Bowser’s proposed budget does little for homelessness, advocates say
In a major reversal from recent years, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed fiscal year 2024 budget slashes funding for eviction prevention and includes few increases for homeless services and housing. The biggest win, advocates say, is funding…
WTOP: DC to close COVID centers permanently Friday
D.C. Health is reminding residents that all eight COVID-19 centers throughout the city will close permanently Friday.
WTOP: DC lawmaker calls for criminal investigation into actions of Housing Authority employees
A D.C. council member wants the city’s Housing Authority to be criminally investigated.
Washington Post: D.C. mayor aims to give pickleball a boost in 2024 budget proposal
Muriel E. Bowser’s proposed budget includes $750,000 to repurpose four of the city’s “underutilized” tennis courts for use as pickleball courts.
WTOP: DC Mayor Bowser plays pickleball, outlines plans for new courts
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser grabbed a pickleball racket and learned the basics of the game Thursday at the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center in Northeast.
DCist: White House Says Biden Will Veto GOP Move To Block D.C. Police Reform Bill
The White House says that President Joe Biden would veto a Republican-sponsored resolution that aims to block a D.C. police discipline and accountability bill, should it reach his desk. That represents the opposite stance he took less than…
City Paper: Robert White Shines a Light on More Allegations of Misconduct at DCHA. But Is It Too…
White is calling for “culture change” after learning of more of the agency’s failings. But DCHA looks as resistant as ever.
DCist: Sports Betting In D.C. Was Supposed To Fund Gambling Addiction Treatment. That Hasn’t…
When D.C. lawmakers legalized sports betting in late 2018, they believed plenty of revenue for city coffers would follow. But some also worried that gambling problems wouldn’t be far behind. So a deal was struck: the first $200,000 of…
Washington Post: Biden would veto measure to block D.C.’s policing bill, White House says
President Biden plans to veto a GOP-led measure that would block D.C.’s major police accountability legislation if the resolution passes Congress, the White House said Thursday.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: These mothers of Black feminism had one big thing in common — D.C.
An exhibit launching now draws the line from women born into slavery all the way to Vice President Harris. And that line runs straight through D.C.
Washington Post: D.C. housing employees accused of conflicts and voucher fraud
The investigations come as agency leaders face a Friday deadline to show federal overseers progress in combatting deficiencies identified in a scathing HUD audit last year
Axios: Thousands in D.C. to lose coverage as Medicaid cliff approaches
Pandemic-era rules that allowed more people to stay on Medicaid are ending.
DCist: House Republicans Hammer D.C. Officials On Crime During Hearing, Move To Block Police Reform…
House Republicans grilled D.C. officials on crime and the city’s financial state during a testy four-hour congressional hearing on Wednesday, accusing them of defunding the police department and sparking a “crime crisis” Congress was…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Honors Seven Distinguished Women Leaders at Annual Washington Women of…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Mayor's Office of Community Affairs
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Press Release: Mayor Bowser Celebrates Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, Announces New…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Disability Services
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March 30, 2023
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Press Release: AG Schwalb Files First Lawsuit Enforcing New Anti-Discrimination Protections for…
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March 30, 2023
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Suit Seeks to Stop Illegal Discrimination by Real Estate Companies & Professionals; Enforces…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Key Appointments
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
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March 30, 2023
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Susana Castillo (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced transitions of executive…
District Links: New inquiries find fraud, conflicts of interest in DCHA voucher program; House panel…
As the DC Housing Authority faces an imminent March 31 deadline to show substantial progress on deficiencies identified last fall by a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development audit, new internal probes have documented more…
jonetta rose barras: Time for an overdue talk among DC officials about the government’s core mission
Over the past several weeks, the political and public policy rhetoric in the District has seemed like a five-alarm fire — the heat and damage impossible to escape. A large part of that reality is predicated on the fact that MAGA…
Washington Post: Republican congressman calls D.C. schools ‘crappy,’ ‘inmate factories’
The remarks came during a congressional hearing on the oversight of D.C.