jonetta rose barras: The slow process of attaining health equity
Back during the opening months of the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone seemed to be condemning the deplorable health disparities and inequities in the nation’s capital: Better services were sorely needed for low-income and working-class Black…
Street Sense: New bill aims to require period products in public facilities
Chris Cole distinctly remembers the first time she had to ask for a tampon while experiencing homelessness. Cole, a Street Sense Media artist and vendor, said it brought her to tears.
Street Sense: D.C. has a plan to help unhoused populations cope with winter weather, but people are…
Daniel Ball woke up cold and wet on the morning of Friday Feb. 25, following a rainy night with a low of 34 degrees. D.C.’s Hypothermia Alert was activated the night before, but was deactivated by Friday afternoon. His brown puffer coat…
Street Sense: 2022 PIT Count takes place amidst another pandemic year
Around 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 26, a group of 12 volunteers stood on a street corner just a block or two away from the Martin Luther King Jr. Library. They listened attentively to instructions from their team lead, Maria Le.
Washington Post: D.C. retirement board grants full pension to officer who took his own life after…
A D.C. retirement board has granted a full pension to the widow of a District police officer who was injured confronting rioters at the Capitol insurrection and later took his own life.
Washington Post Editorial Board: The region’s recovery rides on Metro
There’s good news and bad news about the D.C. transit system, whose robust recovery from the pandemic is a prerequisite for the region’s own revival. Unfortunately, the bad news about Metro is far more consequential — and regional leaders…
Washington Post: Metro’s Yellow Line bridge over Potomac will close for about eight months beginning…
A 40-year-old bridge and tunnel will be rehabilitated while a connection between the District and National Airport will be disrupted
WTOP: Study: Guaranteed-income programs more effective, efficient for DC residents
Helbert Morrison is one D.C. resident who wants to see more guaranteed-income programs.
City Paper: HSEMA Director Chris Rodriguez Accused of Age and Racial Discrimination
A former employee says Rodriguez pushed for changes to performance evaluations to force older, Black employees out.
Washington Post: Congress keeps ban on legal D.C. marijuana sales in budget, despite Democratic…
Another budget provision blocking abortion funding in the District also remains
Axios: D.C. would remain barred from legalizing marijuana sales under federal budget
Washington, D.C. would remain barred from legalizing the sale of marijuana under a congressional spending plan released Wednesday.
DCist: ‘The Books That I Wanted To See When I Was Younger’: Youth Authors Reflect On Writing About…
Even with a love of reading and writing, 19-year-old Joy Ugwu never imagined that she would co-author a children’s book over the span of a summer break. Ugwu was born in Jamaica to Nigerian parents, and it was hard for her to envision…
DCist: Latino Families Under The Shadow Of Eviction In The D.C. Region
Reina Moreno and her 9-year-old son Luis had been homeless before. The memory of those days – when D.C.’s pavement acted as a mattress for her small family – still hurts for Moreno. The day she had a roof over her head again and was able…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Signs Agreement with Unions that Represent More than 11,000 DC…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE:
March 9, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Chanda Washington (OCA)
4-Year Agreement Provides Wage Stability for Employees and Increases…
Press Release: Norton Scores D.C. Victories in Omnibus Appropriations Bill, Disappointed D.C.…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 9, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said the fiscal year (FY) 2022 omnibus appropriations bill, which was…
Press Release: Statement on Mayor Bowser’s Meeting with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 9, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser met with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete…
District Links: Budget bill keeps ban on DC regulating recreational marijuana; DCPS mask rule…
Congressional leaders unveiled a draft appropriations bill early this morning that preserves the 7-year-old budget rider that has barred the District from regulating recreational marijuana sales.
WTOP: Norton briefed by NPS, Army Corps on unexploded WWI shell in Fort Totten
Learning of a possible link between an empty World War I shell, found in 2020 during construction of a trail through Fort Totten Park, and the decadeslong Spring Valley cleanup of chemical weapons was concerning to D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes…
DCist: Congress Maintains Ban On D.C. Legalizing Sales Of Recreational Marijuana
A draft federal spending bill unveiled by congressional leaders on Wednesday maintains a seven-year-old prohibition on D.C. legalizing recreational marijuana sales, again frustrating local efforts to tax and regulate sales that many states…
Axios: Town Talker: Sleepy Palisades becomes D.C. political hub
A wide-open race to succeed Ward 3 council member Mary Cheh has produced a political frenzy in this sleepy neighborhood, with four residents of Palisades, in addition to a few not far away, running for the seat.