HEALTHY D.C. & ME LEADERSHIP COALITION Archive & Advisor's Corner
Karon Hylton-Brown death: 2 Former DC police officers found guilty
Karon Hylton-Brown death: 2 Former DC police officers found guilty By FOX 5 DC Digital Team WASHINGTON – The verdict is in. The two former Metropolitan Police Department officers charged in connection to the death of Karon Hylton-Brown have been found guilty. Officer Terrance Sutton, 38, and lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky,54, chased Hylton-Brown in October 2020 […]
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Encourages Residents to Mind Their Mental Health During the Holidays
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Encourages Residents to Mind Their Mental Health During the Holidays By Press Release News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 22, 2022 CONTACT: Susana Castillo (EOM) Sward Tondoneh (DMHHS) Free Mental Health Services Are […]
T-Mobile Data Breach: You Could Claim Up to $25K — But You’ll Need to Do it Soon
T-Mobile Data Breach: You Could Claim Up to $25K — But You’ll Need to Do it Soon By Ben Demers Since 2021, T-Mobile has been reeling from a massive data breach affecting the personal information of more than 76 million customers. The telecom giant announced in August 2021 that hackers had accessed countless customer names, Social Security […]
The troubling hyper-politicization of Washington, DC policing
The troubling hyper-politicization of Washington, DC policing By David J. Terestre For 21 years of my life, I had the honor and distinction of working for the Washington, D.C. Police Department. I’m especially proud of the work and results the department achieved in the city’s Logan Circle area. That was my beat. I got to […]
A one-building quest to undelete suburban DC history
A one-building quest to undelete suburban DC history By Addison Del Mastro The building pictured at the beginning of this article, outside a strip plaza in Landover Hills, Maryland, has been driving me crazy for almost a month. Notice anything unusual about it? I did. For one, it lacks Pizza Hut’s trademark trapezoidal windows. Secondly, […]
Legalized weed, minimum wages, grocery taxes, and more: New laws for 2023 in DC, Md., Va
Legalized weed, minimum wages, grocery taxes, and more: New laws for 2023 in DC, Md., Va. By 7News Staff The start of the new year means new laws are in effect across the DMV. Here are some laws that went into effect on Jan. 1 or will later in 2023: WASHINGTON, D.C.Minimum wage The living […]
US House GOP bans DC mayor from House Floor
US House GOP bans DC mayor from House Floor By Daniel Hamburg WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C.’s mayor is now banned from being on the U.S. House floor. It’s one of several changes Republicans made in their new House Rules package passed Monday night. Democrats call this a punishing move targeting the mayor, but Mayor […]
Opinion D.C.’s crime bill could make the city more dangerous
Opinion D.C.’s crime bill could make the city more dangerous By the Editorial Board Washington could become a more dangerous city if the D.C. Council votes Tuesday, as currently planned, to override Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s veto of a bill that decreases punishments for violent crimes such as carjackings, home invasion burglaries, robberies and even […]
DC council softens penalties for violent crimes by overriding mayor’s veto of criminal code rewrite
DC council softens penalties for violent crimes by overriding mayor’s veto of criminal code rewrite By Timothy H.J. Nerozzi | Fox News Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed revisions, citing concerns about impact lighter sentences will have on crime. The District of Columbia City Council voted to force through revisions of the district’s criminal code that will […]
NYC Mayor Adams details plan at mayor’s conference in DC to address migrant crisis
NYC Mayor Adams details plan at mayor’s conference in DC to address migrant crisis By Janice Yu Mayor Eric Adams attended a conference in D.C. Wednesday, where he presented other mayors, whose cities are impacted by the migrant surge, with a plan to deal with the influx. The key components included naming a dedicated point […]
D.C. Mayor to Biden: Your Teleworking Employees Are Killing My City
By Michael Schaffer At the swearing-in this month for her third term as the District of Columbia’s mayor, Muriel Bowser delivered a surprising inaugural-address ultimatum of sorts to the federal government: Get your employees back to in-person work — or else vacate your lifeless downtown office buildings so we can fill the city with people again. […]
Operation UNITE is the Educational Advisor to the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit
Adolescent Substance Use, Mental Health Challenges Elevated Among Homeless Population Tom Valentino, Addiction Professional Homeless adolescents in the US were found to be more likely to have used cocaine, methamphetamine, or heroin than nonhomeless adolescents, and were also more likely to have seriously considered or attempted suicide, according to a study led by researchers from […]
D.C. Is ‘Ready’ To Legalize Marijuana Sales As Soon As Congress Gets Out Of The Way, Mayor Says
The mayor of Washington, D.C. says local officials are prepared to move forward with implementing a legal system of recreational marijuana sales in the nation’s capital just as soon as they can get over the final “hurdle” of congressional interference. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) introduced a cannabis commerce bill in February—and members of the District Council are now […]
Collapsed DC-295 pedestrian bridge might not be replaced
The pedestrian bridge that was hit by a truck before collapsing onto D.C. 295 last week may not be replaced, said Everett Lott, director of the District Department of Transportation. In a Tuesday news conference under a bridge being reconstructed on 2nd St. NE — often called the Hopscotch Bridge — Lott said despite five of D.C.’s […]
DC council approves bill to ban menthol cigarettes in close vote
The Washington, D.C., City Council on Tuesday voted 8-5 to approve a bill to ban flavored tobacco products, including those containing menthol. The menthol portion of the ban may have made the vote closer and more contentious than it might have otherwise been. Indeed, a vote a few minutes earlier to recommit the legislation failed […]
DC DMV locations will offer walk-in appointments starting in July, Bowser says
Scheduling road tests for commercial and noncommercial driver licenses will remain by appointment only, according to Mayor Bowser. WASHINGTON — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says that all DC DMV service centers will return to walk-in service starting July 19. In a release to WUSA9, DC DMV officials said that they will honor all appointments made […]