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DCist: Two D.C. Pools, Several Spray Parks To Stay Open Past Labor Day

Editor Sep 4, 2023
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

Editor Sep 4, 2023
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

Editor Sep 4, 2023
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.

Editor Sep 4, 2023
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

Editor Sep 4, 2023
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

Editor Sep 4, 2023
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

Editor Sep 1, 2023
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

Editor Sep 1, 2023
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.

Editor Sep 1, 2023
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

Editor Sep 1, 2023
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

Editor Sep 1, 2023
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

Editor Sep 1, 2023
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…

Chris Kain Aug 31, 2023
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.

WTOP: New slogan and campaign tries to lure tourists to DC

Editor Aug 30, 2023
While more and more tourists are coming to the District as the city recovers from the pandemic, tourists from abroad are noticeably absent. The city is now trying to lure back international travelers with a new slogan and ad campaign that…

Axios: Pandemic-era migration cost D.C. more than $1 billion

Editor Aug 30, 2023
Migration during the pandemic resulted in Washington, D.C., losing $1.6 billion in taxable income between 2020 and 2021, a 7.6% drop — in line with other big cities that lost residents to cheaper locales during the same time period.

Washington Post: D.C. aims for more international tourists after signs of pandemic recovery

Editor Aug 29, 2023
Destination D.C. unveiled a $14 million marketing campaign Tuesday to draw more international and cross-country visitors to the nation’s capital, as tourism has shown promising signs of a comeback over the past year.

DCist: Metro Adds Special ‘Kids Ride Free’ Lanes At Key Metro Stations This School Year

Editor Aug 29, 2023
D.C. students are officially back in class, and many of them are taking Metro to get there.

City Paper: D.C.’s Efforts to Take Back Control of Parole from the Feds Are ’As Good as Dead‘

Editor Aug 29, 2023
Between Mayor Muriel Bowser’s missteps and aggression from Congress, D.C. looks unlikely to regain parole authority anytime soon.

Washington Post Editorial Board: What happened to D.C. food trucks? The answer says much about the…

Editor Aug 29, 2023
What happened to D.C.’s food trucks? Lunch downtown used to be a mobile, multicultural feast thanks to the trucks that regularly packed Franklin Square, Farragut Square, Union Station and other gathering spots. Office workers lined up for…

Washington Post: In MacArthur, D.C. opens its first new high school in a half-century

Editor Aug 29, 2023
The campus, in a building once owned by the private Georgetown Day School, opened its doors Monday morning
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jonetta rose barras: Where is the power center of the new/old political era?

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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson may not seem a Yoda doppelganger: He lacks pointy ears; he is also considerably taller and much younger than the Star Wars Jedi Master. What’s more, compared to the…

District Links: McDuffie concedes mayoral race to Lewis George; Silverman set for council return; old machines…

Jun 18, 2026 19
Mayoral hopeful Kenyan McDuffie this morning conceded the Democratic primary to Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, who has 52.87% of the vote in the updated tally released this afternoon by…

District Links: Lewis George holds large lead in mayoral primary as White dominates in delegate race; Bowser picks…

Jun 17, 2026 14
Initial results released last night by the DC Board of Elections show Janeese Lewis George, a self-described democratic socialist, with a strong lead in the mayor's race and Robert White with an even…

District Links: DC residents head to polls for primary without several longtime incumbents; House panel scrutinizes DC…

Jun 16, 2026 7
DC's Democrats will decide today on their party's nominees to succeed three-term Mayor Muriel Bowser and 18-term DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, as well as two councilmembers who opted not to seek…
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