Bowser Sends Opioid Funds to a Friend’s Public Relations Firm With a Questionable Past

A commission convened to guide the spending of $80 million in opioid settlement money fears the incident is proof they’re being ignored by the mayor as opioid-related deaths in D.C. continue to climb.

Love her or hate her, Mayor Muriel Bowser is undeniably loyal to her friends—even if that gets her into a little bit of trouble sometimes. In the latest demonstration of playing favorites, Bowser’s government delivered a $500,000 contract to a marketing firm run by one of her longtime friends, 2014 campaign spokesperson Everett Hamilton. That…

by Alex Koma

Employees at The Wydown Are Forming a Union to Address Concerns with Management

Wydown Workers United is drawing attention to alleged workplace mismanagement and under-resourcing at their coffee bar locations on H Street NE and 14th Street NW.

Cooks, bakers, and baristas at both Wydown coffee shop locations in D.C. have filed an intent to form a union after they say their concerns about mismanagement and mistreatment have gone unaddressed.  According to the Instagram page for Wydown Workers United, the employees claim that “management has demonstrated a consistent pattern of disregard for the…

by Cat Sposato

D.C. Police Investigator Disciplined for Undercover Conduct During Jan. 6 Insurrection

The Metropolitan Police Department issued suspensions and terminations, from the rank of commander down to recruit, in more than 300 cases of misconduct in 2023.

A Metropolitan Police Department investigator was suspended for 10 days last year for “participating in [the] January 6 riot,” according to annual oversight documents the department submitted to the D.C. Council in February. MPD spokesperson Paris Lewbel clarifies that the unnamed investigator (a rank similar to detective) “was disciplined for violating general orders relating to…

by Mitch Ryals

Will Tough-on-Crime Politics Work Against Janeese Lewis George?

Challengers Lisa Gore and Paul Johnson are struggling to gain traction in the Ward 4 Council primary.

Loose Lips predicted six months ago that Lisa Gore would run a tough-on-crime campaign. And that bit of forecasting in her challenge to Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George seems to have been spot-on. LL did not have it on his bingo card, however, that Gore would do so by calling Lewis George a lawmaker…

by Alex Koma

There’s a Chaotic 10-Candidate Race to Replace Vince Gray in Ward 7. Has a Front-Runner Emerged?

Barbs are starting to fly as energy coalesces behind four contenders in the crowded field.

With less than two months until the Ward 7 Council primary wraps up, Wendell Felder has been hit with more than his fair share of slings and arrows. But he doesn’t mind. “As the front-runner, with all this momentum, more attacks are starting to come my way,” he tells Loose Lips. That might sound bold,…

by Alex Koma

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