WTOP: Hackers access voter information in DC Board of Elections data breach
The D.C. Board of Elections announced Friday that in a data breach, hackers were able to access thousands of D.C. residents’ voter records.
WTOP: Adams Morgan’s SunTrust Plaza donated to nonprofit affordable housing group
Truist Bank has donated the former SunTrust Bank branch and adjacent plaza at the corner of Columbia Road and 18th Street NW in Adams Morgan to nonprofit Jubilee Housing, clearing the way for development of affordable housing on the…
Washington Post: Hackers may have accessed D.C. voter information, elections board says
District and federal agencies are investigating after a hacking group claimed to have accessed 600,000 lines of U.S. voting data maintained by the D.C. Board of Elections, including records from city voters, the agency said in a statement…
DCist: D.C.’s Embattled Crime Lab Could Regain Accreditation As Early As January
D.C.’s Department of Forensic Science, which has been without accreditation since 2021, may finally regain it as early as January 2024, according to Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau.
DCist: Union Drive Ends At Compliments Only After Owners Decline Voluntary Recognition, Organizers…
The union effort at Compliments Only is over after the Dupont Circle sandwich shop’s owners refused to recognize their workers’ union and lead organizers resigned, two former employees say.
Colbert I. King in The Post: There’s turmoil in Congress — and in D.C.’s communities
Serious collisions occurred this week in Washington, and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) came out the worse for wear. But so did the House of Representatives and neighborhoods in this capital city.
DCist: Director Of D.C.’s Troubled 911 Agency Defends Call Center Amid Staffing Crisis, Deadly…
Heather McGaffin, the head of D.C.’s often scrutinized 911 call center, defended her agency’s performance Thursday amid heavy criticism from both the public and lawmakers.
District Links: Council hearing brings new round of criticism of 911 call center; Kenilworth Courts…
A DC Council committee yesterday heard renewed criticism of the District's 911 call center from an array of public witnesses, but the director of the Office of Unified Communications defended its overall performance and said recent hiring…
Maynard Jackson returns to the political stage in ‘Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard’ at…
Standing at nearly 6 feet 4 inches, Atlanta Mayor Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. was a formidable presence in national Democratic politics, both in spirit and stature, for three decades. Now, in Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard, a…
jonetta rose barras: DC housing co-op warrior Linda Leaks receives well-deserved national honor
When Linda Leaks first got word that she would be inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame this week, she told me: “I did what Harriet Tubman did when she crossed the border into freedom. I myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming.”
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City Paper: Robert White Wants to Hire More Crime Scene Technicians. But Will That Solve the Crime…
White is backing new hiring incentives for DFS. But without accreditation, the lab still can’t test much of the evidence it collects at crime scenes.
City Paper: D.C. Council Bill Could Expand Access to Rental Assistance For Undocumented People
The Council is considering legislation that would prohibit questions about a housing voucher applicant’s citizenship or criminal record.
District Links: Council bills address ‘disjointed’ public safety system, 911 staff…
Ahead of today's public hearing on the operations of the District's 911 call center and legislation to improve transparency and response times, Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen announced legislation aimed at addressing an ongoing…
Washington Post: ‘There wasn’t a delay’: D.C. 911 chief defends response to District Dogs flood
The director of the District’s beleaguered 911 call center, before a D.C. Council committee on Thursday, denied any missteps by her agency in a response to an August flash flood that killed 10 dogs at pet day care facility, saying “there…
DCist: ‘Built Hopes Up To Break Them Down’: Kenilworth Courts Residents Say D.C. Housing Authority…
On a dreary morning in mid-September, Kenilworth Courts resident Sheila Herring walked us through the complex, taking a brief reprieve from her own apartment. It’s being treated for a mouse infestation so severe that the critters have…
DCist: Latest In A Flurry Of Council Crime Bills Focuses On 911 Response, Crime Lab Staffing, And…
At-large councilmember Robert White introduced a public safety bill Wednesday aimed at uniting the city’s multi-agency response as homicides reach their highest rates since the 1990s.
Washington Post: D.C. SNAP recipients expected to get boost thanks to city’s excess revenue
Low-income families who rely on food assistance and workers who were excluded from pandemic aid, such as undocumented immigrants, are expected to receive millions in boosted benefits and cash, respectively, after the District ended up in…
District Links: Recent carjacking intensifies focus on crime as Bowser eyes ways to help MPD…
Amid a flurry of questions about carjackings and other violent crime, Mayor Muriel Bowser told reporters today that her administration is working on a new legislative package to include changes intended to improve the ability to recruit…
Washington Post: Carjacking of congressman renews cries to quell D.C. crime
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D) was attacked Monday in front of his Navy Yard apartment building, police said, which houses other lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans
Courtland Milloy in The Post: Seeding high-schoolers’ minds for a harvest of love for the earth
A program with Anacostia High teaches students about environmental science — and justice