“Our best tool for preventing crime is violence interrupters,” says White, arguing that Mayor Muriel Bowser hasn’t invested enough in the approach.

There are only three full-service grocery stores in wards 7 and 8 east of the Anacostia River, though that number may soon be growing with recently announced development plans.

D.C. officials also said that school kids will again have to return negative COVID-19 tests ahead of returning to classes after a winter break in February and spring break in April.

Her new plans call for 2,000 units of affordable housing in Ward 3, the part of D.C. that has the least of it.

This is the first election cycle where mayoral candidates will have access to public financing, and all three major contenders have said they will take it.

Incumbent Mayor Muriel Bowser jumps into what is shaping up to be a competitive mayoral race, with at least two D.C. Council members challenging her.

The sudden announcement arrives as eviction restrictions fade away in D.C., prompting alarm on social media.

Bowser now says that low-level conversations about a possible reciprocity deal on traffic camera tickets happened years ago, but it never got to the governors of Maryland and Virginia.

White is the first big-name entrant in the 2022 race, with questions remaining as to whether Mayor Muriel Bowser will run for a third term.

Eight members of the D.C. Council are asking Mayor Muriel Bowser to do away with employees’ option to submit to weekly coronavirus testing instead of getting a shot.