City Paper: Neighbors and Colleagues Accuse Ward 2 ANC Joel Causey, Recently Exposed as a Registered…
The debate over a new homeless shelter in Causey’s West End neighborhood has brought simmering tensions to a boil, as acquaintances describe years of troubling behavior.
Washington Post: 97 D.C. neighborhood leaders urge change in city response to 911 calls
Nearly 100 neighborhood representatives in D.C. signed a letter sent to city leaders Tuesday decrying the operations at the city’s 911 center and calling for more transparency.
Courtland Milloy in The Post: Why the racial achievement gap persists in D.C. and how to fix it
Former schools chancellor Kaya Henderson talks about how to engage children in their own education
District Links: Coalition of ANC reps pushes for improved 911 reliability; critics urge action on…
A citywide coalition of 97 advisory neighborhood commissioners is calling on Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Council to resolve "grave concerns" about the performance and dependability of the city's 911 call center operated by the Office of…
Shelley Broderick: For two years DC leaders sat on a plan to improve public safety
In 2022, the District suffered 174 fatal homicide shootings, a 29% increase above 2019 pre-pandemic numbers. Every homicide leaves devastated family, friends and neighborhoods begging our elected officials to do better. In recent months,…
District Links: Late-summer heat leads DC to keep 2 outdoor pools, 18 spray parks open; DPW curbside…
Amid forecasts of a record-setting heatwave this week, the DC Department of Parks and Recreation announced plans to keep two outdoor pools and 18 spray parks open past Labor Day.
DCist: After Delays, D.C. Finally Launches Citywide Curbside Composting Pilot
After years of studying and discussing the idea of launching a curbside composting program, D.C. officials finally began rolling out a pilot program this month. Roughly 9,000 households will be participating — they’ll get food scraps…
DCist: Two D.C. Pools, Several Spray Parks To Stay Open Past Labor Day
After what felt like a blissful early autumn week, D.C. is under another hot weather emergency through Thursday. Temperatures nearing 100 degrees Fahrenheit are expected to sweep the region throughout most of the week, according to the…
Washington Post: As migrants continue to arrive in D.C. concerns remain about capacity
It’s been about 17 months since Republican governors from Texas and Arizona started sending thousands of migrants to the District and other cities in protest of President Biden’s border policies, but questions and concerns remain about the…
Washington Post: A D.C. grocery store is removing Tide, Colgate and Advil to deter theft
To avoid shutting down an unprofitable store in Southeast Washington, Giant Food will check receipts and remove products
Washington Post: D.C. spent $4 million for bikes at Union Station. Suit seeks to evict it over $150.
The complaint also alleges the District Department of Transportation abandoned the facility at Union Station and broke provisions in its lease
Colbert I. King in The Post: It’s not going to be easy to make D.C.’s youth curfew work
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s partial youth curfew went into effect Friday in areas of the city where police have found patterns of criminal activity by juveniles in the overnight hours. The U Street entertainment corridor in Northwest…
Washington Post: In D.C., test scores improved but achievement gaps widened
Gaps in performance between White students and children of color have grown larger since 2022
Washington Post: Amtrak launches $1 billion in rail yard upgrades to prep for new trains
Federal infrastructure funding will be used to modernize D.C.’s Ivy City maintenance yard and five other sites across the nation ahead of delivery of new passenger trains
Washington Post: Owners of pets killed in flood at doggy day care grill D.C. mayor
Mayor says she is considering restricting use of building where 10 dogs died, according to one dog owner
Petula Dvorak in The Post: His bags were packed for college. Then his financial aid disappeared.
Kamari Felton has spent most of his life packing his bags.
DCist: D.C. Attorney General Says Financial Elder Abuse Is On The Rise, Encourages Reporting
Nicole Freeman Smith was working at St. Mary’s Court, a housing development in Northwest D.C. with about 100 affordable homes for seniors, when she gained access to the bank accounts of an elderly resident of the property — a woman in her…
DCist: D.C. Attorney General Says Financial Elder Abuse Is On The Rise, Encourages Reporting
Nicole Freeman Smith was working at St. Mary’s Court, a housing development in Northwest D.C. with about 100 affordable homes for seniors, when she gained access to the bank accounts of an elderly resident of the property — a woman in her…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: For disabled D.C. students, an uncertain wait on school buses remains
As the school year begins, families have seen service improvements but remain frustrated by late, unprepared buses and a lack of communication
District Links: Regional officials push to get more feds into the office; ad campaign aims to boost…
Mayor Muriel Bowser has long called for the federal government to return more of its workers to the office, and a new regional push organized by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments is seeking to make the same case.