Brianne K. Nadeau: Immigrant youth in DC lack protections they have in other states — let’s fix that
Turning 18 for most young people means newfound freedom — being able to vote, graduating high school, and starting their adult lives. For some 17-year-olds living in the District of Columbia, however, turning 18 means the opposite: They…
Washington Post: D.C. mayor tries to shore up support for crime bill ahead of vote
As homicides and carjackings in D.C. continue to rise, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) worked to shore up support for emergency legislation that would create a new penalty for firing a gun in public and make it easier to detain some people as…
City Paper: Bowser Talks Incessantly About Tougher Criminal Punishments. Her Silence on Other…
As the Council gets ready to pass some of Bowser’s anti-crime measures, where’s the discussion about how to solve more crimes?
Washington Post: New tunnel, Georgetown station among Metro’s expansion proposals
Transit agency considers six options to address projected crowding and capacity limits on Blue, Orange and Silver lines
DCist: Will Metro Go Ahead With Its Biggest Rail Expansion Since The Silver Line?
Late this year, Metro’s board will decide whether to embark on its biggest rail expansion since the Silver Line.
City Paper: D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee Was Soft on Discipline, Civilian Oversight Office Says
As chief, Contee did not impose meaningful discipline against many officers despite official findings of wrongdoing, according to the Office of Police Complaints director, protecting repeat offenders and allowing sustained misconduct to go…
City Paper: These Seven D.C. Officers Have At Least Two Sustained Complaints During Chief Contee’s…
Some officers were suspended, but some only received a letter in their personnel file.
Washington Post: After crash that killed three, D.C. bill targets dangerous drivers
A proposal before the D.C. Council aims to give more enforcement power to city agencies to target repeat offenders, including drivers who accumulate fines for speeding and reckless driving
Axios: Plan to build a swanky new D.C. archives building moves forward
Precious American artifacts would have a new $72 million home under a proposal being advanced in D.C.
District Links: Council to vote Tuesday on Pinto’s public safety bill as emergency…
The DC Council will take up emergency public safety legislation tomorrow as part of a lengthy agenda at the final legislative meeting before its summer recess.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: Long before Barbie got a movie, she was a star at this D.C. pond
The displays of Barbie and her crew at the pond have delighted neighbors, made the must-see lists of tourists and even played a role in a wedding proposal
Washington Post: D.C.’s Chevy Chase neighborhood in uproar over affordable housing
The neighborhood has less than 1% of the city’s designated affordable housing units.
DCist: D.C. Restaurants Surprised By Heavy Wage Theft Fines Over Minor Discrepancies
Several D.C. restaurant owners have recently been slapped with steep fines over alleged wage theft in what the industry sees as a surprise move by the city’s Department of Employment Services.
Washington Post: Historic Anacostia swimming event is postponed after sewage overflow
Strong rainstorms this week have scuttled a Saturday swim in the Anacostia River, which would have been the first legally authorized dip into the waterway in more than half a century.
Colbert I. King in The Post: Stemming youth crime is Job One for D.C. Will city leaders act like it?
In his June 27 statement before the D.C. Council on Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s crime bill, D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb said that the mayor’s proposed changes to the city’s juvenile pretrial detention statute “appear intended to…
Washington Post Editorial Board: A delayed dip in the Anacostia will be a big victory for clean…
People were going to be allowed to swim legally in the Anacostia River on Saturday for the first time in half a century, but organizers called off the event because a rainstorm caused raw sewage to overflow into the water.
DCist: Bowser, Pinto Push D.C. Council To Approve Emergency Crime Bill Next Week
Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto unveiled a new emergency crime bill Thursday, incorporating many elements of the public safety bill introduced earlier this year by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.
jonetta rose barras: Is the DC Council having another knee-jerk moment?
That question seems a legitimate concern, considering the near-illogical demand Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau makes in her proposed emergency legislation expected to be considered Tuesday during the DC Council’s next legislative…
WTOP: DC Council introduces bills that would get dangerous drivers off road sooner, impound cars
“Innocent unless proven guilty” is the presumption of innocence in courtrooms across the U.S., but members of the D.C. Council are looking for ways to keep dangerous drivers off the road in the meantime.
DCist: Pepco Must Repay Ratepayers $800,000 After Solar Violation
Pepco will have to pay back ratepayers roughly $800,000, after the D.C. Public Service Commission found the utility violated the law in its management of solar programs in the District.