Street Sense: Local organizations call for use of surplus funds to address eviction crisis
A group of non-profit organizations have signed a letter calling for Mayor Muriel Bowser to direct more city funds to stop evictions in the District.
Washington Post: Steep ridership losses will force changes to Metro service after pandemic, transit…
Metro’s ability to provide safe and reliable transportation was under scrutiny by a House Oversight subcommittee
Washingtonian: How Student Journalists Discovered American University Was Handing Out Counterfeit…
Through careful reporting, student newspaper the Eagle confirmed tips that the school had unknowingly purchased bogus masks.
WTOP: 8 DC schools cleared following threats; police, FBI investigating
D.C. police investigated threats at eight District schools Wednesday, just a day after Dunbar High School was evacuated due to a bomb threat, and cleared the schools shortly before 3 p.m.
City Paper: The D.C. Auditor Asks the Council: Is Anyone Over There Listening to Me?
Kathy Patterson faults lawmakers for ignoring many of her office’s recommendations.
DCist: Data Errors Imperil D.C.’s Participation In Group That Cleans Up States’ Voter Rolls
A years-long bureaucratic snafu has imperiled D.C.’s membership in a multi-state system that checks the accuracy of states’ voter rolls, raising the possibility that D.C. could become the first jurisdiction in the country to be formally…
Washington Post: D.C. Public Schools required weekly covid tests for pre-K students. How has it…
Each week, Kristen Cox administers a coronavirus test to her 4-year-old son at their home in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington. To make it easier for him, sometimes she’ll “test” her son’s stuffed animals, too. A new measure…
Axios: Authorities clear six D.C. schools of bomb threats
Authorities have cleared six public and charter schools in Washington, D.C. of bomb threats, Metro Police said Wednesday, a day after second gentleman Doug Emhoff was rushed out of an event at a high school in the city due to an apparent…
WTOP: House committee probes Metro’s response to wheel problem
Metro safety and service came under congressional scrutiny Wednesday as lawmakers pressed transit agency leaders about the handling of issues related to a derailment last fall that’s led to months of long delays for riders.
DCist: ‘Metro Needs To Do Better’: Congress Challenges WMATA On Safety, 7000-Series Train Problems
Members of Congress grilled Metro leaders Wednesday over the transit agency’s untenable situation: more than half its trains out of service because of a safety issue, COVID and telework decimating its ridership and revenue, and a looming…
DCist: Seven D.C. Schools Evacuated Due To Bomb Threats, Police Say
Seven D.C. public and charter schools were evacuated due to bomb threats on Wednesday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Washington Post: Police investigate bomb threats at several D.C. high schools
No hazardous materials were found, police said
WTOP: Council member Robert White aims to modernize DC’s advisory neighborhood commissions office
D.C. neighborhood commissioners on Tuesday urged At-Large Council Member Robert White to consider providing them with additional resources and further training in a strategic plan funded in this year’s budget.
WTOP: Deep dive needed on DC racial health disparities, researchers say
Researchers say structural racism has left D.C. with stark differences in health outcomes, and a new study takes a deeper look into the issue.
District Links: Shell found at Fort Totten was WWI chemical munition, WTOP reports; Senate eases…
An unexploded shell found in 2020 on National Park Service land near the Fort Totten Metro station may be linked to the World War I-era chemical weapons testing facilities that many decades later forced a prolonged cleanup in Spring…
UrbanTurf: 120 Senior Affordable Units Proposed South of the National Arboretum
New senior housing may be in the works adjacent to the National Arboretum.
WTOP: Lidl comes to Columbia Heights, its 2nd planned DC store
Discount grocer Lidl will open a store at D.C.’s big DC USA shopping complex in Columbia Heights, its first store in Northwest D.C.
WTOP: WWI shell found in Fort Totten was chemical weapon, prequel to massive Spring Valley cleanup
A World War I-era unexploded shell discovered in July 2020 by the National Park Service during construction of a trail through Northeast D.C.’s Fort Totten could be a prequel to the decadeslong cleanup of a former World War I chemical…
Washingtonian: Rodney Stotts Used to Hustle Drugs in Southeast DC. Now He’s One of the Few Black…
In an excerpt from his new memoir, “Bird Brother,” Stotts recounts his transformation from drug dealer to environmentalist, and the restorative power he discovered in wildlife.
Axios: A union attempt at Union Kitchen
A group of Union Kitchen employees from the company’s 3rd St. NE, 9th St. NW, and Eckington locations is pushing forward with a unionization attempt.