisions, robotaxi bill faces headwinds on council panel; lawmaker seeks limits on use of…

Nov 10, 2026 13
In the wake of concerns about the use of opioid settlement funds to fill a budget gap by covering some of the District's Medicaid costs, the chair of the DC Council's Committee on Health is proposing…

District Links: DC to hold April 6 special election to fill at-large council vacancy; city breaks ground on Jelleff Rec…

Nov 9, 2026 23
The DC Board of Elections today officially certified a vacancy in the at-large DC Council seat previously held by Robert White — newly elected as DC's delegate to the House — and scheduled an April 6…

Candace Smith: Hundreds of DC kids lost their coaches. More could be next.

Nov 9, 2026 195
This fall, children at nine DC schools lost things that are essential to their development: a coach who knows them, a team that counts on them, and an after-school home. DC SCORES, a nonprofit that…

District Links: Henderson undoes party switch as Dems name Holtz to fill council vacancy; judge halts construction on…

Nov 6, 2026 27
At-large Councilmember Christina Henderson this afternoon announced that she returned to the Board of Elections today to re-register with no party affiliation — reversing a step earlier this week…
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