DCist: DCHA’s Deadline To Fix Major Problems Has Come And Gone. Here’s Where Things Stand
Eight months after the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a scathing audit of D.C.’s public housing authority, the parent agency has closed out just 42 of 103 findings it mandated the DC Housing Authority address.
Axios: New group opposes longer flights out of Reagan National Airport
United Airlines and groups supporting Dulles Airport yesterday launched a campaign against allowing longer flights out of Reagan National Airport.
District Links: Bowser administration launches sabbatical program for long-serving agency heads;…
As Mayor Muriel Bowser heads into the sixth month of her third term, her administration is rolling out a new sabbatical program and transition planning in an effort to retain long-serving cabinet officials and smooth the replacement…
District Links: Split council delays vote on rent limits amid procedural skirmish; FY 2024 budget…
Efforts to pass legislation to limit rent hikes for tenants living in rent-controlled buildings ground to a temporary halt yesterday afternoon amid procedural wrangling over whose proposal to consider first.
DCist: DCPS Officials Promise Changes And Accountability After Revelations Of Unlawful Contracts
D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee on Wednesday said that staffing and procedural changes are being made in the wake of revelations that the school system unlawfully awarded $270 million worth of contracts, but some lawmakers…
DCist: After Fights Over Last-Minute Changes, D.C. Council Gives Final Approval To 2024 Budget
The D.C. Council on Tuesday gave final and unanimous approval to a $19.7 billion budget for 2024, closing out what most lawmakers said was one of the toughest budget seasons in recent history — but not before they bickered over some…
Washington Post: D.C. youth feel left out of the school safety debate. Eight weigh in.
At first, they thought it was an active shooter drill. On what seemed like a normal Wednesday, students at Roosevelt High School — along with children at neighboring campuses — were placed on lockdown.
Washington Post: D.C. Council approves 2024 budget, delays vote to cap rent increases
The D.C. Council on Tuesday approved the city’s $19.7 billion fiscal 2024 budget, voting for proposals to temporarily boost benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and offer $20 million for excluded workers, if…
City Paper: Rent Control Debate Devolves Into Chaos as Mendelson, Pinto Try to Outmaneuver…
The Council couldn’t agree on a cap on rent increases for tenants in rent-controlled units, as several competing proposals snarled progress.
DCist: D.C. Wants To Cancel $90 Million In Medical Debt. Here’s How It Would Work.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a $900,000 plan to purchase and cancel medical debts incurred at D.C. hospitals as part of her 2024 budget proposals, which could result in erasing up to $90 million of medical debt for D.C. residents.
City Paper: Resistance from D.C. CFO Forces Progressives to Scramble for SNAP Benefits, Excluded…
Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George was forced to turn to a risky funding source for her big priorities.
District Links: DC Council debates amendments to FY 2024 budget; Contee discusses legacy as he…
The DC Council is slated to take a final vote on the fiscal year 2024 budget this afternoon, but legislators are first debating multiple amendments to the $19.7 billion spending plan.
Jamal Berry: Shortsighted budget cuts jeopardize progress of early childhood’s workforce
The District of Columbia has been on a roll over the last decade to make early childhood education more affordable and equitable. From universal pre-K to the Birth-to-Three law, the District is a national leader viewed by other states as a…
DC set to implement domestic worker, street vendor protections with FY 2024 budget
DC is poised to implement new protections for domestic workers, street vendors and young people in foster care, thanks to funding in the fiscal year 2024 budget.
Over the last year, the DC Council has voted to create a domestic…
Washington Post: Departing D.C. police chief says he pushed city to ‘think differently’
In an interview, Robert J. Contee III said he instituted reforms and that he also tried to advocate for violent offenders to be held accountable
Washington Post Editorial Board: Give D.C.’s grand movie palace a Hollywood ending
The District last year completed a report on the historic value of the Uptown Theater in Cleveland Park, calling the famous local institution “an excellent example of an Art Deco motion-picture palace with high historic integrity and…
Washington Post Editorial Board: How to make D.C. government more representative
A group of good government reformers has filed initial paperwork with the D.C. Board of Elections to put a referendum on the ballot next year that would open up primaries to independent voters and institute ranked-choice voting. These…
Washington Post: D.C. official who led agencies focused on reducing gun violence dies
Linda Harllee Harper, who led two D.C. agencies tasked with reducing gun violence and seeking alternative ways to reduce crime, died Friday morning, the mayor’s office announced.
WTOP: Linda Harllee Harper, DC’s first gun violence prevention director, dies at 58
Linda Harllee Harper, who was appointed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to be the city’s first gun violence prevention director in January 2021, died Friday at age 58.
Ruth Wattenberg in City Paper: You Can’t Fix What You Can’t Face. How Our Education Governance…
D.C.’s version of mayoral control of schools suppresses accurate data and discussion about education issues. We don’t have to go back to the old system to fix that.