DCist: Metro General Manager Wiedefeld To Retire Early, COO Resigns After Safety Recertification…
Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld is out at WMATA, 45 days before his scheduled retirement. So is WMATA Chief Operating Officer Joe Leader, who resigned Monday.
Washington Post: D.C. mayoral candidates spar on crime, education at debate
As political debates go, the showdown Monday night between Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and her three challengers for the Democratic nomination for D.C. mayor was mostly free of fireworks.
City Paper: As Salah Czapary’s Campaign Heats Up in Ward 1, His Republican Associates Draw Scrutiny
Salah Czapary, the former D.C. police officer running to knock off Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau, has had one heck of a month so far.
Washington Times: D.C. substitute teachers demand another raise to offset inflation
Substitute teachers in the D.C. Public Schools protested at City Hall Monday, citing inflation concerns as they demanded a pay increase to $35 an hour.
Washington Post: Metro GM retires one day after transit agency announces recertification lapses
The transit agency was also cited as early as 2015 for not having a consistent recertification program.
WTOP: 2 DC Jail inmates die, 1 hospitalized after apparent overdoses
Two DC Jail inmates are dead and a third is hospitalized after suspected overdoses.
Washington Post: Officials investigating possible overdose deaths at D.C. jail
Two people in custody died and another was hospitalized in two separate incidents at the D.C. jail
DCist: Two People Have Died At The D.C. Jail Since Friday
Two people have died at the D.C. Jail since Friday, a Department of Corrections spokesperson confirmed Monday afternoon.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: His senior year included a varsity goal, a coma and — finally — prom
“I um,” my son’s text began, “forgot the tickets.”
WTOP: Free high-speed internet coming to some DC neighborhoods
High-speed wireless internet at low or no cost is coming to people who qualify in some D.C. neighborhoods.
DCist: DCision 2022: Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Voting In D.C.’s Primary Election
The time has arrived: the D.C. Board of Elections will start mailing out ballots to most D.C. voters starting today, meaning that in the coming days you’ll be able to perform your civic duty ahead of the June 21 primary. (The ballot…
DCist: D.C. Artists Say Arts Funding Is Becoming More Equitable. But There’s More Work To Be Done
Last year, the Anacostia-based performance group Theater Alliance put on a series of four short recorded plays titled “City in Transition,” each one focusing on one of D.C.’s four quadrants and written by a playwright of color from the…
DCist: Metro Delays Are About To Get Worse As Dozens Of Operators Are Pulled For Retraining
Metro took 72 train operators out of service on Sunday evening after a review from the agency’s chief safety officer found they had not undergone a required recertification training in a year.
District Links: Delays ensue as Metro pulls 72 train operators with lapsed recertification; WaPo…
Metro is taking flak after reducing service on the Yellow and Green lines for the rest of the month because of a lapse in recertification of many of its rail operators.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Celebrates DPW Employees, Kicks Off National Public Works Week with…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Public Works
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 16, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Nancee Lyons (DPW)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Kicks Off Infrastructure Week and Announces New Initiative to Bring…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 16, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Nina Liggett (OCTO)
…
Axios: Walkability report takes in-depth look at neighborhoods
Improving D.C.’s walkability should go beyond infrastructure fixes to account for levels of policing, environmental quality, and other factors that affect how much people walk, according to new research.
Axios: D.C. Council questions COVID data reporting delay
Several D.C. Council members are probing DC Health on why the agency failed to submit COVID-19 data to the CDC for two weeks.
WTOP: As virus cases go up and down, some DC restaurants keep COVID restrictions in place
COVID-19 may be moving into a more manageable phase, but some D.C. businesses are keeping their pandemic-era protocols alive for the foreseeable future.
WTOP: DC Council candidates focus on affordable housing during tenants’ forum
D.C. Council candidates shared their plans to address the District’s housing crisis, a major focus during a forum Sunday, hosted by the D.C. Tenants Advocacy Coalition, TENAC.