WTOP: DC council member wants to add $2 rideshare surcharge for some downtown trips
A D.C. council member is advocating to include a $2 surcharge on rideshare trips, hoping to encourage more people to use public transit and decrease traffic congestion.
Washington Post: Police chief’s exit the latest among key D.C. government departures
The retirement of D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III — who plans to take a top-level position with the FBI — is the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the administration of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), who is months into…
Washington Post: D.C. jail medical care ‘systemically dysfunctional,’ suit alleges
People incarcerated in D.C. and their advocates filed a federal lawsuit against the District this week, alleging that the city’s Department of Corrections does not provide prisoners the medical care that the Constitution demands.
Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. should heed pleas of outgoing Police Chief Robert J. Contee…
D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III announced this week that he will leave his post on June 3, after just two years in the top job, to become an assistant director at the FBI. It’s a blow to the community that in part follows his…
Washington Post Editorial Board: Why is Mayor Bowser proposing cuts to the D.C. Circulator?
Jose Chaj looks unhappy when told that his preferred bus may not show up anymore. “That’s not good,” the 52-year-old laborer said. He frequently rides the red D.C. Circulator bus between Columbia Heights and downtown — and he’ll often let…
DCist: D.C. Council Wants To Buy Georgetown’s Trolley Trestle And Turn It Into A Trail
The D.C. Council’s transportation committee wants to buy a condemned and dilapidated relic of D.C.’s street car network — Georgetown’s trolley trestle bridge — and turn it into a multi-use trail. (Talk about a tongue twister!)
DCist: D.C. Forces People Out Of An Encampment In The Deanwood Neighborhood
A wooded area behind a row of single-family homes in Ward 7’s Deanwood neighborhood provided ample shade to a 13- to 15-person tent community for over a year. But earlier this month, D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human…
District Links: Budget battles brewing over downtown, funding for fare-free buses; council panel…
A battle is brewing in the DC Council over two proposed mechanisms to fund fare-free Metrobus service and new late-night bus routes.
Axios: Pandemic mental health diagnoses increased in D.C.
Mental health diagnoses in D.C. during the pandemic were up 15% above the baseline, per a new Georgetown University report for the D.C. Auditor's Office.
Axios: Robert Contee will oversee a new policing strategy in D.C. as he exits
Police Chief Robert Contee will undertake one last major initiative before leaving for a new post at the FBI: getting cops out of their cars and walking in their communities.
DCist: D.C. Council Pushes Back Against Mayor’s Proposal To Delay Key Climate Policy
The D.C. council is moving to increase funding for climate and environmental programs, after Mayor Muriel Bowser proposed a 14% cut in her budget for the upcoming 2024 fiscal year. The council is also proposing to restore the original…
Washington Post: Bowser announces national search to replace outgoing D.C. police chief
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Thursday she will conduct a nationwide search to find the city’s next police chief, seeking to fill what officials say will be a massive void that is left when Robert J. Contee III formally retires…
WTOP: DC police launch new community policing program with boots-on-the-ground approach
One day after D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee announced he’d be moving on to a new job at the FBI, he also unveiled a new community policing initiative aimed at reducing crime through deeper neighborhood involvement.
DCist: George Washington University Medical Residents Vote To Unionize
Medical residents and fellows at George Washington University voted to unionize Thursday, joining a growing list of employees organizing in residency programs across the U.S.
DCist: Bowser Launches National Search For New Police Chief, Unveils New Summer Crime-Fighting…
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser launched a national search to find a replacement for departing Police Chief Robert J. Contee III, with hopes of having someone in place by the time he leaves the post in early June. At the same time, Bowser and…
WTOP: Contee says DC police chief job ‘weighs on me every day’
Speaking frankly and in personal terms, D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee addressed the public Thursday, explaining his decision to step down from the police department after more than 30 years on the force, including two years as chief.
Washington Post: Climate protesters smear paint on case housing Degas sculpture in D.C.
Protesters smeared black and red paint on the case and pedestal of Edgar Degas’s “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” sculpture at the National Gallery of Art in D.C. on Thursday to bring attention to the climate crisis and demand that President…
City Paper: MPD Chief Robert Contee to Retire, Take FBI Job
The sudden announcement of Contee’s departure has officials and critics wondering what’s next for the department.
DCist: D.C. Council Prioritizes Free Citywide Buses Over K Street Transit Corridor
The D.C. Council’s transportation committee is set to make a transit tradeoff in the budget — free bus fares for the entire city while pausing the long-planned K Street Transitway downtown to pay for it.
Washington Post: Campaign for more long-distance flights at Reagan National draws local opposition
Efforts to tinker with decades-old rules that limit long-distance flying at DCA have been met with outcry from lawmakers in the Washington region