Healthcare cuts hit over 20,000 D.C. residents
New Medicaid ceilings paired with soaring premiums risk punishing bills and loss of coverage for thousands.
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What to do if your apartment doesn't have heat
D.C. law requires landlords to provide adequate heating in your apartment. Here’s what to do if they’re not.
Wilson Building Bulletin: A predictable start to 2025
For the most part, the CMs eased into the new legislative session...aside from a dispute with the mayor.
Opioids are killing older Black men in D.C. at some of the highest rates in the country
Black men in their mid-fifties to mid-seventies accounted for nearly 38% of the city’s opioid fatalities in 2022, while only making up about 4% of D.C.’s total population.
D.C. Council Passes Pared-Down Juvenile Justice Bill
And more news from the lawmakers' final legislative meeting of the session.
This is my nightmare — but hear me out
Hi there, Colleen here. 51st cofounder and reporter, formerly of DCist and WAMU. As your inbox probably suggests, it’s
Wilson Building Bulletin: Juvenile justice bill passes first vote
The bill, from Attorney General Brian Schwalb, would increase oversight of the city's Department of Youth and Rehabilitation Services.
Wilson Building Bulletin: Comings and goings
Two departures from Bowser's administration in an otherwise quiet legislative week.
So...what do we do now?
Local organizing and volunteer work is one way to stave off dread and bring about change when our electoral systems can’t.
Wilson Building Bulletin: Protest restrictions, (over)riding for Circulator drivers, psychiatric facility oversight
Rounding up what you might've missed in local governing this week.
Wilson Building Bulletin: 911 hearing, ending child marriage, DCHA check-in
Rounding up the weekly news from D.C.'s seat of government
13 things to do around D.C. this weekend
A Palestinian film festival, a Black tattoo convention, a Halloween drag brunch, and more happenings for this last October weekend.