District Links: ACLU sues over DC National Guard’s helicopter use at 2020 protests; next…
A new lawsuit seeks to hold the federal government accountable for the DC National Guard's use of low-flying military helicopters to disperse demonstrators during racial justice protests in 2020.
Jimmie Williams: To build digital literacy in DC, bridge the connectivity gap
For thousands of DC’s adults, improving literacy skills can be an essential tool for completing education, getting and keeping a decent job, and staying out of poverty. Increasingly, however, digital literacy has become just as important…
Washington Post: Fallout grows from internal probe of D.C. police violent crime squad
In the month after police announced the investigation, prosecutors dropped 65 gun cases involving officers in the 7th District
Axios: D.C. health breach exposes customers’ personal information
D.C. residents who buy insurance coverage through the city's marketplace — along with staffers and members of Congress — were among those whose personal data was breached in a hack of the marketplace.
WTOP: National Zoo reopens Bird House to the public
Starting Monday, you can visit Northwest D.C.’s Smithsonian National Zoo and its newly renovated Bird House — all you’ll need is a free ticket to enter.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: To survive in D.C., he eats thousands in fines to hawk $8 chicken
The D.C. gourmet food truck scene is gone. Those remaining are trying to eke out a living downtown — at a cost.
District Links: Data breach affected 56,000+ customers, DC Health Link says; gun cases dismissed…
DC Health Link provided an update Friday evening on the scope of its recent data breach, revealing that 56,415 customers who buy insurance through the city's insurance marketplace were affected.
Washington Post: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to fix the summer camp scramble
The District’s Department of Parks and Recreation bills itself as “the agency where the fun happens.” But for parents trying to get their children a slot in one of the department’s summer camps, the experience has often been anything but.
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WTOP: DC Health Link responds to data breach, saying investigation in the works
DC Health Link updated members Friday on the serious breach of confidential data that occurred this week.
Washington Post: D.C. criminal code faces uncertain future as city gears up for new battle
As dozens of House Republicans gathered in the Capitol building’s Statuary Hall on Friday to celebrate Congress blocking D.C.’s revised criminal code, they made one thing clear: D.C. should buckle up.
Washington Post: 5 archaic D.C. laws still technically on the books after crime bill is nixed
When D.C. embarked on a years-long process to overhaul its criminal code, one of the things city council members set out to do was remove from the books antiquated laws that are no longer relevant to modern society. But with Congress…
DCist: D.C.’s Attorney General Just Warned Restaurants On Service Charges. Some In The Industry Are…
The Pug owner Tony Tomelden got a letter this week from an unexpected source: D.C.’s Office of the Attorney General. The letter and accompanying fliers sought to educate and warn businesses about service charges — fees that became…
City Paper: D.C. Is in Danger of Missing 2030 Deadline To Remove Lead Pipes
Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George reintroduced legislation that would require residents remove lead pipes under their homes as a city program offering discounts goes largely unused.
Colbert I. King in The Post: D.C. home rule takes an unnecessary hit
Congress’s decision to overturn the District’s criminal-code reform was hardly the lowest or most intrusive intervention in the city’s 50-year home rule history. This week’s rejection pales, in severity, to the historic 1995 move by…
DCist: Republicans Demand Access To D.C. Jail To Visit Jan. 6 Detainees And Review Conditions
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia), the conservative firebrand who has downplayed the severity of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, is demanding that Mayor Muriel Bowser allow her and other Republicans to visit some two-dozen Jan.…
Washington Post: D.C. housing officials say they will stop overpaying landlords
D.C. Housing Authority officials say they plan to comply with local and federal rules requiring the agency to ensure rents for low-income voucher holders are not paid at above-market rates, but they are not ready to detail how.
Axios: D.C. AG cracks down on restaurant fees
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb is cracking down on murky restaurant service fees.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Second Round of Nourish DC Grantees
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 10, 2023
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Angelica Mattox (DMPED)
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District Links: New GOP bill aims to block DC police reforms; WaPo poll finds more DC residents feel…
There's a new DC Council bill at risk of congressional disapproval initiated by House Republicans.
jonetta rose barras: Can Phil Mendelson handle the coming collisions over policy, politics and…
Ward 3 State Board of Education member Eric Goulet publicly asked on Twitter whether DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson has become “unhinged.” Other civic and political leaders I spoke with wondered whether he is suffering a “midlife crisis”…