Press Release: Mayor Bowser Canceling $90 Million in Medical Debt for up to 90,000 DC Residents
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Health Care Finance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 29, 2023
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Angelique Martin (DHCF)
District…
District Links: House panel will invite Bowser to next hearing on DC governance; why U.S. attorney…
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability had billed today's hearing on the local DC government as Part 1, and its chair said today that he is inviting Mayor Muriel Bowser to Part 2 on May 16.
DCist: D.C. Crime And Police Reform To Take Center Stage During Congressional Hearings On Wednesday
House Republicans are briefly setting aside their concerns about Hunter Biden this week and instead turning their attention to crime and police reform in D.C.
DCist: Six Weeks After McPherson Square Encampment Clearing, Most Residents Still Don’t Have Homes
Will Reid still spends Saturday afternoons in downtown D.C., where for nine years he and fellow volunteers at the mutual aid group Food Not Bombs have served free vegan meals to unhoused people living in the area.
City Paper: D.C.’s Use of Eminent Domain Prompts Bruising Fight Over Ward 7 Project Abandoned by…
The Capitol Gateway project has been stuck in limbo for years, and recent efforts to speed things up have hit snags and could cost DCHA millions.
Washington Post: D.C. leaders prepare for GOP grilling in hearing on crime, policing
One thing is for certain about Wednesday’s House Oversight hearing examining D.C. affairs: It’s just the beginning.
Associated Press: Care, ‘magic’ help DC’s cherry blossom trees defy age
Peak bloom has arrived for the thousands of Japanese cherry blossom trees at the National Mall in Washington, and the area is awash in magnificent pink and white.
District Links: House panel schedules vote on disapproval of DC police reform bill; complaint over…
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will follow up tomorrow's hearing on the DC government with a vote soon after on a GOP effort to block the District's police reform bill.
WTOP: Bowser lays out plan to get more kids into child care
More children in the nation’s capital would be eligible to receive financial assistance for child care programs under a plan rolled out by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday.
DCist: D.C. Campaign Office Throws Out Last Complaint Against Former Councilmember Over Polling
The D.C. Office of Campaign Finance has thrown out the last complaint filed against former councilmember Elissa Silverman over polling she conducted ahead of last year’s Democratic primary, closing out a political and legal saga that…
Washington Post: D.C. campaign finance office tosses complaints about Silverman’s poll
The D.C. Office of Campaign Finance has dismissed a third and final complaint related to former D.C. Council member Elissa Silverman’s decision to poll last year’s Ward 3 Democratic primary election, concluding a controversial saga that…
District Dig: Self-Serve — DCHA Executive Director Brenda Donald’s bonus is dubious
A controversial bonus for D.C. Housing Authority Executive Director Brenda Donald appears contrary to District law, is inconsistent with her contract, and was awarded against long standing DCHA practice, according to a copy of that…
DCist: Bowser Proposes MPD Take Over Functions Of D.C.’s Troubled Crime Lab
Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed 2024 budget, unveiled before the D.C. Council last week, contains broad proposed cuts to city services prompted by an uncertain financial outlook. But one change, some officials say, would also undermine the…
Washington Post: Too few D.C. students finish college. This program aims to change that.
An early college program at Coolidge High School could be a model for the rest of the city, leaders said
Washington Post: Departure of D.C. mayor’s right-hand man leaves ‘gap that has to be filled’
As she celebrated her third inauguration in early January, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser posed for a photograph with dozens of city hall staffers, a crowd that included a close adviser who stood next to her, as he has since she took office,…
District Links: House oversight of DC rises with tour of DC jail, upcoming hearing; rec center hours…
Republicans in charge of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability are gearing up for Wednesday's hearing on crime, public safety and the DC government's operations, but they're already hinting at a sequel.
Washington Post: D.C. child-care workers celebrate their new degrees
By December 2023, all preschool teachers and many at-home day care providers in the District must have at least an associate’s degree
Washington Post: Lawmakers tour D.C. jail to investigate treatment of Jan. 6 defendants
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Democrats offer two different views of jail conditions
Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. needs hundreds more police officers. Here’s how to do it…
The Metropolitan Police Department has 411 fewer officers than three years ago because of attrition and struggles in attracting recruits. The force is the smallest it has been in decades, with fewer than 3,400 sworn officers, and D.C. is…
Washington Post: Bowser and D.C. Council spar over proposed budget cuts
The proposed reductions in spending include some programs that received an infusion of federal dollars during the pandemic.