DCist: The D.C. Government Has More Than 500 Vacant Jobs Right Now
The D.C. government has more than 500 job vacancies—and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is pushing to fill them at a virtual career fair next week.
Washington Post: Russians in Washington opposed to the war are defying Putin and standing with…
Igor Slabykh has begun each day since the Russian invasion on Feb. 24 messaging his close friends in Ukraine. He keeps the questions short and simple.
City Paper: New Bill Aims to Speed Up Second-Parent Adoption Process
Renee Perrier and her spouse, Karen Combs, had their first child in 2009. Perrier had carried the baby through pregnancy, so the law automatically considers her a parent. But the monthslong “home study” process required for Combs to become…
City Paper: DCHA Faces Claims of More Broken Promises as Greenleaf Gardens Redevelopment Advances
Residents and elected officials fear the housing authority won’t stay committed to its promised “build-first” strategy.
Press Release: Councilmember Lewis George Introduces the CLEAN Collections Act to Address Trash…
News Release — Ward 4 DC Council member Janeese Lewis George
March 10, 2022
Contact: Alex Taliadoros
WASHINGTON, DC – Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, joined by six other Councilmembers, introduced the Containing Litter…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Invites Employers to Apply for Grants that Will Connect More DC…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education and the DC Department of Employment Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 10, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Benjamin…
Press Release: With Large Number of Local D.C. Judicial Vacancies, Norton Renews Call to Pass Her…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 10, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today renewed her call for Congress to pass her District of Columbia Courts…
District Links: Board says injuries from Capitol riot led to MPD officer’s suicide; DC’s…
A DC retirement board has ruled that the death of a Metropolitan Police Department officer in the days after the Jan. 6 insurrection occurred in the line of duty and that his widow is entitled to his full pension.
DC’s new benefits portal spurs formal complaint over lack of full translation
People who don't speak or read English are having difficulty accessing District Direct, the D.C. government’s new benefits app and online portal, because it is not fully available in any language other than English.
Without…
UrbanTurf: A More-Detailed Look at the Redevelopment of Wisconsin Avenue’s Friendship Center
Six months ago, Federal Realty presented preliminary plans to redevelop the firm's Friendship Center building in Friendship Heights. Now, the public is getting a more detailed look at what will be proposed.
Axios: Mayor says D.C. public schools mask mandate likely to end next week
The mask mandate for D.C. public schools could end as early as next week, Mayor Muriel Bowser told Axios yesterday, a day after the city’s health department scrapped a masking requirement for all schools and childcare facilities.
Washington Post: Pennsylvania Avenue: America’s sleepy main street on track for fewer car lanes,…
A federal planning commission recently unveiled three concepts up for public review beginning this month
WTOP: DC and city unions ink deal that gives workers 12% pay hike over 4 years
District officials inked a new four-year collective bargaining agreement with workers’ unions representing D.C. government employees on Wednesday.
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