DCist: D.C. Council May Require Health Insurance Companies To Cover Fertility Treatment
The D.C. Council is expected to vote on a bill Tuesday that would require private insurers, Medicaid, and the D.C. Healthcare Alliance to cover infertility diagnosis and treatment for District residents. At-large member and Health…
City Paper: Despite Controversy, a Rent Cap Compromise Is Coming Together for Rent-Controlled…
Three councilmembers advancing competing proposals to limit rent increases have found some common ground.
DCist: Capital Bikeshare Hits Highest Monthly Use Ever, Showing Gains Out Of The Pandemic
Capital Bikeshare had its highest ridership month of all time in May with more than 428,000 rides, signaling a return to normalcy after the pandemic. It beats the previous record of 408,000 rides set back in September 2018.
DCist: D.C. To Map Air Quality Disparities In City’s Most Polluted Neighborhoods
In the digital age, checking your local air quality seems pretty straightforward: a quick internet search, or a glance at the weather app on your phone. But there are big gaps in this air quality data — it’s a bit like when the weather app…
Washington Post: Metro to launch half-price fare program this month for lower-income riders
Transit officials said riders who qualify for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can sign up for the fare discount
DCist: Metro’s New Fare Discount For Low-Income Riders Begins June 20. Here’s How To Register.
Low-income residents who are enrolled in SNAP benefits will qualify for a new Metro half-off fare discount. The program, called Metro Lift, starts June 20.
District Links: Bowser touts economic boost at DGS ribbon-cutting in Ward 7; new program tracks air…
Near the start of her second term, Mayor Muriel Bowser directed her team to identify opportunities to relocate DC agencies east of the Anacostia River as an economic development tool. Now, four years later, she marked the opening today of…
Washington Post: AG seeks deal with D.C. police lodge over allegedly illegal whiskey sales
The D.C. attorney general’s office has offered to settle out of court with a fraternal police lodge after the city’s liquor board concluded it illegally sold and shipped hundreds of bottles of whiskey without proper permits, according to a…
Washington Post: Adding flights at Reagan National would increase delays, FAA says
The FAA’s analysis comes as a coalition of business groups is pushing for more long-distance service at the airport outside Washington
Washington Post: D.C. election laws are GOP’s next target in Congress
D.C.'s election laws will be next to enter the crosshairs in the GOP’s oversight of the District in Congress, with a hearing next week set to delve into D.C. “election integrity.”
Washington Post: D.C. opens migrant center as it braces for more border buses
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) administration this week opened a new respite center for U.S. asylum seekers arriving on buses from Texas and Arizona, adding a second clearinghouse in the region for those individuals amid expectations…
DCist: D.C. Picks Team To Redevelop Reeves Center On U Street Into Housing, Offices, And…
Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday announced that the city has picked a team to redevelop the Franklin D. Reeves Center, the large government building standing at the iconic intersection of 14th and U Streets NW.
DCist: D.C.’s New Public Safety Auditor Thinks Scrutiny And Support Of Police Are Not Mutually…
Chris Magnus is the city’s new Deputy Auditor for Public Safety. He’s the first to occupy the job, which was recommended by the city’s police reform commission in 2021 and ultimately created by police reform legislation the D.C. Council…
DCist: House Republicans To Hold Hearing On D.C. Elections, With Possible Bill Targeting City
A pair of House committees have scheduled a hearing for next Wednesday on elections in D.C., which could build towards legislation that would require photo ID for voting, eliminate same-day voter registration, and largely do away with the…
District Links: DC selects development team for Reeves Center replacement at 14th and U; five…
Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration today announced its long-awaited pick to redevelop the Reeves Center site at 14th and U streets NW, with the project slated to include a hotel, a new NAACP headquarters, municipal office space, and…
Washington Post: D.C. firefighters sue city, alleging officials reneged on pension promises
A group of D.C. firefighters who want to retire sued the District on Thursday, alleging officials reneged on promises to let them transfer to a more generous pension plan after the city’s fire and ambulance services merged more than 15…
WTOP: Sea walls at Tidal Basin, West Potomac Park to be rehabbed, heightened for sea level rise
The National Park Service plans to rehabilitate and heighten nearly 7,000 feet of sea wall that lines the Tidal Basin and West Potomac Park in an effort to deal with daily flooding.
City Paper: D.C. Firefighters Claim the City is Refusing to Pay Their Pension Benefits
Five current and former Black firefighters were promised pension funds. Decades later they’re ready to retire, but where’s the money?
DCist: NPS To Raise Tidal Basin Walkways 5 Feet To Account For Sea Level Rise
When D.C.’s Tidal Basin was built more than 100 years ago, the walkways around it were 6 feet above the Potomac River at low tide. Since then, a combination of rising sea level and sinking land has brought the water much closer — in fact…
Washington Post: Bowser announces new sabbatical program for longtime D.C. agency leaders
Applications open Thursday for the new sabbatical program and a separate initiative to help veteran agency leaders plan their future in D.C. government