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Washington Business Journal: Spike in commercial building sales yields tidy tax revenue bump for…

Editor Dec 31, 2019

Commercial real estate owners looking to avoid an increase in deal costs yielded the D.C. government an extra $50.5 million in deed recordation and transfer taxes for the final month of the District's 2019 fiscal year.

Washington Business Journal: Tight fit for proposed Mount Pleasant laundromat redevelopment

Editor Dec 31, 2019

A newly proposed development in D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood would replace a laundromat with a new residential-over-retail building fit snugly into a tight space.

Courtland Milloy in The Post: Panhandlers deserve dignity, not your pity

Editor Dec 31, 2019

I spent some time recently getting to know the panhandlers I encounter the most — Ed and Leann, who work in the traffic at Third and M streets in Northwest Washington.

DCist: Heads Up: Bells Around D.C. Will Simultaneously Ring For 20 Minutes On New Year’s Day

Editor Dec 31, 2019

You won’t be imagining the bells.

District Links: DC got $280M more in 2019 revenue than projected; U.S. attorney ups prosecution of…

Cuneyt Dil Dec 31, 2019

Happy New Year’s Eve. The Jack Evans story dominated the year in local DC politics, and the independent reporter who revealed the scandal looks back …

Washington Business Journal: The Newseum is closing. Here’s what’s next for the building…

Editor Dec 31, 2019

The Newseum will close its doors Tuesday after more than 11 years at its Pennsylvania Avenue location.

District Dig: Jack And Me — The Dig looks back at 2019

Editor Dec 31, 2019

Let’s face it: The story of the year in D.C. politics and government–certainly in District Dig–was the collapse of the decades-long reign of Jack Evans.

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Invites Residents to Join Her on New Year’s Day at the #FITDC Fresh…

Press Release Dec 31, 2019

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Parks and Recreation December 31, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Michael Tucker, Jr. (DPR) Residents of All Ages to Celebrate the New Year in Anacostia…

Opinion

Emily Gasoi: A new year’s wish for Washington Met

Commentary Dec 31, 2019

This holiday season, DC Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee could make a decision that would build trust and show some of our city’s most vulnerable students that, on his watch, their voices and needs will be prioritized. He can do this by…

Washington Post: Students asked black peers to portray slaves during a lesson. The school said it…

Editor Dec 30, 2019

A principal at a public elementary school in the District said the school was wrong to conduct a lesson about slavery in which fifth-grade students were asked to take part in a simulation of enslavement.

Washington Post: D.C. hate-crime prosecutions rise as support grows for changing city’s law

Editor Dec 30, 2019

Hate-crime prosecutions rose in the District in 2019 after plummeting to their lowest point in at least a decade, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.

Press Release: Statement on December 2019 Revenue Estimates

Press Release Dec 30, 2019

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor December 30, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, the DC Government released the revised revenue estimates for the FY 2020-2023 District of Columbia…

Press Release: Statement on Mayor Bowser’s Meeting with Religious Leaders

Press Release Dec 30, 2019

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor December 30, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, on the heels of Saturday’s anti-Semitic attack in New York, Mayor Muriel Bowser met with local…

Washingtonian: Redditors Celebrate the Apparent Death of a DC Traffic Camera

Editor Dec 30, 2019

"We must salt the earth so it does not grow back come springtime."

Press Release: Celebrate MLK Weekend of Service by Cleaning Up Rock Creek

Press Release Dec 30, 2019

News Release — Rock Creek Conservancy DC-Area Volunteers Remove Trash and Invasive Plants from Our Urban Oasis Bethesda, MD (December 30, 2019) - From Saturday, Jan. 18 to Monday, Jan. 20 Rock Creek Conservancy will host its…

Press Release: AG Racine Leads Multistate Coalition Opposing Trump Effort that Puts Haitian Born…

Press Release Dec 30, 2019

News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General December 30, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications 21 Attorneys General Argue in Court Brief that the Trump Administration Illegally Terminated Temporary Protected Status…

District Links: Trump’s limo nixes “End Taxation Without Representation” plates;…

Cuneyt Dil Dec 30, 2019

Good Monday afternoon. President Trump’s limos no longer bear license plates with “End Taxation Without Representation,” the NY Post reports.

WTOP: AT&T brings its 5G network to DC area

Editor Dec 30, 2019

AT&T’s 5G network is now live in the Washington, D.C. region.

Washington Post: Firefighters help seniors evacuate from major fire in Southwest apartment building

Editor Dec 28, 2019

Smoke in the first-floor apartment was so thick that firefighter Ralph Thompson could not see the faces of the man and woman inside, inches from his own.

WTOP: DC might go batty: Public hearing to be held on naming little brown bat as official ‘state’…

Editor Dec 28, 2019

A mouse eared microbat with two sets of teeth could be D.C.’s official “state” mammal.

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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…

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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,…

District Links: Moody’s pulls negative outlook it added last year to DC debt rating; House panel advances bill…

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Moody's Ratings this week removed its negative outlook on DC's debt rating while noting "the District's very strong fiscal governance and prudent budget management."

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