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jonetta rose barras: DC Deputy Mayor Wayne Turnage’s managed care soap opera

jonetta rose barras Apr 29, 2021

What happens when DC’s deputy mayor for health and human services seems determined to steer parts of a multibillion-dollar contract to a specific company? The answer to that question has been playing out for months in the city, as the DC…

NBC4: Crackdown on Homeless Camps Raising Concerns in DC

Editor Apr 30, 2019

Washington, D.C., health workers have cleared away more than 220 homeless encampments in the past two years, according to an investigation by the News4 I-Team.

Patrick Geiger and Aaron Howe in The Post: D.C.’s homeless encampment ‘cleanups’ are only making…

Editor Apr 19, 2019

According to data from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, the D.C. government “engaged” homeless encampments 100 times in 2018. “Engagement” in this case refers to encampment “cleanups” carried out under the…

Street Sense: Street cleanup leads to complaints from homeless residents

Editor Apr 18, 2019

Every two weeks, dump trucks and police cars roll under the K, L, and M Street bridges near Union Station. Tuesday, April 9 was no different.

Mayor Bowser Announces Key Appointments

Press Release Mar 6, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 6, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Mayor Bowser Announces Key Appointments (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a series of appointments in her Administration: Lucinda…

Washington Post: Federal officials launch audit of D.C. government’s opioid grant spending

Editor Jan 16, 2019

Federal officials have launched an audit of the D.C. government’s handling of millions of dollars in grants that the city has been awarded over the past two years to treat opioid addiction and reduce fatal overdoses.

jonetta rose barras: Muriel Bowser’s administration — all shook up

jonetta rose barras Sep 25, 2018

Instead of cursing the Republican Party and its titular head, President Donald Trump, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser may want to thank them. Were it not for the increasingly bizarre distractions they have created over the past several months — and…

WAMU: In Span Of One Week, Two D.C. Deputy Mayors Depart Bowser Administration

Editor Sep 19, 2018

HyeSook Chung, D.C.’s Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, suddenly left Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration on Wednesday, marking the second personnel change among the mayor’s top aides in the last week. Chung’s unexpected …

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District Links: Council votes to add transit workers to home purchase assistance program; longtime Norton staffer enters…

Jan 6, 2026 15

The DC Council gave initial approval this afternoon to a bill to enable public transit employees to participate in a program that provides DC government workers with down-payment assistance so they…

District Links: Mendelson aims to fill interim at-large council seat by end of January; DC sees homicides, traffic…

Jan 5, 2026 4

DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson said today that he hopes to select an interim pick by the end of the month to fill the at-large vacancy created by the resignation of Kenyan McDuffie, which took…

District Links: Stable revenue estimates enable funding for council’s ‘contingency’ priorities; feds…

Dec 30, 2025 14

The District's independent chief financial officer this week reported "little to no change" in DC's economic outlook since September, but cited uncertainty around the impact of federal government…

The Keegan Theatre’s ‘An Irish Carol’ is good craic and a holiday tradition worth keeping

Dec 26, 2025 206

With the holiday season in full swing, there’s truly no better way to hold onto the Christmas spirit while also supporting local theater in DC than by attending a performance of An Irish Carol at The…

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