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Hit, run, get McGruff the Crime Dog, but blame climate change
Muriel Bowser is running for D.C. mayor again so she can either best so-called Mayor for Life Marion Barry. Or hang onto her seat long enough to wipe homelessness off the city's to-do list. Or usher in statehood and become the city's first bona fide U.S. senator.
Give to the Red Cross because the 'Red Cross is there for everybody'
The Red Cross needs and deserves our help.
D.C. tourism is abysmal, but holiday travel needn't be
Will out-of-towners be traveling to grandma's house for Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas?
The opioid crisis is real, and so are the people selling and using opioids
A couple of dudes who live in Northeast D.C. were arrested last week and indicted this week on felony charges of distribution of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine, and possession of fake OxyContin pills. They had tens of thousands of dollars in cash, as well. On Monday, they are expected to face a judge.
Can the federal government feed most of the kids most of the time?
Something's got to give. School districts across the country are trying to do something they never were equipped or prepared to do, and that's to be prepared to feed most students nutritious meals before school, during school and after school.
Presidents and Congress don't do reparations
President Biden and other folk are pushing for illegal immigrant families to receive reparations for being separated from their relatives in the U.S.
Virginia's infrastructure fight -- Round 2
Democrats and Republicans in Congress approved President Biden's infrastructure proposal for the states after Virginians voted last week for new management -- a Republican one -- and they'll be taking office in early January.
It's time to revamp D.C. government -- again
When it comes to the D.C. government, the status quo isn't the status anymore.
Virginia carpetbaggers striking at the souls going to the polls
Democrats must be so indebted to Terry McAuliffe that they're willing to do anything to ensure he beats Republican Glenn Youngkin in Virginia's gubernatorial race next week.
Time ticks by fast when battling homelessness
D.C. officials are facing several deadlines -- all of their own making -- and it doesn't matter whether they're wearing digital time pieces, showing off a Piaget or checking the clock on their government-issued laptop.
Metrorail safety is not an option
Metro leadership can't afford to pretend it doesn't have a problem. The trains have spoken and the federal experts have spoken.
Gov. Hogan pledges funds to right criminal wrongs in embattled Baltimore
The Republican governor slapped the politics of crime in Charm City in announcing his $150 million "Re-Fund the Police" initiative.
D.C. cyclists are the darlings of traffic safety
Getting motorists to slow down is a challenge that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has willingly accepted as a legacy without much nudging from the bicycle lobby.
Mayor Bowser, Chief Contee's anti-crime plan like 'whack-a-mole'
As soon as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee III opened their mouths last Friday, the sands of time began burying their joint anti-crime announcement -- the 2021 Fall Crime Prevention Initiative.
The wrong John Hinckley message
A federal judge last week agreed to set John Hinckley Jr. free.
D.C. Police Chief Contee faces major test
Getting and sustaining a tight grip on crime is no easy task for police chiefs in major urban areas, and the nation's capital is no exception.
Trying to get school kids from Point A to Point B is easy
Grown folk are acting as though getting school kids from Point A to Point B on regular school days is a death-defying act, whether in an urban school district like D.C. or a suburban system like neighboring Montgomery County.
Redrawing boundaries for D.C. wards
Before month's end, the U.S. Census data should be is the hands of D.C. officials and available for city residents to begin registering public comments about proposed boundaries for the city's eights wards.
Biden's COVID-19 bully pulpit shortchanges families
President Biden visited a traditional public school on Friday, the day after he delivered his six-point plan to beat down the coronavirus with his Government Knows Best approach.
What do D.C. students know?
Do D.C. students benefit from D.C. education reforms? D.C. teachers can't answer the question. They don't know.
