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District Links: Legislation to curb utility costs wins initial OK, with talks planned on key aspect; Kennedy family sues over proposed arch; and more

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District Links: Despite revisions, robotaxi bill faces headwinds on…

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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…

Axios: House GOP requests city review Bowser admin’s WhatsApp use

Editor Mar 15, 2022
House Republicans want the D.C. inspector general to review the Bowser administration’s use of WhatsApp.

WTOP: Suspect arrested in shootings of homeless men in DC, NYC

Editor Mar 15, 2022
A suspect has been arrested in D.C. in connection with attacks on homeless men in the District and New York that left two dead and three wounded.

DCist: Police Detain Man Believed To Be Linked To Attacks On Unhoused People In D.C., New York

Editor Mar 15, 2022
D.C. police say they have taken a person into custody who they say may be linked to five attacks on people experiencing homelessness in D.C. and New York City over the last two weeks. Two of those attacks were fatal.

Washington Post: Man arrested after shootings of homeless people in D.C., New York

Editor Mar 15, 2022
A man was arrested after shootings that left two homeless people dead and three wounded in the District and New York City, D.C. police said early Tuesday.

Axios: D.C. and New York seek ‘cold blooded’ suspect in homeless shootings

Editor Mar 14, 2022
Police in the nation's capital and New York City said Monday they were making progress in catching a person they say is linked to killing two homeless people and wounding three others in both cities.

Associated Press: Trucker mandate protest hits DC, snarling local traffic

Editor Mar 14, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of truckers and other motorists who have been doing rolling protests on highways encircling Washington made their way into the nation’s capital Monday, snarling already-congested traffic in a demonstration…

WTOP: DC organization heads to Ukraine’s border to provide support for refugees

Editor Mar 14, 2022
As thousands flee their homes from Ukraine into Poland, the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington is working along Ukraine’s border to help provide relief for thousands of families.

WTOP: Extreme delays on Southeast/Southwest Freeway amid trucker convoy, closed exits

Editor Mar 14, 2022
Drivers in the D.C. area Monday afternoon faced “extreme” delays heading into the District amid a demonstration related to a trucker convoy.

Washington Post: D.C. and N.Y. police seek gunman in shootings of five homeless people

Editor Mar 14, 2022
Two of the victims, one in each city, have died. Police have released photos and videos of a person of interest.

Petula Dvorak in The Post: They battle the weather, the pests, the system. Now, a killer is after…

Editor Mar 14, 2022
In his years without a home, Gregory Hammett has fought off heat, cold, wind, ice, rain, snow, rats, insects, hunger, riots and robbers.

WTOP: DC, New York police ask public’s help to ID suspect in shootings of homeless men

Editor Mar 14, 2022
Police in D.C. and New York City are asking the public’s help in identifying the suspect in a string of attacks on homeless men.

Washington Post: ‘People’s Convoy’ drives through D.C. after permit for organized demonstration…

Editor Mar 14, 2022
The detour from the Beltway brought the full convoy into the District for the first time since it began Feb. 23

DCist: Trucker Convoy Drives Into D.C., Prompting Road Closures

Editor Mar 14, 2022
The convoy of truckers that’s been hanging out in Maryland and riding around area highways for over a week drove into D.C. proper on Monday, causing heavy traffic and closed roadways.

Washington Post: Metro to increase weekend train service during cherry blossom season

Editor Mar 14, 2022
No daytime track work will be scheduled for four weeks to cut down on delays

Washington Post Editorial Board: Police officer deaths by suicide should be considered line of duty

Editor Mar 14, 2022
In a rare ruling — one believed to be a first for the D.C. police department — the death of Officer Jeffrey L. Smith, who died by suicide in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, has been classified as a…

Washington Post: Dusty and desolate: 16th Street NW wasn’t always a prestigious thoroughfare. A new…

Editor Mar 14, 2022
We often refer to our highways, roads and avenues as “arteries,” as if they carried corpuscles instead of cars, platelets rather than pedestrians. But they are a city’s circulatory system, from the tiniest cul-de-sac capillary to the…

Press Release: Norton Announces Application Process for Defense Community Project Funding Requests

Press Release Mar 14, 2022
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton March 14, 2022 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the process for entities in the District of Columbia to…

Press Release: Norton Says D.C.’s Lack of Statehood Cost D.C. $90-200 Million in Earmarks in Omnibus…

Press Release Mar 14, 2022
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton Mar 14, 2022 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said the District of Columbia was shortchanged an estimated $90…

District Links: DC, NYC police seek assailant in attacks on people experiencing homelessness; DCPS…

Chris Kain Mar 14, 2022
Police in DC and New York City are joining with federal authorities to search for a gunman suspected in recent attacks in both cities on people experiencing homelessness — two of which proved fatal.

DCist: D.C. Concedes Police May Have Kept ‘Watchlist’ Of Critics, But Says It Had Little Impact

Editor Mar 14, 2022
Attorneys for D.C. are conceding that the Metropolitan Police Department may have maintained a “watchlist” of critics whose requests for public records were funneled up to the department’s top leaders, but deny that such a list actually…
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District Links: Legislation to curb utility costs wins initial OK, with talks planned on key aspect; Kennedy family sues…

Nov 11, 2026 7
The DC Council yesterday gave initial approval to a legislative package that aims to curb rising utility costs and strengthen the Public Service Commission's oversight of Pepco and Washington Gas.

District Links: Despite revisions, robotaxi bill faces headwinds on council panel; lawmaker seeks limits on use of…

Nov 10, 2026 16
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 27
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 206
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…
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