jonetta rose barras: DC’s finance chief hasn’t conducted quality oversight and fiscal management
When DC Inspector General Daniel W. Lucas and his team released a report in September that indicated the DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) had misspent $82 million from the Housing Production Trust Fund, advocates…
DCist: D.C. Council Approves Digital Driver’s Licenses, But We Don’t Know When We’ll Get Them
Cell phones have the ability to store virtual credit cards, concert tickets, and soon, in D.C., your driver’s license. The D.C. Council unanimously passed a law Tuesday that would allow for digital versions of driver’s licenses and ID…
Washington Post Editorial Board: Congress fumbles a chance to give D.C. control over its National…
Eleven months ago, the Capitol was physically assaulted for the first time since 1814 when a mob of Trump supporters overwhelmed D.C. and Capitol police. As the Trump administration dithered over sending in the D.C. National Guard, Mayor…
Greater Greater Washington: Why cars with dozens of unpaid tickets remain on DC streets
The idea behind traffic enforcement has a simple logic. When a driver is caught breaking the law — for instance, by running a red light at the site of a red light camera — they get a ticket. The threat of paying that fine then incentivizes…
WTOP: DC attorney general demands release of report probing DC crime lab
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is calling on the mayor’s office to immediately turn over a report probing the District’s troubled crime lab, or he will “invoke legal processes to obtain it.”
City Paper: D.C. Council Approves New Ward Boundaries
Ward 8 to gain Navy Yard, Ward 7 to gain Hill East, and McDuffie loses the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
District Links: Council delays vote on suspending encampment clearings; Congress doesn’t…
A divided DC Council put off a vote yesterday on emergency legislation to suspend encampment clearings during hypothermia season, but lawmakers on both sides of the debate said the execution of the mayor's pilot program needs to improve.
Press Release: AG Racine Announces Vikram Swaruup to Serve as Chief Deputy Attorney General
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 8, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
A Respected Civil Rights Attorney, Swaruup Serves on AG’s Senior…
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Exempt D.C. Courts, CSOSA, PDS From Federal Government…
News Release – DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
December 8, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reintroduced a bill to exempt from federal government shutdowns…
DCist: Congress Nixes Provision Giving D.C. Mayor Control Over National Guard
A congressional bill that would’ve given the D.C. mayor control over the D.C. National Guard — a demand for local autonomy that’s only grown louder following the city’s racial justice protests and the Jan. 6 insurrection — won’t be coming…
UrbanTurf: DC Council Takes First Vote on Ward Redistricting
The DC Council took its first step toward codifying new ward boundaries in the city on Tuesday, voting in favor of an amended version of a redistricting bill meant to restore population balance among DC's political districts.
Washington Business Journal: Here’s what Hilton’s CEO had to say about Waldorf Astoria…
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. CEO Chris Nassetta made his first comments on reports his company will step in to manage the Trump International Hotel in D.C. as a Waldorf-Astoria property after its sale to CGI Merchant Group goes through,…
DCist: Lawmakers Postpone Vote On Bill To Stop D.C. From Clearing Homeless Encampments During Winter…
The D.C. Council on Tuesday postponed a planned vote on a bill that would have stopped the clearing of homeless encampments during the winter months.
Axios: Council postpones encampments vote, renames Wilson High
On Tuesday, the D.C. Council postponed an attempt to halt the clearing of existing homeless encampments and advanced a redistricting map.
WTOP: Rare look inside DC Jail after serious living conditions uncovered
D.C. Jail officials held a rare tour for a small group of reporters Tuesday afternoon after the U.S. Marshals Service said it found serious issues in living conditions for inmates.
Max Broad: As Rock Creek Park begins its annual deer cull, NPS needs to opt instead for a nonviolent…
The National Park Service (NPS) recently began its eighth year of killing deer in Rock Creek Park, with culling activity scheduled to occur between Nov. 22 and March 31. NPS would like you to believe that this is necessary to protect the…
Washington Post: D.C. Council approves redistricting plan, reshaping Wards 7 and 8
D.C. lawmakers voted Tuesday in favor of a plan to redraw the boundaries of the city’s wards, making the fast-growing Navy Yard neighborhood a part of the historically low-income Ward 8 and the easternmost section of Capitol Hill a part of…
WTOP: DC Council moves forward renaming Wilson High, requiring students to get COVID-19 vaccine
The D.C. Council has voted to rename Northwest’s Woodrow Wilson High School in honor of two Black pioneers from the school’s history. The council also voted to add COVID-19 vaccines to the list of shots required for D.C. students.
Washington Post: City officials dispute reports of ‘egregious’ conditions at D.C. jail
D.C. officials offer the press a tour of the facility amid reports of mistreatment at the jail
Washington Post: D.C. protests disrupt traffic around U.S. Capitol; 38 arrested
Activists disrupted rush-hour traffic and more than three dozen were arrested around the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday in two separate protests demanding congressional action on a host of liberal priorities, including climate change,…