DCist: Five Things We Learned From D.C. Council’s Roundtable On Dangerous Driving And Traffic…
The D.C. Council held a six-hour public oversight hearing this week to decide the best way to address the District’s dangerous driving crisis.
District Links: Court official says DMV was told of driver’s DUI convictions; bill to add DCA…
DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton joined with 13 House members from Maryland and Virginia this week in opposing a recently introduced bill to increase air traffic at Reagan National Airport.
Washington Post: D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser launches action plan to revitalize downtown
City leaders are seeking to reverse declining tax revenue from office properties downtown that have become increasingly vacant
Axios: Moon Rabbit’s abrupt closure amid union effort spurs protests
Protests are planned at the Wharf today following Monday's abrupt closure of Moon Rabbit restaurant at the InterContinental hotel.
District Links: Bowser aims to ‘unleash our creativity’ with upcoming Downtown Action…
Mayor Muriel Bowser joined leaders of the DowntownDC and Golden Triangle business improvement districts this morning to launch development of the Downtown Action Plan, which will lay out strategies and programs to revitalize downtown amid…
Axios: Hardy Middle School principal out a month before summer break
With just a little over a month before the last day of school, the principal of one of D.C.’s larger middle schools is out of the job.
City Paper: Robert White Wants to Cap Increases at Rent-Controlled Apartments
Activists say he isn’t going far enough as big rent hikes loom.
DCist: Chef Kevin Tien’s Moon Rabbit Restaurant To Close Its Doors Amid Union Push
Moon Rabbit, the critically acclaimed modern Vietnamese restaurant from Chef Kevin Tien, will close its doors for good Tuesday. This comes in the midst of a unionization effort by the restaurant’s servers, bartenders, and other workers.
District Links: Acclaimed restaurant Moon Rabbit shuts amid unionization drive; advocates prod…
DC Council members Kenyan McDuffie and Janeese Lewis George are pushing the District's chief financial officer to get DC Public Schools teachers the retroactive pay they're owed under a recently ratified contract.
Washington Post: Washingtonian staff scores win in clash over remote work, covid policies
Two years after magazine owner Cathy Merrill enraged staff by calling for a return to the office, the company has reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board
Washington Post: Acclaimed Moon Rabbit restaurant to close in face of union fight
Acclaimed chef Kevin Tien’s modern Vietnamese restaurant, Moon Rabbit, is closing on the Wharf at the end of service on Monday, a sudden and surprising move that local union officials say was engineered by the luxury hotel that houses the…
District Links: Hardy Middle School principal departs amid parent complaints; a look behind the…
The DC Department of Public Works is kicking off its annual citywide graffiti cleaning tour, with crews set to remove graffiti, illegal posters and stickers from public surfaces.
Why homelessness is rising in DC
Getachew Gurumu became homeless for the first time after he received an eviction notice from his landlord during the pandemic. Then, without warning, he lost his job. Unsure what to do or where to go, Gurumu moved to McPherson Square in…
Washington Post: Hardy Middle School principal leaves after parent complaints
A petition by the D.C. school’s parents that called for Errol Johnson’s removal accused him of poor communication, drops in academic performance and ‘widespread dysfunction’
Colbert I. King in The Post: Crime doesn’t have to be violent to create a sense of lawlessness
Brazen shootings and carjackings are headline-grabbing offenses that spark calls for change in D.C.’s public-safety system. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is right to push for a revitalized whole-of-government and legislative approach to crime…
Washington Post: Bowser names Ashan Benedict interim D.C. police chief
Benedict has served as the department’s executive assistant police chief since April 2021
DCist: D.C. Officer Indicted For Allegedly Sharing Confidential Information With Proud Boys Leader…
A Metropolitan Police Department lieutenant was indicted Friday for leaking confidential information to Enrique Tarrio, leader of right-wing extremist group The Proud Boys, as he faced an arrest warrant for burning a Black Lives Matter…
DCist: D.C. Council Quietly Backtracks On Pulling Police Officers Out Of Schools
What was for years a hotly debated topic was hardly debated at all this week in the D.C. Council.
DCist: Ashan M. Benedict Is New MPD Interim Police Chief
Ashan M. Benedict, executive assistant chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, will be the city’s new interim police chief, stepping into the role after Robert J. Contee III announced he was stepping down as chief last month. Mayor…
Washington Post: D.C. police officer arrested, accused of leaking info to Proud Boys leader
Lt. Shane Lamond told Henry “Enrique” Tarrio that police had a warrant out for him in advance of his arrest in the burning of a Black Lives Matter flag, prosecutors say