Street Sense: The at-large candidates who want to change or enhance DC’s rapid rehousing program
Rapid rehousing is one of D.C.’s most controversial homeless services programs. This election season, as candidates battle for two at-large seats on the D.C. Council, some candidates have made changing the program part of their campaign.
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Washington Post: D.C. police officer sues department claiming retaliation by superiors after…
A 16-year D.C. police veteran has claimed in a lawsuit that the department retaliated against her after she raised concerns about the conduct of some supervisors, including allegations that officers had been instructed to conduct unlawful…
WTOP: Use of force by DC police up slightly from last year but up 84% since 2015
The number of incidents that involved a D.C. police officer using force last year increased again, but at a much slower clip than in previous years.
DCist: Homelessness Was Already Brutal. Washingtonians Explain How The Pandemic Made It Even Worse
In March, when the District reported its first cases of COVID-19, the D.C. government scrambled to rent hotel rooms and secure leases for facilities where people experiencing homelessness could quarantine. There were fears about mass virus…
Washington Post: How does D.C. verify a signature on a ballot? Here’s how it works.
More than 60,000 ballots have already been mailed to the D.C. Board of Elections or left in a secure drop box. Before they can be counted, each must be inspected for a valid signature.
WTOP: DC protester seeks monetary damages linked to low-flying National Guard choppers
One of the protesters who was demonstrating in D.C. on a night when the military was captured on video flying helicopters closely over crowds is seeking financial compensation for physical and mental injuries.
WTOP: His life goals: Find a home, get off drugs, run Marine Corps Marathon. He’s 3-for-3
Everyone who runs the Marine Corps Marathon knows it’s going to be hard to do — that’s often the point.
District Links: DC releases more contact tracing data; MPD ordered $300K in riot gear after May…
Happy Wednesday. Nearly 1 in 4 of the DC residents who tested positive for the coronavirus last week had recently gone to a social event with more than five people, according to DC health officials. About 1 in 5 had been to a restaurant or…
WUSA9: DC Police buy $100,000 in tear gas in preparation for possible ‘civil…
WASHINGTON — Purchase orders show that just after 6:00 p.m. on June 1, at the very same hour that federal police were using tear gas canisters and tear gas grenades to clear protesters from Lafayette Square Park, the D.C. Metropolitan…
Investigative Reporting Workshop: Police stockpile ‘less-lethal’ munitions
After two nights of chaotic protests near the White House at the end of May, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department found its supply of rubber ball grenades, high-impact sponge rounds, long-range tear-gas projectiles, and pepper spray…
ABC7: Longtime D.C. librarian celebrates 100th birthday, scheduled to vote by mail
On Saturday, Lottie Mae Thomas Wright celebrated her 100th birthday.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: She will ‘age out’ of foster care in two months. Her hope: That…
Before Deshala Royster ended up in D.C.’s foster care system, decorating her bedroom with vision boards that tell of the life she hopes to create, she spent years taking on adult roles in the life she was handed.
DCist: ACLU, Protester File Complaint Against D.C. National Guard For Helicopter Tactic
The ACLU has filed a complaint against the D.C. National Guard for using a helicopter tactic usually reserved for war against demonstrators in D.C. during protests against police brutality racial injustice.
DCist: One In Four People Who Got COVID-19 In D.C. Had Recently Gone To A Social Event, New Data…
D.C. has released new data that shows what people were doing in the days before they got a COVID-19 diagnosis — or at least what they said they were doing.
WTOP: Quarter of recent DC coronavirus cases traced to social gatherings
D.C. is ringing the warning bells, saying that residents may be getting a little too lax with health safety guidelines at social gatherings, a warning that is being echoed across other parts of the region and the country.
DCist: After A Summer Of Arrests, Activists Push For Changes To D.C.’s Anti-Rioting Law
When the D.C. Council’s judiciary committee meets for a hearing on Thursday morning, it will take public testimony on two high-profile policing bills: one that would ban the use of tear gas and other chemical irritants during peaceful…
Washington Post: D.C. region’s coronavirus caseload hits two-month high; officials say small…
The number of new coronavirus infections across the greater Washington region jumped to a two-month high Wednesday as D.C.’s top health official said small social gatherings are helping to fuel the virus’s spread.
Washington Post: Protester files claim against D.C. National Guard, saying she was injured by…
The American Civil Liberties Union of D.C. filed an administrative claim against the D.C. National Guard for damages Wednesday on behalf of a woman who says she was injured by the military’s aggressive use of helicopters to disperse…
Washington Post: There is not a great future in plastics. But in one D.C. alley, there is art.
When Pompeii was rediscovered in 1748, archaeologists marveled at the detailed mosaics freed from the ash, scenes depicting Roman gods, gladiators and sea creatures.
DCist: Returning Citizens Can’t Work In D.C.’s Medical Cannabis Industry. A New Bill Would Change…
The D.C. Council is considering a bill that would take steps towards repealing the prohibition on returning citizens working in the medical marijuana industry.