District Links: New Pinto bill focuses on transparency at 911 call center; Senate panel floats plan…
A new bill from Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto aims to increase transparency at the often-criticized Office of Unified Communications, the agency that operates the District's 911 and 311 call centers.
Ezekiel Lu: DC must invest in evidence-based interventions to keep students safe
The debate around School Resource Officers (SROs) in DC schools and elsewhere has become increasingly divisive. The District funds SROs, but not in every school. In 2021, the DC Council voted to remove police from schools completely by…
DCist: ‘It’s A Terrible System’: D.C. DMV Workers Say Computer Issues Let DUI Convictions Fall…
Workers at the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles say longstanding problems with a decades-old computer system and unresponsive managers are partly to blame for a recent controversy in which the agency did not properly flag multiple DUI…
District Dig: No Plan — The Rise at Temple Courts exemplifies the failing D.C. Housing Authority
There’s little traffic out front of The Rise Building at Temple Courts on an overcast Friday, save for an occasional polished sedan with darkened windows rolling by.
DCist: All Black-Owned Local Shopping Center Debuts In Ward 8
When Le’Greg Harrison was growing up in Congress Heights, people would warn him against riding his bicycle through the neighborhood. Back then, he says, many thought of Wards 7 and 8 as unsafe.
District Links: Lidl, Whole Foods set to open new NW grocery stores this month; regional senators…
The Bowser administration is presenting two downtown events on Monday to commemorate Juneteenth 2023.
District Links: House GOP falls short on vote to override Biden veto that sustained DC police reform…
House Republicans fell short yesterday in their effort to override President Joe Biden's veto of a resolution disapproving the District's police reform law.
DCist: Two New Grocery Stores Are Opening In Northwest D.C. This Month
New store, who dis? The new Lidl grocery store coming to Columbia Heights has set an opening date: Wednesday, June 28. It will join another first: the Whole Foods coming to The Parks at Walter Reed, which opens the same day.
DCist: House Fails To Override Biden Veto Of Republican Resolution Blocking D.C. Police Bill
The House of Representatives on Tuesday evening failed to override President Joe Biden’s veto of a Republican-sponsored resolution that would have blocked a police discipline and accountability bill passed by the D.C. Council. The vote was…
Axios: D.C.’s sports gambling operator led failed attempt to reform contract
A former executive of D.C.'s sports gambling operator tried to blow up the city's $215 million contract and sideline the firm overseeing its troubled app.
Axios: Sen. Warnock joins support for more long-haul flights at Reagan National
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) joined the side of Delta Airlines in supporting expanding long-haul flights out of Reagan National Airport.
DCist: D.C. Council Votes To Keep Crime Lab Independent Of Police Department
The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to keep duties of the city’s embattled crime lab independent of the D.C. police, rejecting Mayor Muriel Bowser’s budget proposal that would’ve transferred the lab’s crime scene sciences division to the…
DCist: D.C. To Start Enforcing Bus-Only Lanes With Cameras In July, With Fines To Follow In Fall
The days of cars blocking bus-only lanes may soon be coming to an end.
District Links: Council approves Budget Support Act after tweaking downtown conversion incentives;…
The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to approve an amended version of the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Support Act after opting to maintain an exemption from the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act for any new office-to-residential…
Washington Post: D.C. leaders celebrate McMillan development, but community is divided
City leaders marked progress Monday in the multimillion-dollar transformation of a former sand filtration facility in Northwest Washington that has been the subject of multiple lawsuits and protests into a hub of community amenities and…
City Paper: Arts Commissioners Are Concerned Mendelson is Undermining Past Reforms
Two years after a messy fight over how the city gives grants to arts groups, some commissioners fear the new budget would move things backward.
DCist: Construction Continues At Embattled McMillan Site, Community Center And Park Set To Open Next…
For years the McMillan Sand Filtration Site along North Capitol Street NW was fenced off and largely inaccessible. Large concrete silos punctuated a grassy expanse whose plans for redevelopment were mired in legal and political squabbling.…
DCist: D.C. Arts Commission Raises Equity Concerns About Proposed Budget Changes
The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) is once again butting heads with D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson over arts funding. With the council’s final vote on amendments to the 2024 D.C. budget taking place on Tuesday, the…
DCist: Wilson Aquatic Center Temporarily Reopens After Months-Long Closure
After a months-long emergency closure, the Wilson Aquatic Center in Tenleytown — one of D.C.’s largest public pools — reopened on Monday, June 12.
City Paper: Millions for ‘Doing Nothing’? Top Officials and D.C.’s Main Sports Betting Vendor…
D.C. regulators say Intralot isn’t meeting the terms of its deal to run the city’s sports wagering system. The company blames a politically connected subcontractor.