Washington Informer: Release of New Study Revives Calls to End IMPACT
In its racial equity review about the IMPACT teacher evaluation system, D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) confirmed that evaluators, regardless of color, harbor biases that cause nonwhite instructors to receive lower scores than their white…
Washington Informer: D.C. Leaders Want Statehood on March on Washington Agenda
While the March on Washington taking place on Aug. 28 will focus on informing Americans about voter suppression measures throughout the country, District leaders and activists don’t want it to be forgotten that residents of the nation’s…
With too few ADA-compliant units in DCHA’s aging portfolio, seniors and people with disabilities…
Summary: With a backlog of over 70,000 households, the demand for public housing is steadily growing in the city amid a precipitous rise in housing costs. Meanwhile, seniors and people with disabilities already in D.C. public housing…
jonetta rose barras: The Wayne Turnage and MedStar Family Choice show in DC
For the past year, Mayor Muriel Bowser and her Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage have presented a master class in government and financial mismanagement marked by political and self-centered motivations. They — and…
WTOP: As DC education board calls for flexibility, schools chancellor says city committed to…
Five days before the start of school in D.C., the District’s State Board of Education is urging Mayor Muriel Bowser to adjust the city’s fall plans, calling for increased testing, a vaccine mandate for all students 16 and older and the…
Washington Post: Voting rights protests: D.C. expected to host thousands amid delta variant concerns
A summer of voting rights protests is culminating with crowds of thousands expected to descend on the National Mall on Saturday, demanding that elected officials enact federal legislation to protect and expand access to the ballot.
City Paper: Cooling D.C. Requires Thinking About Who’s Most Vulnerable to Heat
Efforts to cool down outdoor temperatures must go hand-in-hand with expanding access to air-conditioning.
City Paper: LGBTQ Spaces Led in Vaccine Requirements—40 Years After The HIV/AIDS Crisis
“There's still a few of us around who can, you know, have a little bit of hopefully guiding influence in imparting gay 101."
Washington Business Journal: Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to open restaurant in D.C.
Gordon Ramsay will become the latest celebrity chef to open a restaurant in D.C.
DCist: D.C. Police Fatally Shoot A Man In His Car On New York Avenue
A D.C. Police officer fatally shot a man in his car around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning after responding to a report of an unconscious person at a traffic light, police said. It was the second police shooting in the District in less than 12…
Washington Post: D.C. jail’s new housing policy for transgender inmates faces scrutiny
The D.C. Department of Corrections changed its gender housing policy in light of a class-action lawsuit filed earlier this year, but the American Civil Liberties Union of D.C. argued in court Tuesday that the new protocol, which involves…
Washingtonian: Inside the Plan to Make Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post the Everything Newspaper
The Post has a new executive editor—Sally Buzbee, the first woman to top the masthead—and visions of becoming the world’s go-to news outlet. The story of the search for Buzbee, and the future at the hometown paper that has long stopped…
Press Release: AG Racine Supports Biden Administration Effort to Strengthen Protections Against…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
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August 25, 2021
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23 AGs Submit Comment Supporting HUD’s Efforts to Reverse Trump…
During the pandemic, DC waived its usual time limits for families in rapid rehousing. Now…
More than 1,000 families who have stayed in the rapid rehousing program (RRH) beyond its usual time limit due to the pandemic are receiving an official extension — and some may get an extra reprieve along with job training.
No one in…
DCist: Facing Limited Virtual Options, Some D.C. Parents Are Torn About Sending Their Children To…
Tens of thousands of public school students in the District are scheduled to return to classrooms in less than a week. Adina Ellis does not know if her six-year-old son, Cassius Cato, will be among them.
Washington Post: D.C. police officer fatally shoots man with gun in Northeast Washington, officials…
A D.C. police officer early Wednesday fatally shot a man who authorities said had a gun while sitting inside a vehicle on New York Avenue in Northeast Washington, according to a department official.
Washington Post: Part of Third Street Tunnel still closed in downtown D.C.
Crews are working to fix a water main break in the tunnel
Washington Post: From prison to pitch: Ex-offenders compete for city grants to launch their…
The range of businesses is as varied as the returning citizens.
WTOP: Health care services for DC’s Medicaid patients under threat
Access to public health care services for 250,000 D.C. residents could end if MedStar kills its remaining Medicaid and Alliance contracts this fall.
WTOP: DC Council members urge Bowser to drop COVID testing option for school workers
Several D.C. Council members want Mayor Muriel Bowser to remove the COVID-testing option for government employees who don’t get a COVID-19 vaccination — including anyone who has regular contact with kids in a school setting.