City Paper: Robert White Wants to Cap Increases at Rent-Controlled Apartments
Activists say he isn’t going far enough as big rent hikes loom.
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DCist: Chef Kevin Tien’s Moon Rabbit Restaurant To Close Its Doors Amid Union Push
Moon Rabbit, the critically acclaimed modern Vietnamese restaurant from Chef Kevin Tien, will close its doors for good Tuesday. This comes in the midst of a unionization effort by the restaurant’s servers, bartenders, and other workers.
District Links: Acclaimed restaurant Moon Rabbit shuts amid unionization drive; advocates prod…
DC Council members Kenyan McDuffie and Janeese Lewis George are pushing the District's chief financial officer to get DC Public Schools teachers the retroactive pay they're owed under a recently ratified contract.
Washington Post: Washingtonian staff scores win in clash over remote work, covid policies
Two years after magazine owner Cathy Merrill enraged staff by calling for a return to the office, the company has reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board
Washington Post: Acclaimed Moon Rabbit restaurant to close in face of union fight
Acclaimed chef Kevin Tien’s modern Vietnamese restaurant, Moon Rabbit, is closing on the Wharf at the end of service on Monday, a sudden and surprising move that local union officials say was engineered by the luxury hotel that houses the…
District Links: Hardy Middle School principal departs amid parent complaints; a look behind the…
The DC Department of Public Works is kicking off its annual citywide graffiti cleaning tour, with crews set to remove graffiti, illegal posters and stickers from public surfaces.
Washington Post: Hardy Middle School principal leaves after parent complaints
A petition by the D.C. school’s parents that called for Errol Johnson’s removal accused him of poor communication, drops in academic performance and ‘widespread dysfunction’
Colbert I. King in The Post: Crime doesn’t have to be violent to create a sense of lawlessness
Brazen shootings and carjackings are headline-grabbing offenses that spark calls for change in D.C.’s public-safety system. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is right to push for a revitalized whole-of-government and legislative approach to crime…
Washington Post: Bowser names Ashan Benedict interim D.C. police chief
Benedict has served as the department’s executive assistant police chief since April 2021
DCist: D.C. Officer Indicted For Allegedly Sharing Confidential Information With Proud Boys Leader…
A Metropolitan Police Department lieutenant was indicted Friday for leaking confidential information to Enrique Tarrio, leader of right-wing extremist group The Proud Boys, as he faced an arrest warrant for burning a Black Lives Matter…
DCist: D.C. Council Quietly Backtracks On Pulling Police Officers Out Of Schools
What was for years a hotly debated topic was hardly debated at all this week in the D.C. Council.
DCist: Ashan M. Benedict Is New MPD Interim Police Chief
Ashan M. Benedict, executive assistant chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, will be the city’s new interim police chief, stepping into the role after Robert J. Contee III announced he was stepping down as chief last month. Mayor…
Washington Post: D.C. police officer arrested, accused of leaking info to Proud Boys leader
Lt. Shane Lamond told Henry “Enrique” Tarrio that police had a warrant out for him in advance of his arrest in the burning of a Black Lives Matter flag, prosecutors say
Washington Post Editorial Board: These 8 proposals from Bowser would help D.C. fight violent crime
A 10-year-old girl, Arianna Davis, clung to life for three days before dying of wounds she suffered from a barrage of indiscriminate gunfire while riding in the backseat of her parents’ car, alongside her siblings, on Mother’s Day. Police…
District Links: Bowser taps executive assistant chief as MPD’s interim head; DC police…
As the nationwide search continues for a permanent successor to Robert Contee as chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced this morning that the current executive assistant chief will serve as interim head…
Washington Post: Killings of children spark outrage, frustration over violence in D.C.
A deadly week in the District that included a student fatally shot in a high school parking lot in Petworth and a fifth-grader hit by a stray bullet on Mother’s Day has left city leaders and residents frustrated over the seemingly…
Washington Post: D.C. ranked-choice voting initiative could be headed to the ballot
The new ballot initiative launched this week aims to open up primaries to independent voters and bring ranked-choice voting to the city.
City Paper: A New Ballot Initiative Could Bring Ranked-Choice Voting and Open Primaries to D.C.…
Organizers hope to see big changes to local elections in time for 2026, but the Democratic establishment is likely to resist.
DCist: New Ballot Initiative Proposes Bringing Ranked-Choice Voting And Open Primaries To D.C.
A new ballot initiative has been introduced that would bring ranked-choice voting and open primary elections to D.C., a proposal that if passed by voters would mark one of the most sweeping changes to how the city conducts its elections in…
District Links: Proponents seek ballot measure on ranked-choice voting, open primaries; new report…
A new coalition is proposing a ballot measure so that DC voters can decide whether to reform future elections via ranked-choice voting and open primaries.