City Paper: ‘You Shouldn’t Have to Come to Work for Putin’: Current, Former Employees Accuse the…
Staffers at the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, one of two agencies to emerge from the breakup of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, believe it is in serious trouble due to poor leadership.
Ivy City Residents Call For Shutdown Of Chemical Plant
In a squat, nondescript brick building on a residential street in Northeast D.C., workers are using toxic chemicals to produce sealants for the U.S. Navy, and venting the exhaust into a densely packed residential neighborhood of row houses…
Washington Post: Comer introduces bill that could let D.C. turn RFK into Commanders home
Rep. James Comer, the Republican chairman of the congressional committee that oversees the District, introduced bipartisan legislation Thursday that could help D.C. turn the shuttered RFK Stadium site into an attractive new mixed-use…
District Links: Comer, Norton introduce bill to extend DC’s lease on RFK while allowing…
Just days after the sale of the Washington Commanders, newly introduced bipartisan legislation in the House calls for a 99-year extension of the District's lease for the sprawling RFK Stadium site that would allow mixed-use development…
WTOP: Before Oppenheimer: How DC became the unlikely birthplace of the atomic age
Years before Robert Oppenheimer led the Los Alamos lab that developed the first nuclear weapons, physicists in D.C. thrust the world into the atomic age — inside a narrow, zigzagging tunnel running underneath Chevy Chase.
WTOP: What is the ‘all-out’ policy at DC pools and why are some upset about it?
Given the sizzling summer weather, it’s clear why D.C.’s public pools are popular. But there have been some grumblings on community listservs about the pools’ “all-out” policy and how it’s being enforced.
DCist: Some Of D.C.’s Most Historic Documents Could Soon Get A New Home
Dr. Lopez Matthews, Jr. traces his finger along a yellowing page in an oversized book. He reads a header written in ornate script, standing above columns containing names and dates.
Washington Post: A fixer-upper in Georgetown is on sale for $50,000. It’s a wall.
‘It’s like crumbling,’ said Robert Morris, a real estate agent selling the wall on behalf of its owner, Allan Berger
City Paper: Child Care Workers Say They’re Getting Shortchanged by the District on Salaries. It’s…
The city’s efforts to boost pay for day care and preschool workers have hit a snag, requiring more action from the Council.
DCist: Drivers Using D.C.’s Bus-Only Lanes Will Now Be Caught On Camera
Buses in D.C. are now using cameras to deter people from parking or driving in bus-only lanes.
WTOP: Metro starts warning period before fining drivers in bus lanes
D.C. is preparing to crack down on drivers taking up space in bus lanes.
Washington Post: D.C. starts camera enforcement of bus-only lanes before $200 fines begin
Warnings start going out this week to motorists who illegally drive, idle and park in bus lanes. Fines up to $200 will follow in September.
Axios: Initiative 82 service fees are popping up in D.C.
The backlash was swift against D.C. Mexican restaurant Mi Vida after owners instituted a 3.5% "Initiative 82 fee" this month, with some diners and online vocalists swearing off the swanky spot.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: At last, a diploma for Black deaf students who set historic precedent
A court victory in 1952 allowed them to attend school in Washington. On Saturday, Gallaudet University finally gave them a diploma and an apology.
District Links: Initiative on ranked choice voting, open primaries gets initial OK to move forward;…
The DC Board of Elections ruled Friday that a proposed initiative on ranked choice voting and open primaries is suitable as a ballot measure, an initial step in enabling proponents to begin circulating petitions among registered voters to…
Washington Post: A D.C. elected official serving from jail was moved out of town
While inside the D.C. jail, Leonard Bishop was a voice for the more than 1,000 people incarcerated alongside him.
Washington Post Editorial Board: The new D.C. police chief has her work cut out for her
Pamela A. Smith, named this week as D.C.’s next police chief, takes over the force amid dangerous levels of understaffing; surging violent crime, especially by juveniles; and an acrimonious relationship between the mayor who nominated her…
DCist: D.C. Elections Board Gives Initial Green Light To Ballot Initiative On Ranked Choice Voting…
The D.C. Board of Elections on Friday unanimously ruled that a proposed initiative that would ask residents if ranked choice voting and open primaries should be adopted in city elections can be placed on the ballot.
Washington Post: D.C. ranked-choice voting ballot initiative clears first hurdle
A ballot initiative that would bring ranked-choice voting to D.C. and allow independent voters to participate in party primaries cleared its first hurdle Friday after the District’s elections board voted to allow it to move forward.
Colbert I. King in The Post: The solution to youth crime? It has always been strong families.
My columns about youths involved in the D.C. criminal justice system invariably receive blowback from certain readers eager to get their licks in on what they perceive as our city’s failings. Last week’s column on D.C.'s emergency crime…