DCentric

Good morning, DCentric readers! Welcome to Wednesday.

Allow unfolded umbrella strollers on Metrobus "I can assure you that the struggles (parents) bear to get through the day on transit with toddlers is far greater than the inconvenience they place on others." (Greater Greater Washington)

Catania bill seeks to provide birth-control pills over the-counter Catania: "At this point, in this city, it's already a challenge for many women in underserved communities to get the appointments and then find a pharmacy," he said. "I think it's a way to expand access to contraception and to conserve valuable resources." (The Washington Post)

Amendment To Metro Funding Killed In House Oy. "According to Connolly, more than 40 percent of federal employees commute on Metro daily "and the federal government provides no subsidy to Metro other than this $150 million annual payment." (WUSA Washington, DC)

Two burglary suspects killed in shootout with D.C. police near Catholic University Suspects beat, robbed, threatened to kill students in the home they invaded: "The surviving suspect, identified as Steffan Fields, 21, of Gaithersburg, told investigators that he went to the house in the Brookland section of Northeast Washington to get marijuana from the "weed man,"…" (The Washington Post)

Corrections Director Steps Down, Replaced By IT Guy Department of Corrections Director Devon Brown is out: "Under Brown, the D.C. Jail also adopted a more progressive policy towards transgender inmates and established serious HIV testing among the incarcerated." (Washington City Paper)

Children Of Two Gray Advisers Land City Government Jobs To the victor…"According to a list of new hires by Mayor Vincent Gray's administration, the daughter of Gray Campaign Chair Lorraine Green and the son of Gray's chief of staff, Gerri Mason Hall, were hired last month to work for the District government." (wamu.org)