Peter Edelman and James Sandman: The high cost of cutting funding for civil legal services
When a storm hits, the most vulnerable are often those who live in the lowest-income, highest-risk areas, without the financial means to escape or mitigate the damage. So it’s apt that DC Mayor Muriel Bowser noted when unveiling her…
DCist: D.C. Public Schools Unlawfully Awarded $270 Million Worth Of Contracts
D.C. Public Schools unlawfully awarded 36 contracts worth an estimated $270 million over the last three years, raising significant concerns around its financial management and forcing the D.C. Council to start retroactively approving the…
WTOP: DC’s top prosecutor says lack of testing from shuttered crime lab to blame for some dropped…
The top prosecutor in D.C. says the continued fallout from the District’s shuttered crime lab means his office has been unable to bring charges against suspected offenders in some cases.
City Paper: Progressives Want to Stop a Planned Tax Break for Big Land Deals to Reverse Bowser’s…
Stopping the scheduled sunset of a deed tax hike could generate $104 million for the Council’s priority programs.
WTOP: Has DC tourism rebounded since the pandemic?
Destination DC has released 2022 tourism numbers that show 20.7 million domestic tourists visited the city last year, which is 91% of pre-pandemic numbers in 2019. Those tourists also spent $8.1 billion last year, a more than 50% jump over…
DCist: Bowser Is Proposing An Unprecedented Limit On D.C.’s Public Arts Budget. Theater Leaders Are…
Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing an unprecedented cap on funding for the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH), leaving the local arts community concerned about the future of its funding model — despite a projected increase in…
DCist: D.C. Plans Resort-Like Spa And Waterpark In A Bid To Further Boost Tourism
D.C. officials on Thursday said that almost 21 million domestic tourists visited D.C. in 2022, a 10% increase over the year prior. And they unveiled what they say will eventually be a new destination to attract even more visitors: a…
Washington Post: D.C. hopes possible ‘Caribbean-like’ resort would bring economic boost
A wellness company will work with D.C. officials to find a location for an affordable, resort-like spa with amenities such as a water park, indoor pool and sauna, officials said Thursday.
Washington Post: D.C. housing officials say many problems will be fixed by HUD deadline
Some remediations will remain incomplete as the deadline passes
Washington Post: How 6 million D.C. traffic tickets went unpaid
About 6.2 million traffic tickets totaling nearly $1.3 billion in fines and penalties have not been paid to the District since 2000, The Washington Post found in a recent analysis of city records. That includes hundreds of thousands of…
Washington Post: Amid expected surge of border crossings, a costly predicament for D.C.
Over a year since busloads of migrants began arriving from Texas and Arizona, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s administration faces a costly predicament: housing and feeding those families at a time when city resources are strained, and an…
jonetta rose barras: Budget madness in DC, Part 2
Some people have become accustomed to vote trading in national and local politics. There is the belief that such transactions lead to securing compromises on critical issues.
But do they? And should that behavior extend to…
District Links: DC to work with global firm to find local site for spa resort; Bowser draws flak…
A global firm seeking to expand to the United States has reached a one-year agreement with the District to scope out sites for a new health and wellness resort that would likely combine thermal bathing, sauna treatments and more.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. Council bills move to aid restaurants — by ending tipped wage…
D.C. Council is considering legislation that would delay some portions of the timeline — but significantly shorten it overall — before employers will be responsible for paying the full minimum wage of their tipped workers, a concession to…
Washington Post: Bill proposes 28 new daily flights at DCA, with longer distances
Airport officials and local residents fear additional flights would mean more noise while harming operations at Dulles
DCist: At Public Safety Summit, Bowser Says She Wants More Violent Crime Suspects Held Before Trial
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is hinting that she will soon introduce legislation that would keep more people charged with violent crimes behind bars pending trial, which she said would address concerns that people with histories of violence…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: Letting bad drivers stay on the road is costing D.C. more than money
A letter signed by more than 650 people and several organizations calls on city officials to take action against reckless drivers
DCist: Homicides Are Up 9% In D.C. So Far This Year
In total, 76 people have died by homicide in the District of Columbia this year.
Washington Post: Bowser to propose law making it easier to detain people before trial
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said Wednesday that she plans to introduce legislation that would make it easier to detain certain people as they await trial — seeking to appear tough on crime as she prepares for a congressional hearing…
DCist: Bowser Flouts D.C. Law Limiting Interim Agency Director Appointments To 180 Days
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is flouting a city law that requires agency directors to be nominated for confirmation by the D.C. Council within six months, instead relying on interim and acting directors whose nominations are not reviewed by…