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District Links: Trump administration posts rendering for ‘championship-quality’ course at East Potomac; ad spending picks up in mayoral race; and…

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Phillips Collection’s new ‘Miró and the United States’ exhibit focuses…

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District Links: Metro eyes transit improvements for RFK campus;…

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District Links: New count finds 15.8% jump in homelessness among…

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District Links: PSC rejects request for suspension of Pepco’s…

DCist: Lawsuit Alleges Life-Threatening, ‘Deliberate’ Medical Neglect At D.C. Jail

Editor Apr 26, 2023
When M.K. arrived at the D.C. Jail around the start of 2022, his HIV was undetectable — meaning the virus was suppressed to the point where it couldn’t be transmitted to others. This was thanks to a decade of using the HIV medication…

Washington Post: They waited decades for D.C. housing aid. Will changes finally bring relief?

Editor Apr 26, 2023
Mel Amos inched toward the front of the line wrapped around the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown D.C., steeling herself from the January chill in a puffy Washington Redskins jacket. Inside, she would find out if she was…

District Links: Lawsuit faults medical care at DC jail as inadequate; a look at the people stymied…

Chris Kain Apr 26, 2023
The DC Department of Corrections is facing a new lawsuit alleging a lack of appropriate and constitutionally mandated medical care for people incarcerated at the DC jail who have severe medical needs.

Courtland Milloy in The Post: Violence should not be part of life in Southeast WashingtonCourtland…

Editor Apr 25, 2023
I was driving through a neighborhood in Southeast Washington where a 12-year-old girl was shot and wounded on Friday night. A few blocks away, seven adults had also been shot that night. But you’d never know it from the look of things.

DCist: Workers At The Wharf’s Moon Rabbit Restaurant Are Trying To Unionize

Editor Apr 25, 2023
Employees of the Wharf InterContinental Hotel in D.C., including staff of acclaimed Vietnamese restaurant Moon Rabbit, want to form a union, citing worries about their wages and working conditions.

DCist: This Bill Could Help D.C. Turn Vacant Homes Into Grocery Stores

Editor Apr 25, 2023
Amid Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed reductions in spending on housing production – and a looming deadline to build 36,000 new units of housing across the city – Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau unveiled a slate of proposals Tuesday…

City Paper: DCHA Says It Can’t Spend More Money on Public Housing Repairs, Even if the Council Found…

Editor Apr 25, 2023
The agency says it doesn’t have the capacity to manage these improvements, despite well-documented needs.

WTOP: Review underway for DC 911’s response to deadly car crash into Anacostia River

Editor Apr 25, 2023
The agency overseeing D.C.’s 911 dispatch system said it intends to look back at the response to the deadly car crash into the Anacostia River last week.
Opinion

Amber W. Harding: DC efforts to end homelessness come to a screeching halt

Commentary Apr 25, 2023
It’s fair to say that few DC elected officials or residents are happy with Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed budget for next year. DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson characterized the mayor’s proposal as containing “budget choices that set back…

District Links: Nadeau aims to spur purchase of public land for affordable housing; DCHA cites…

Chris Kain Apr 25, 2023
A new bill from Ward 1 DC Council member Brianne Nadeau aims to boost the DC government's ability to make land purchases to protect and expand the amount of affordable housing.

District Links: DC isn’t alone in pushing office-to-residential conversions; former foster…

Chris Kain Apr 24, 2023
DC isn't alone in touting office-to-residential conversions as one way to revive downtown vibrancy amid high vacancy rates.
District government

As vouchers go unused, DC’s former foster youth struggle to find housing 

Annemarie Cuccia Apr 24, 2023
Makia never thought moving in with her mother was going to work. Makia, who’s using a pseudonym to protect her safety, entered foster care when she was 2 years old. She lived in at least a dozen places over 20 years, and ran away from…

WTOP: On Earth Day, protesters call on DC to end dependence on fossil fuels

Editor Apr 23, 2023
Climate activists marched to the White House on Earth Day, demanding that the nation’s capital wean itself off of “dangerous” fossil fuels.

Washington Post: Study finds disparity in D.C. contracts awarded to minority-owned businesses

Editor Apr 22, 2023
While D.C. awards billions of dollars in contracts to businesses owned by women and people of color, researchers found that most of that money was unevenly concentrated

Colbert I. King in The Post: 3 ways to honor D.C. autonomy and relieve the federal treasury

Editor Apr 22, 2023
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s proposed fiscal 2024 budget includes plans for federal payments by Congress to support specific D.C. government agencies and programs, including the Court of Appeals, Superior Court and various court-related…

City Paper: An Off-Duty Cop Shot an Unarmed Man Back in 2009. Despite Years of Trying, MPD Still…

Editor Apr 22, 2023
Michael Thomas’ 13-year-long case is emblematic of serious problems with D.C.’s police discipline system.

DCist: D.C. Attorney General Calls For A Total Recall Of Kia And Hyundai Cars

Editor Apr 22, 2023
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb joins 17 state attorneys general in asking the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to issue a recall of Kia and Hyundai models lacking anti-theft controls in a letter on Thursday.

City Paper: Anacostia Community Museum Celebrates Earth Day With Environmental Justice Work

Editor Apr 21, 2023
The museum is tackling pervasive inequities in communities east of the river with its new Center for Environmental Justice, and Ward 8’s first FRESHFARM market.

Washington Business Journal: How D.C. restaurant owners are bracing for the end of the tipped wage…

Editor Apr 21, 2023
In four decades, Greg Casten doesn’t remember feeling this excited and anxious at the same time.

Axios: Bicycle lane redesign around Hains Point to come sometime this summer

Editor Apr 21, 2023
Safety upgrades on the 2.5-mile roadway at East Potomac Park — a.k.a. Hains Point — are taking longer than expected.
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District Links: Trump administration posts rendering for ‘championship-quality’ course at East Potomac; ad…

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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum this morning unveiled the first official rendering of Fazio Design's concept for a renovated East Potomac golf course, posting on social media that it would offer the…

Phillips Collection’s new ‘Miró and the United States’ exhibit focuses on transatlantic cultural exchange rather than…

May 14, 2026 72
Tellingly, the newest exhibition at The Phillips Collection is titled Miró and the United States, rather than Miró vs. the United States. The latter framing might be expected in Washington, where…

District Links: Metro eyes transit improvements for RFK campus; researchers highlight post-pandemic growth in reading,…

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Metro officials yesterday laid out a plan to handle post-event crowds at the new Washington Commanders stadium that would rely on improvements to the Stadium-Armory Station, a new "Gold Line" Bus…

District Links: New count finds 15.8% jump in homelessness among families in DC amid longer shelter stays; Reflecting…

May 12, 2026 34
New statistics released this afternoon by the DC government show a 4.4% increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness in the District over the past year, fueled by a 15.8% jump in…
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