The measure would use vouchers to have D.C. residents decide how to allocate funds to sustain local news outlets amid their declining revenues.

“In Ward 1, [an issue] for us is always infill – how do you find smaller pieces of land you can do things in?”

Lawmakers want DC Health director LaQuandra Nesbitt to investigate how two-weeks worth of COVID data went unreported, and present that investigation to the D.C. Council.

“We’re not going to cooperate with anybody who’s trying to prosecute or investigate somebody who is getting an abortion,” says D.C. Councilmember Brianne Nadeau.

Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau says Mayor Muriel Bowser lifted the vaccine mandate “without regard for the needs of vulnerable residents.”

Homeless advocates say the clearing underscores the need for lawmakers to set clear boundaries on when city officials can engage with encampment residents.

It’s the second time in as many years that a bill to impose a new excise tax on the distribution of sodas and sugary drinks has failed in the D.C. Council.

DHS says the city doesn’t currently have enough housing to place the more than 600 people living in PEP-V hotels, leaving their futures uncertain.

A new bill would replace the city’s current 8% sales tax on sugary drinks with an excise tax — a move lawmakers say will dissuade customers from purchasing the beverages to begin with.

Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau also reintroduced a bill that would decriminalize street vending without a license.