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Bisnow: 9 Developments That Could Bring Thousands Of Housing Units To The D.C. Region

Editor Nov 26, 2018

Multifamily construction has continued at a rapid pace in recent years as the D.C. region looks to house its growing population. With Amazon now planning to create 25,000 new jobs over the next decade, significant housing development will…

Arne Duncan in The Post: D.C.’s education system needs an independent mirror

Editor Nov 26, 2018

Rigorous research on public education systems can be revelatory: Knowledge that researchers generate through their study of school data can change education practices, policies and schools. But to do so, researchers must be able to hold an…

DCist: Actually, There’s Still One More Election In D.C. This Year

Editor Nov 26, 2018

The votes have been counted, the election certified, the incumbents returning to their seats. So what’s going on in Ward 4?

Arts and Culture

Local filmmaker answers the call to document history of DC Black Pride

Athena Naylor Nov 26, 2018

DC’s annual LGBTQ film festival, Reel Affirmations, showcased a wide variety of films that highlight LGBTQ subjects and issues during its four-day run in early November. Notably, the film roster included a 50-minute TV special by first-time…

DCist: How Do Lanes Of Traffic Get Reversed On Weekdays?

Editor Nov 26, 2018

Four times a day, each and every weekday, a choreographed dance of the streets happens across the District. A number of lanes of traffic, and in some cases entire roadways, change direction for the duration of rush hour.

U.S. Attorney Liu Announces Initiative to Combat Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation

Press Release Nov 26, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 26, 2018 U.S. Attorney Liu Announces Initiative to Combat Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation Efforts Are Part of Nationwide Effort Led by U.S. Department of Justice…

Washington Business Journal: Charging drivers for entering busy areas in D.C.? It’s part of…

Editor Nov 26, 2018

The Greater Washington Partnership — a group of high-profile CEOs representing the Baltimore-Washington-Richmond corridor — is out with its long-bandied report on how to pull the three cities together into a powerful super region with an…

Washington Post: Region’s CEOs propose ambitious, costly plan to reduce traffic from Baltimore to…

Editor Nov 26, 2018

An alliance of the region’s top chief executives is urging ambitious, costly steps to improve commuter rail, bus networks and other transportation systems to reduce chronic traffic congestion and bind together the “super region” stretching…

WAMU: The Anacostia River Inspired This Singer To Write An Entire Album

Editor Nov 26, 2018

The Anacostia River used to be a dumping ground for Washington’s trash, sewage and industrial waste. Now there’s a massive cleanup effort, and the city has declared 2018 “the year of the Anacostia.” But for D.C. musician Brent Peterson, the…

Washington Post: How much was a vote worth in the D.C. State Board of Education races?

Editor Nov 25, 2018

How much was a single vote worth in this month’s D.C. State Board of Education elections? Maybe $3? $5? Even $8?

Washington Post: A lot of cities want roboshuttles, including D.C. But will they work?

Editor Nov 25, 2018

From the Mall to Lincoln, Neb., planners across the United States are pushing slow-rolling roboshuttles as a way to dip their toes into greater automation.

WTOP: Track work guide: Yellow Line shutdown from Nov. 26 to Dec. 9

Editor Nov 25, 2018

WASHINGTON — Metro’s Yellow Line falls off the map for two weeks starting the Monday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 26) as the transit agency shuts down the bridge over the Potomac River for repairs.

Washington Post: A Little Free Library honored Michelle Obama. Vandals tagged it ‘Trump’s’.

Editor Nov 25, 2018

The Little Free Library went up a week after the inauguration, its wooden walls painted to evoke the White House eight blocks away. But if the book box coincided with President Trump taking office, its tiny plaque pined for the previous…

McDuffie Rushes Hearing on Key Utility Appointments

Press Release Nov 25, 2018

DC Sierra Club * Coalition for a Resilient DC DC Environmental Network * Grid2.0 Working Group DC Statehood Green Party* Chesapeake Climate Action Network Solar United Neighbors * DC Consumer Utility Board November 25, 2018 FOR…

Washington Post: Homeless people are synthetic drugs’ latest victims. This activist has had enough.

Editor Nov 24, 2018

Robin McKinney wasn’t wearing the right shirt. She also didn’t have all of her supplies. But the night was warm for mid-November, and that had gotten her worried. So she went anyway, pulling up to a Southeast Washington park hit hard by…

John Kelly in The Post: Who remembers the wild 1969 D.C. school board race? Tommy Curtis does.

Editor Nov 24, 2018

It wasn’t quite Bush v. Gore and the Case of the Hanging Chad, but as Tommy Curtis reminded Answer Man recently, the District once had its own drawn-out, contested election. It was not dissimilar to this month’s lengthy, laborious and…

Washington Post: Are streetcars paving the way for urban development? A study says maybe.

Editor Nov 24, 2018

There is a cautionary tale for the expansion of the District’s streetcar system in a recent think-tank report: Don’t expect that streetcars alone will bring renewed prosperity to the neighborhoods they serve.

Afro-American: The Urban Institute Finds Serious Inequities in the District

Editor Nov 24, 2018

Housing and poverty gaps in the District of Columbia remain imperative topics discussed by local Black residents as little seems to be done policy-wise about the issues. This past Wednesday the Urban Institute released an interactive tool…

Afro-American: DCPS Students Throw Down

Editor Nov 24, 2018

Taahir Kelly may be a track star at Roosevelt High School, but nothing makes his face light up more than when he’s talking about all the cooking he’s done at the school through his culinary arts classes.

Theresa Vargas in The Post: ‘May the mambo sauce always flow!’ said D.C.’s mayor before she dissed…

Editor Nov 24, 2018

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s decision to express annoyance about a condiment beloved by many in the nation’s capital on a week when people were planning their holiday spreads was perplexing for many reasons.

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District Links: New report cites 5.7% drop in DC jobs over past year; OCF investigating claims against Lewis George…

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A new report on DC's economic and revenue trends shows a 5.7% drop in jobs over the last year and an increase in the office vacancy rate to 18.3%.

District Links: Bowser resubmits PSC nominations fought by environmentalists; group rejects calls to drop White House…

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Mayor Muriel Bowser last week withdrew — and then resubmitted — two controversial nominations for the Public Service Commission that would have otherwise been deemed disapproved at month's end.

District Links: Bowser, Pirro unveil legislation to address rise in domestic violence; Allen bill would enable…

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With domestic violence accounting for a growing share of homicides and assaults with a dangerous weapon in the District, Mayor Muriel Bowser and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro today announced new…

jonetta rose barras: Who among DC’s mayoral candidates can help the city fulfill its potential? (Part 1)

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A diverse crowd of nearly 300 people squeezed into the auditorium at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on Monday evening; it was a standing-room-only setting at the latest DC mayoral forum,…

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