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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…

Theresa Vargas in The Post: In this D.C. ballet studio, a delicate dance toward equity happens every…

Editor Feb 5, 2022
Ballet’s diversity problem isn’t new, but some of the promises to fix it are. The Dance Institute of Washington has seen what happens when words accompany action.

Washington Post: New fare gates will require SmarTrip upgrade for some longtime commuters returning…

Editor Feb 5, 2022
Tens of thousands of riders with older cards will not be able to use Metro fare gates starting next month

Press Release: Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia Files Suit Against the Federal…

Press Release Feb 4, 2022
News Release — Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia ***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** February 4, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia has sued the Federal…

Washington Post: D.C. bar that broke vaccine rules granted liquor board delay after owner seeks more…

Editor Feb 4, 2022
A D.C. bar whose liquor license was suspended after it violated vaccine rules was granted a delay in an administrative proceeding Friday after its owner said he needed more time to prepare for the hearing and hire a lawyer.

Colbert King in The Post: Mayor Bowser, Attorney General Racine: Fight crime, not each other

Editor Feb 4, 2022
With parts of our city resembling the Wild West — teenagers engaging in broad-daylight shootouts or committing carjackings with the aplomb of stagecoach robbers — it’s dispiriting to see two major-domos in the city’s public safety…

DCist: After Backlash, Jeff Bezos Suggests Naming Library Auditorium For Toni Morrison

Editor Feb 4, 2022
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has asked the D.C. Public Library to name an auditorium in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library after famed late Black author Toni Morrison, instead of after him.

Washington Post: Drop in coronavirus infections shows DMV appears to be pulling out of omicron…

Editor Feb 4, 2022
New coronavirus infections in the Washington region continued to steadily decline Friday, a sign that the worst of the omicron surge is over despite a lagging spike in covid-19 deaths in Virginia, public health experts said.

Washington Post: Jeff Bezos suggests naming MLK Library auditorium after Toni Morrison instead of…

Editor Feb 4, 2022
Jeff Bezos has asked the D.C. Public Library Foundation to consider naming the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library’s auditorium after the late Toni Morrison — the first Black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature — rather than…

Washington Post: Smithsonian selects Miami museum leader as founding director of Latino Museum

Editor Feb 4, 2022
Jorge Zamanillo is leaving the top post at HistoryMiami to build one of two new museums in Washington

City Paper: Martha’s Table CEO Abruptly Resigns, Citing ‘Extremely Abusive’ Behavior by Board…

Editor Feb 4, 2022
Kim Ford is stepping away from the prominent nonprofit after roughly three years at the helm.

WTOP: National Museum of the American Latino picks director

Editor Feb 4, 2022
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino has picked its first director.

Press Release: Councilmember Christina Henderson transmits budget requests for the Fiscal Year 2023…

Press Release Feb 4, 2022
News Release — At-large DC Council member Christina Henderson For Immediate Release February 4, 2022  Contact: Mike Shaffer Yesterday, Councilmember Christina Henderson transmitted her budget request letter for the FY2023…

Press Release: Norton, Booker Announce Bill to Award Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 African…

Press Release Feb 4, 2022
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton February 4, 2022 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced today, during the first…

District Links: Chief Contee says MPD doesn’t have an FOIA ‘watchlist’; name…

Chris Kain Feb 4, 2022
The branding debut of the Washington Commanders may have drawn mixed reviews in recent days, but it is helping the long-standing debate over a new stadium in DC command attention once again.
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Children at risk: Plea bargains bring doubts about whether there’s justice for victims of fatal…

jonetta rose barras Feb 4, 2022
Federal prosecutors last week secured guilty pleas in the brutal deaths of two DC children. But some advocates and officials say the potential penalties are far too lax. U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and DC Police Chief Robert J.…

Stephen Glaude in The Post: D.C. is a leader on affordable housing

Editor Feb 4, 2022
As D.C. contends with the ever-evolving challenge of the pandemic, it is hard to believe we are on the verge of a third consecutive budget cycle to be affected by the coronavirus.

UrbanTurf: Douglas Development Pitches 356-Unit Project at Takoma/Takoma Park Border

Editor Feb 4, 2022
A huge residential development is in the works for DC's Takoma neighborhood.

WTOP: ‘Very unpredictable’: DC epidemiologist details new isolation guidelines, path forward

Editor Feb 4, 2022
D.C.’s state epidemiologist has further detailed the city’s new coronavirus quarantine and isolation guidelines, explaining DC Health advises residents to take a rapid antigen test before exiting isolation because some people may be…

Washington Business Journal: Anacostia Reshaped

Editor Feb 4, 2022
The D.C. neighborhood is facing unprecedented change through a series of development projects inside and outside its borders.

Washington Blade: Catholic University LGBTQ student group remains unrecognized

Editor Feb 3, 2022
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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 10
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 208
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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