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Street Sense: DC ranks third in drug overdose deaths in America, DC Council discusses plans to…

Editor Feb 22, 2019

The National Institute on Drug Abuse reported in January that more than 130 people in the United States die every day due to an opioid overdose. Washington, D.C., ranks third in the country with the highest rates of overdose deaths,…

District government

Funding plan for Fort Dupont ice arena expansion set after extended fight with city

Cuneyt Dil Feb 20, 2019

Supporters of the Fort Dupont Ice Arena in Southeast reached an agreement with city officials Tuesday to fund the facility’s long-delayed expansion — provided the arena’s nonprofit operator raises $5 million. Mayor Muriel Bowser…

WTOP: Agreement reached in Fort Dupont Ice Arena’s future

Editor Feb 19, 2019

WASHINGTON — D.C. has invested heavily in sports facilities in recent years, from the completion of Audi Field and the Entertainment & Sports Arena to the first stages of RFK’s redevelopment coming online this spring and discussions of…

WAMU: Bowser Thaws On Funding Fort Dupont Ice Rink Renovations

Editor Feb 19, 2019

It appears that D.C.’s only full-size public indoor ice rink will be getting a much-needed facelift after all.

City Paper: A Former Ward 8 Democrats Leader and Minister Faces a Federal Indictment

Editor Feb 7, 2019

From a corner table at the IHOP on Alabama Avenue SE, Rev. Rowena Joyce Scott pleads her case—or some of it anyway.

District government

With council vote delayed, Fort Dupont Ice Arena renovation veers back to solid footing

Lilah Burke Feb 5, 2019

Nearly 45 children crowd the ice on a typical Saturday morning at Fort Dupont Ice Arena on Ely Place SE in Ward 7. Groups of kids divide between coaches at different ends of the rink and perform drills in their almost overlapping groups. …

WTOP: For now, DC Council won’t vote to criticize diversion of ice rink funding

Editor Feb 5, 2019

WASHINGTON — D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson will pull from Tuesday’s Council agenda the vote on a resolution targeting the mayor’s plan to divert funding from Fort Dupont Ice Arena renovations.

Petula Dvorak in The Post: This is shameful: In a wealthy hockey town, D.C. kids have nowhere decent…

Editor Feb 4, 2019

The nation’s capital is now peak hockeytown, right?

DCist: As D.C.’s Only Public Skating Rink Fights For Funding, The Caps And Ted Leonsis Pitch In

Editor Feb 4, 2019

The Washington Capitals, team owner Ted Leonsis, and the NHL kicked off a half-a-million-dollar fundraising campaign over the weekend—to which they collectively gave $300,000—to help pay for a modernization and expansion of the Fort Dupont…

Willem Polak and John Radar in The Post: D.C. Mayor Bowser should put her plans to take Fort…

Editor Feb 4, 2019

Despite D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) claim, there is no reason for the District to take funds already appropriated to build a new ice rink at Fort Dupont Ice Arena to address school repairs.

Washington Post: School repairs vs. ice rinks: D.C. mayor’s choice inflames passions

Editor Feb 3, 2019

Frigid weather this winter made it clear to many of the District’s youngest residents: Their schools need reliable heat.

WAMU: Money For D.C.’s Ice Rink Could Be Rerouted To Schools. Some Skaters Aren’t Having It.

Editor Feb 1, 2019

Supporters of D.C.’s only full-sized public ice rink are mounting a campaign against Mayor Muriel Bowser’s plan to take funds meant for a full renovation of the facility and use them instead for emergency fixes on 21 D.C. schools,…

WUSA9: Mayor backs out of deal to fund popular skating rink

Editor Jan 31, 2019

WASHINGTON — The Fort Dupont Ice Arena in Southeast, D.C. and its nationally recognized "kids on ice" program is in jeopardy after the Mayor Muriel Bowser pulled out of a deal to invest $25 million on the property.

City Paper: Marathon Hearing on Opioid Crisis Reveals Confusion Over D.C.’s Plan to Reduce Deaths

Editor Jan 29, 2019

Amid angry testimony, the District reports a 30 percent reduction in opioid deaths in the last year. But leaders don’t trust that data point.

Deborah Simmons in The Washington Times: D.C. should reach out to clergy to fight crime

Editor Jan 29, 2019

This past weekend four men were killed in the District.

Washington Post: Dozens criticize city response to opioid crisis at D.C. Council hearing

Editor Jan 28, 2019

D.C. lawmakers, public health experts, doctors and addiction treatment providers forcefully criticized the city’s efforts to address an explosion in fatal opioid overdoses, saying at a D.C. Council hearing Monday that city officials failed…

WAMU: D.C. Council Holds Oversight Hearing On District’s Opioid Response

Editor Jan 28, 2019

D.C. lawmakers want to know why the District continues to see a rise of opioid-related overdose deaths, despite millions of dollars being poured in to combat the issue.

City Paper: Gray on Bowser’s Cop Hiring Push: “What Took You So Long?”

Editor Jan 18, 2019

Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to add more officers to the Metropolitan Police Department. Councilmember Vince Gray wants to know why it took her so long to make that call.

Washington Post: D.C. lawmakers to probe city’s failures in stemming opioid epidemic

Editor Jan 11, 2019

D.C. lawmakers will hold a public hearing to examine failures in the city’s response to surging heroin deaths in African American neighborhoods and to assess future strategies for combating the opioid epidemic.

Washington Post: D.C. police don’t carry the overdose antidote naloxone. Should they?

Editor Jan 11, 2019

As government officials across the country struggle to slow the death toll of America’s opioid epidemic, thousands of police departments from coast to coast have equipped their officers with naloxone, a lifesaving overdose antidote.

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With current legislative authority for expanded juvenile curfews set to expire at midnight, Mayor Muriel Bowser said today that she's likely to declare a 15-day public emergency in order to…

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District Links: Bowser outlines FY 2027 budget plan with cuts to child care, paid leave programs; Trump administration…

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Mayor Muriel Bowser and her budget team today presented the DC Council with an overview of her fiscal year 2027 budget proposal that includes $469 million in program reductions and savings, including…

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