Axios: Rock Creek Park Golf Course fixes are stuck over tree clearings
In Rock Creek Park, an iconic golf course was set to undergo a major renovation — that is, until, environmental advocates caught wind that 1,262 trees would be chopped.
CIty Paper: At Last, Bowser Updates Her Sexual Harassment Policies to Address Gaps Exposed by Her…
Bowser is banning relationships between employees in the same chain of command, among other changes.
District Links: AG sues 14 landlords, tech firm for alleged collusion on rents; MPD targets car…
Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department this morning announced the launch of a new pilot program to distribute free digital vehicle-tracking tags to residents in six police service areas with increased rates of vehicle…
Washington Post: Bowser issues new sexual harassment policy after Falcicchio scandal
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Tuesday unveiled a revised version of her administration’s 2017 sexual harassment policy, which she had been under pressure to review after her chief of staff and closest adviser, John Falcicchio,…
DCist: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Updates Sexual Harassment Policies Following John Falcicchio Scandal
Mayor Muriel Bowser signed a new executive order Tuesday that would expand the definition her administration uses to investigate sexual harassment between D.C. government employees, aligning with a 2022 local law. It would also prohibit…
DCist: Under New Federal Grant, Ward 7 And 8 Middle Schoolers Will Get College Coaching And…
Hundreds of D.C. middle school students in Wards 7 and 8 will be getting educational and financial support from a $21 million U.S. Department of Education grant that officials say will boost college enrollment and graduation rates in…
Washington Post: D.C. receives $21 million award to send more students to college
The Education Department grant will fund coaching, workshops and $22,000 in scholarships for D.C. middle-schoolers
Axios: D.C. public schools scramble amid migrant student influx
D.C. Public Schools has hundreds of migrant students on its class rosters, but is struggling to provide the high-quality help the students need.
Washington Post Editorial Board: As carjackings spike, police need to be able to chase vehicles…
When a robber pointed a gun at Stephanie Traub’s forehead and demanded her purse and car keys, she didn’t know a U.S. congressman had been carjacked at gunpoint an hour earlier.
District Links: Metro’s budget shortfalls take center stage at mayoral-council breakfast;…
Metro's leadership has spoken for months about the budget shortfalls confronting the area's transit agency starting with the next fiscal year, but DC officials today cited a need for the region to reach initial decisions by December at…
Washington Post: Bowser opens sobering center amid calls for public health emergency
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser marked the milestone while addressing mounting public pressure for her administration to go further in its response to rising overdose deaths
DCist: D.C.’s First 24/7 Sobering Center Opens This Week
D.C.’s first sobering center, or “stabilization” center, opens this week to provide short-term care for people experiencing a substance-use crisis or emergency.
DCist: D.C. Leaf Collection Starts Today, With Some Changes
‘Tis the season, when crews armed with leaf blowers and rakes roam the District, collecting nature’s bounty of compostable foliage. In other words, leaf sweeping season. This year, the D.C. Department of Public Works is trying out a new,…
City Paper: Investigations and Reform Efforts Spurred by the John Falcicchio Scandal Have Gone…
Contracting woes have held up the Council’s independent probe of the sexual harassment scandal that enveloped Bowser’s administration.
Washington Post: A D.C. politician wants to move a new high school. Not all are onboard.
Matthew Frumin’s idea to buy the old Whittle campus for MacArthur High School has received mixed reviews
Axios: Outside probe of D.C. sexual harassment scandal is delayed
An independent investigation into the John Falcicchio sexual harassment scandal has failed to launch.
District Links: New DC facility offers alternative to ER visits for intoxication; procurement issues…
Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon this morning on a new Stabilization Center, a 24/7 health care facility at 35 K St. NW that will assist individuals experiencing substance use disorder while providing an alternative to ER visits for…
Washington Post Editorial Board: How to fight crime without scaling back officer accountability
With crime a top concern among Americans, cities and states are looking back at the reforms many embraced following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. The trick will be avoiding overcorrection, holding police…
Colbert I. King in The Post: An alleged offender on policing in D.C.? ‘Call them — they won’t do…
Monday’s disgusting attack on D.C. day-care teachers walking with 24 toddlers was shocking enough. But even more troubling was the way the alleged perpetrator seemed so confident he had no reason to fear being held accountable by the D.C.…
Axios: D.C. mayor needs $16 million to pay police for overtime
D.C. cops are working so much overtime that the mayor needs to shuffle more than $16 million in funding to cover their budget.