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jonetta rose barras: Are aspects of DC’s much-touted healthcare system on the verge of collapse?

When MedStar Washington Hospital Center in DC announced the closure of one of its two postpartum maternal units over the ...
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District Links: Elections Board overturns $16K fine against Lewis George’s mayoral campaign; DC Water says tests show Potomac back to normal; and more

Janeese Lewis George's mayoral campaign struck a confident tone in reacting to yesterday afternoon's decision by the DC Board of Elections to toss out a $16,000 fine levied by the Office of Campaign ...
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jonetta rose barras: The public should demand the retrial of Trayon White and his removal from the DC Council

DC residents who want an honest and ethical government should aggressively advocate for U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to retry ...
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jonetta rose barras: Two candidates in the general election delegate race say no federal taxes for DC residents

The DC Council is expected to meet next month, just weeks before the general election, to hear testimony on a bevy of taxes and other revenue-raising mechanisms, including a wealth tax, a business ...
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District Links: Bowser admin submits updated RFK master plan for council review this fall; new poll finds many area residents struggling; and more

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Office of Planning today submitted the RFK Campus Master Plan to the DC Council ahead of a scheduled Sept. 30 public hearing, with her administration pushing for ...
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District Links: Bowser cuts ribbon on modernized Malcolm X Elementary; DISB approves health insurance hikes amid affordability concerns; and more

Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials today marked the $67 million modernization of Malcolm X Elementary School in Ward 8, with a ribbon-cutting that featured the eldest daughter of the school's ...
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jonetta rose barras: Is the DC Council at-large race in the general election mostly a fight among progressives?

Technically, as chair of the DC Statehood Green Party, Darryl Moch is the leader of the city’s oldest progressive political organization. That should give him a leg up in the race for an at-large DC ...
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jonetta rose barras: Slouching toward the DC general election with controversy

The promise ranked choice voting (RCV) proponents made nearly two years ago was that new people would get elected to more offices with more votes. If the June primary is any indication, that was all ...
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Joon Bang: DC spends just 0.3% of its budget on its older residents. It’s time for a Dignity Fund.

People care. That’s what our social worker said after sharing her case notes on Ms. Rose, a new client referred to us by a local bank teller. Ms. Rose (a pseudonym) had returned to the bank multiple ...
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District Links: Bowser appointee resigns as chair of utility regulatory body; regional House members challenge Trump’s golf course plans; and more

Amid public grumbling over utility rates and implementation of the District's stated clean energy priorities, Emile Thompson yesterday submitted his resignation as chair of the DC Public Service ...
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District Links: DC reopens Ward 7’s Rosedale Pool after $6.8M expansion; Metro sees ridership drop after reconfiguring bus routes; and more

Ward 7's Rosedale Outdoor Pool is open for the first time this summer after a $6.8 million renovation that expanded the facility by more than 1,400 square feet.
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jonetta rose barras: Elissa Silverman returns to the DC Council

It could be, as some people have suggested, that Elissa Silverman’s arrival back to the John A. Wilson Building as an at-large councilmember is karma’s work. She might claim otherwise, saying that ...