District Links: WaPo warns of potential layoffs if buyouts remain short of target; teachers union…
The Washington Post is warning of impending layoffs if more employees don't sign up for voluntary buyouts, per multiple reports.
Folger Theatre solves one of Shakespeare’s ‘problem plays’ — at least in part
For the unacclimated, an advertisement for William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale might conjure images of holiday stories that are often seen on stage this time of year. But DC audiences will find a twisting, tangled yarn spun of jealous…
District Links: Bowser travels to Middle East as delegate to climate summit; MPD case closure rate…
Mayor Muriel Bowser is visiting Dubai in the United Arab Emirates this week as part of a delegation from the U.S. Conference of Mayors for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).
DCist: D.C. Teachers Union Urges DCPS To Come To The Table On Contract Negotiations
The Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) says timely negotiations on a new contract are needed to address issues of teacher retention and other after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Washington Post: Their sons’ lives ended in gunfire. In grief, they found a second act.
After losing their children to gun violence, these moms turned their ‘pain into purpose,’ performing in a play to empower and uplift other grieving women.
Washington Post: D.C. weighs banning cars in three corridors to create pedestrian zones
A D.C. Council proposal would establish pedestrian corridors starting in 2026, closing roads to cars for at least some hours each week
Associated Press: Homicides are rising in the nation’s capital, but police are solving far fewer of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Though it’s no longer the homicide capital of the United States, the nation’s capital is witnessing a multiyear spike in the number of homicides but solving far fewer of them.
Washington Post: D.C. doubled its number of traffic cameras this fall. 140 more are coming.
The District has doubled its number of traffic cameras this fall, and officials say plans include adding another 140 devices before the end of March as part of a large-scale modernization and expansion of the city’s automated traffic…
Washington Post: Fire displaced families in D.C. housing program. Some call it a blessing.
Weak code enforcement and high housing costs can strand families in the city’s rapid rehousing program in terrible living conditions
DCist: Water Is Flowing In The Dupont Circle Fountain Again
Water is flowing in the century-old Dupont Circle Fountain once again following the completion of a major rehabilitation project, the National Park Service shared in a post on X on Tuesday.
DCist: Starting Nov. 22, Free COVID-19 Tests Are Back At Local Libraries
Free COVID-19 rapid tests are back and available for pick-up at D.C. Public Libraries again, just in time for Thanksgiving.
City Paper: How Some Landlords Skirt D.C.’s Rent Control Law
Weak government oversight allows property owners to evade rent control and unlawfully raise rents on working-class Washingtonians.
Washington Post: D.C. teens, now new authors, celebrate book launch
The high school students wrote books about climate change, extreme weather and grief
District Links: Council, mayor act to continue office tasked with monitoring DYRS facilities;…
The DC Council voted unanimously yesterday to keep open an independent office that helps monitor conditions in facilities operated by the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.
DCist: West End Residents, Advocates Lament Delayed Opening Of Ward 2 Homeless Shelter
Ward 2 community members and advocates for the unhoused say they’re disturbed by the sudden announcement this month that the D.C. government will delay the opening of a homeless shelter in the West End by six months.
City Paper: D.C.’s Troubled Crime Lab Is Hiding Information from Its Oversight Board, Prompting a…
One observer called the situation with the city’s Science Advisory Board a “shitshow” as the Bowser administration works to stamp out oversight and transparency of another critical public safety agency.
City Paper: D.C Police Officers Pull Suspects’ Hair To Get Compliance, But the Tactic Isn’t…
The Office of Police Complaints identified a pattern of White officers pulling Black people’s hair during minor stops, when the person was compliant, and when the officer was in no imminent danger.
District Links: Council extends public emergencies on opioid crisis, youth violence; board members…
The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to authorize Mayor Muriel Bowser to extend public emergencies on the opioid crisis and youth violence through Feb. 15.
DCist: D.C.’s Southeast Library Will Close For At Least Two Years For Major Renovation Project
The Southeast Library, near Eastern Market, will close on Jan. 4 for a multi-year, $33 million renovation that will modernize, expand, and restore parts of the historic library, one of the oldest in the DC Public Library system. The…
Washington Post: D.C. sues renovation company Curbio, says it’s ‘devastating’ for homeowners
D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb (D) said Monday that the city has sued a home-renovation company that claims to increase home sale prices but traps District residents into financially devastating contracts.