Washington Post: Mayor Bowser promised to end homelessness. Here’s how it’s going.
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser first ran for office in 2014 on an ambitious homelessness platform: She vowed to eliminate it from the District in 10 years.
WTOP: New navigation app aims to empower Metro riders with blindness, low vision
“When I lost my sight, I lost the ability to explore the world around me,” said Tom Pey, the CEO and president of Waymap.
DCist: Thomas Circle Indefinitely Closed To Homeless Encampments After Fatal Shooting
Thomas Circle will be closed to homeless encampments until further notice after a man was fatally shot inside his tent near the area Monday morning. The news comes as unhoused residents face increased hostility and violence.
Washington Business Journal: Burnout hit health care workers hard. Children’s National hosted Kamala…
Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy paid a visit to Children’s National Hospital in D.C. Monday, in a push to underscore the pandemic’s negative effects on the health care workforce — and what it could…
Greater Greater Washington: Adams Morgan stakeholders grapple over road safety improvements
Adams Morgan community stakeholders are pushing for road changes that would increase safety for bicyclists and pedestrians, potentially shift bus routes, and limit vehicle access to major thoroughfares in the neighborhood.
Washington Business Journal: NFL taps Howard University for sports medicine diversity initiative
The National Football League is setting out to bring more diversity into sports medicine — and has tapped Howard University to help build up the pipeline.
Gasim Hashim in The Post: I am an unhoused person. Here’s what happened to me in Adams Morgan.
On Feb. 11, my D.C. Council member, Brianne K. Nadeau (D-Ward 1) announced that all the people living at Adams Morgan Plaza were now housed safely. I am one of those homeless people, and that is not the truth. Even after my name was in the…
UrbanTurf: DC’s First Wegmans Store Will Open in July
DC's first Wegmans grocery store will open its doors in July, the company announced this week.
WTOP: Russian ‘enemy list’ includes a DC Council member
On Saturday, the Russian government released a list of 963 Americans who are now banned from traveling to that country.
Washington Post: Covid closed downtown D.C. businesses. Many reopened — in the suburbs.
D.C. business owners left downtown, major corridors for survival, flexibility
DCist: New App Will Help Low Vision Riders Navigate D.C.’s Transit System
A new navigation app designed to help blind and low vision people is launching at three D.C. Metro stations, with more on the way.
DCist: Inside The Local Mutual Aid Effort Supporting The Migrants Texas Bused To D.C.
After a journey from Venezuela that included a 5-day trek through the jungle and a 33-hour bus ride from Texas, Caro and Alejo had finally found respite at a Northwest D.C. rowhouse, alongside a Shih Tzu Poodle mix named Pippa.
Press Release: Norton Criticizes Ernst Bill Designed to Move Federal Agency Headquarters Out of…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
May 24, 2022
Contact: Sullivan Gassmann
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) criticized a bill introduced by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) that would…
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Name Post Office after D.C. Servicemembers and Veterans
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
May 24, 2022
Contact: Sullivan Gassmann
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today that would designate the facility of the…
District Links: Local mutual aid groups step in to help migrants bused to DC; pro-Mendelson mailers…
Ward 1 Council member Brianne Nadeau yesterday introduced emergency legislation to prevent price gouging on infant formula.
DCist: Meet The Duo Running A Publication By And For D.C.’s Prison Population
Robert Barton was in year 27 of a 30-to-life-sentence when he found out his cellmate was being released.
WTOP: Crime, education take center stage in latest debate for DC mayor
Public safety in the D.C. and an increase in crime, as well as the state of the city’s education system, were the major topics in a debate Monday night between the four Democratic candidates for mayor.
WTOP: DC Council to take up bill prohibiting baby formula price gouging
Prices for baby formula are rising because of the nationwide shortage, and a bill has been introduced in the D.C. Council aimed at preventing price gouging.
Washington Post: D.C. elections: What mayoral candidates say about housing, schools, crime
Ballots are already in voters’ mailboxes and tensions are high between the four Democratic candidates running for mayor of Washington. Muriel E. Bowser, seeking a third term, has sparred with D.C. Council members Robert C. White Jr. and…
Greater Greater Washington: Take two: Metro tries again to return some 7000-series railcars to…
In a long-awaited announcement, Metro on Thursday said it had submitted a plan to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) outlining the steps it would take in order to return some 7000-series railcars to passenger service. The…