DCist: Lawsuit Alleges Life-Threatening, ‘Deliberate’ Medical Neglect At D.C. Jail
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?
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…
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…
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
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
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…
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
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.
Amber W. Harding: DC efforts to end homelessness come to a screeching halt
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…
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…
DC isn't alone in touting office-to-residential conversions as one way to revive downtown vibrancy amid high vacancy rates.
As vouchers go unused, DC’s former foster youth struggle to find housing
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
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
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
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…
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
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
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…
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
Safety upgrades on the 2.5-mile roadway at East Potomac Park — a.k.a. Hains Point — are taking longer than expected.