Washington Post: Lawmakers, residents blast D.C.’s 911 call center at council hearing
The chairman of the D.C. Council’s public safety committee called for a “fundamental cultural shift” at the city’s 911 call center.
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District Links: Silverman, McDuffie hail new endorsements in at-large race; council hearing airs…
Two sitting DC Council members are spotlighting new endorsements from high-profile politicians as they seek to mobilize support in the hotly contested at-large DC Council race.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: How Lizzo came to play a president’s crystal flute on a D.C. stage
A day before Lizzo’s public performance, she spent a private afternoon at the Library of Congress, playing several flutes from its impressive collection
City Paper: D.C. Could Soon Allow a Flood of Foreclosures, Even Though It Still Has Federal Relief…
Advocates are urging the Council to protect struggling homeowners ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline.
DCist: D.C.’s First Lidl Opens At Skyland, Bringing A Supermarket To Ward 7
It only took ten seconds to cut the ribbon on a project that was more than 10 years in the making.
WTOP: DC may join Maryland jurisdictions in allowing noncitizens to vote
Legislation that would allow noncitizens to vote in local elections in the District quickly gained momentum Tuesday as a committee approved the bill, sending it to the full D.C. Council for consideration.
WTOP: First Lidl grocery store in DC opens Wednesday
A Lidl food market opens Wednesday morning in the Southeast D.C. neighborhoods of Hillcrest and Penn Branch.
Washington Post Editorial Board: Bridge suicide barriers work. It’s past time to put up more.
More than 40 years ago, a young woman — she had just graduated from college — jumped 125 feet to her death from the Duke Ellington Bridge over Rock Creek Park in Adams Morgan. Her death spurred her parents to push the city to erect an…
Washington Post: D.C. residents celebrate new supermarket east of the Anacostia River
D.C. residents on Tuesday celebrated the opening of a new supermarket east of the Anacostia River for the first time in 15 years — offering a much-needed grocer in a sector of the city that contains the highest concentration of food…
DCist: Undocumented Residents Could Vote In Local D.C. Elections Under Bill Advanced By Council…
A D.C. Council committee unanimously approved a bill to allow non-citizens to vote in local elections on Tuesday, with an amendment clarifying this would include undocumented residents in addition to those with legal permanent residency,…
District Links: New Lidl supermarket opens in Ward 7; council panel advances bill to allow…
Amid continuing concern about food deserts on DC's eastern end, officials marked the opening of the first new full-service grocery to debut east of the Anacostia River in more than a decade.
DCist: ‘We Were Already Stretched Thin:’ A Nursing Shortage Is Straining D.C.-Area Hospitals
In an ideal world, C., would only have one patient during a 12-hour shift as a labor and delivery nurse at Medstar Washington Hospital Center — but these days, that’s almost never the case.
District Links: Council committee backs bill to offer most DC residents up to $100 monthly for…
The DC Council's transportation committee is pushing forward legislation to provide most DC residents with up to $100 a month to spend on public transit.
Axios: D.C.’s wastewater program data sees continued delays
D.C. has finally collected two months' worth of wastewater COVID-19 data, but has yet to send it to the CDC or make the data public.
WTOP: Bill to give $100 a month to all DC residents for Metro is one step closer to passing
A bill that would provide District residents with $100 a month for D.C.’s Metro system and dedicate $10 million annually to improve bus and transit service is on its way to a vote in the full D.C. Council.
Washington Post: Proposal advances to give D.C. residents $100 a month for transit
The ‘Metro for D.C.’ bill moved through the council’s transportation committee with unanimous approval
City Paper: Racine Bashes McDuffie for Raising Cash from a Developer ‘At the Center of Displacement’
The AG is leaving office, but he isn’t doing so quietly, taking some last shots at Geoff Griffis on the way out the door.
Washington Post: D.C. breaks ground on long-awaited Barry Farm redevelopment
Paulette Matthews, 63, watched discerningly on Monday as D.C. government officials celebrated the redevelopment of Barry Farm, the historically significant Southeast community where she lived for more than two decades before she was forced…
DCist: Bill To Give D.C. Residents $100 A Month For Metro Clears Council Committee
A D.C. Council committee on Monday advanced a bill that would give most D.C. residents up to $100 a month to be used for Metrorail and Metrobus, effectively making public transit free — or at least significantly cheaper — for many…
WTOP: DC corrections officer arrested, charged for bribery and smuggling drugs to inmates
A corrections officer at the D.C. Jail was arrested and charged on Monday for allegedly taking bribes to smuggle drugs and other items to inmates at the facility.