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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser testified before the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security on Tuesday. Her full remarks are below. WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser testified before the U.S. Senate Committee at a historic hearing for D.C. statehood. Her full testimony can be read in full below: Chairman Peters, Ranking Member Portman, […]
Carolyn Heard, 64, of Washington D.C., was sentenced on June 1, 2021, to a term of imprisonment based on charges stemming from a hate crime targeting a member of the Asian community that took place in Northwest Washington in April 2021, U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips announced. Heard pleaded guilty to one count of threats […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly 900 U.S. Secret Service employees tested positive for the coronavirus, according to government records obtained by a government watchdog group. Secret Service records show that 881 people on the agency payroll were diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 1, 2020 and March 9, 2021, according to documents obtained by Citizens for […]
The latest front in the culture wars over how U.S. students should learn history and civics is the concept of critical race theory, an intellectual tool set for examining systemic racism. With roots in academia, the framework has become a flash point as Republican officials across the country seek to prevent it from being taught […]
FYI, The same issue pervades health care and companies that control who, where, and how much we should pay for treatment. The system utilized is called “Value of a Statistical Life” or VSL. For example, it it not an accident that the new hospital in SE DC will be exclusively run by Universal Health Systems […]
By Julie Zauzmer and Michael Brice-Saddler The D.C. Council on Tuesday backed down from a plan to end the city’s pandemic-era ban on eviction filings for nonpayment of rent, despite warnings from several lawmakers that the decision to keep the eviction moratorium in place could imperil millions of dollars in federal funding. The District must […]