DDOT received 3,000 applications for the e-bike voucher in just eleven days — way, way more than the 250 available vouchers, which will go to qualifying lower-income residents first. axios.com/local/washingt…

Continued great reporting from Alex Koma on the DC crime lab washingtoncitypaper.com/article/689013…

Update: DCPL's now-former HR director responds, says she never delivered a baby in her doula work without requesting time off with DC, disputes BEGA's account: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

News: D.C. Public Library’s HR director resigns after working as a doula on city time, as well as another full time HR job for another company without telling DC, an ethics investigation found: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Dozens of early childhood educators and parents who rely on them came out this morning to protest the proposed elimination of the Pay Equity Fund in the budget. “We’re going to do everything in our power to reverse these cuts” ⁦Christina Henderson⁩ says

Some parents and child-care advocates worry cuts to the pay equity fund could lead to an exodus of early educators and higher day-care fees.

More from Lauren Lumpkin
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.Christina Henderson gets emotional while speaking against cuts impacting childcare & providers, incl elimination of Pay Equity Fund. Pushes back on idea of 'shared sacrifices': 'It feels like we are balancing the budget on the backs of Black and Brown women” in the childcare sector

Bowser's budget briefing to the Council is about to begin. Includes some tax increases. ~$500 million in cuts, including eliminating the Pay Equity Fund and cuts to HPTF funding. Downtown, public safety, per-pupil education funding see investments. More:
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A marathon day at the Wilson Building that started with a briefing from DM Nina Albert on the terms of the Monumental deal and culminated with a vote on the half billion investment in Cap One -- including three separate protests interrupting Council bizz along the way. Read on:

Private closed door DC council “gathering” with majority of council present raises open meeting concerns as Council of DC set to vote on $515 million for arena deal. Council chair Phil Mendelson says no violation. nbc4dc.com/FJ6K59I

The last hours of Baltimore’s Key Bridge: Dark. Quiet. Then chaos & tragedy. Incredible reporting by ⁦Emily Davies⁩ ⁦Peter Hermann⁩ ⁦Jasmine Hilton⁩ ⁦Tom Jackman⁩ ⁦justin jouvenal⁩ ⁦William Wan⁩ & editing by ⁦Paul Duggan⁩ washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

From a chance encounter at the Waldorf to a deal to transform a half-vacant downtown mall: How Mayor Muriel Bowser reeled Ted Leonsis back to the D.C. negotiating table as things crumbled in Virginia, w/ Michael Brice-Saddler, Jonathan O'Connell
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“I’ll be candid, I learned some lessons with the last approach,” - Mayor Muriel Bowser says of failure last year to keep Ted Leonsis from trying to take Capitals, Wizards to NoVa. “The council and I have been in lockstep ever since.” w/ Meagan Flynn & Jonathan O'Connell washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

One note from Mayor Bowser and Ted Leonsis’s news conference on a deal to keep the Wizards and Caps in DC — Bowser says Monumental will look to build a new Wizards practice facility in DC, exploring Chinatown and other sites in the District.

‘How it’s supposed to be’: Fans embrace deal to keep Wizards, Caps in D.C. (via Ava Wallace and Meagan Flynn) washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03…

Breaking: Alexandria, Va., nixes Caps, Wizards arena, killing plan to move teams there wapo.st/3xdnMC9