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.
Washington Post: Internal report clears officers of wrongdoing in Swann Street arrests
Racial justice demonstrators had complained police used excessive force after trapping them on the street in Northwest Washington
DCist: Children’s National Hospital Seeks Legal Action Against Resident Physician’s Union
Children’s National Hospital is pursuing legal action against the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR) for their demonstration in November for better working conditions, including paid sick leave and safer staffing levels amidst union…
Nisa Hussain: Home visitors are stuck in same situation as the families they work to uplift
Chances are that if you ask a policymaker to describe the District of Columbia's early childhood system, most will talk at length about the essentialness of child care. This is especially likely during a budget debate when there are…
Associated Press: House committee hears testimony on DC health data breach
A top administrator with Washington’s health insurance exchange apologized to House members on Wednesday for the data breach that resulted in the disclosure of personal information for thousands of users, including members of Congress.
Associated Press: House passes bill to overturn DC police accountability law
The Republican-led House approved a resolution Wednesday that would block a District of Columbia police accountability bill, further escalating the feud over the right to self-government in the nation’s capital.
WTOP: DC attorney general pens support of proposal to ban employee noncompete clauses
The D.C. attorney general joined contemporaries in 18 states in supporting the Federal Trade Commission’s proposal to ban employers from imposing noncompete clauses on employees.
WTOP: WWI-era munitions found in DC park are similar to chemical weapons found in Spring Valley…
WTOP has learned two metal canisters discovered Tuesday in Fort Totten Park, in Northeast D.C., were World War I-era weapons, with physical similarities to chemical weapons found during a decadeslong cleanup of a former chemical weapons…