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WAMU: The D.C. Region Definitely Feels Unaffordable — But ‘Affordable’ Might Not Mean What You Think

Editor Sep 19, 2019

Affordability is tough to accurately measure. The concept is relative. It’s deeply personal and it varies between states, towns, neighborhoods, and households. It also relies on a number of factors: housing, transportation, child care and…

City Paper: We the Children

Editor Sep 19, 2019

The brother and friends of Karon Brown, shot dead at 11, have something to say.

WTOP: Early-risers head to newly open Washington Monument following 3-year closure

Editor Sep 19, 2019

The line started forming early outside the Washington Monument on day one of the monument’s reopening to the general public after a three-year closure.

City Paper: Ward 8 Residents Have Questions (and Criticisms) About the Reunion Square Development

Editor Sep 19, 2019

Councilmember Trayon White has asked skeptics to show him their IDs.

City Paper: D.C.’s Water Treatment Plant Makes Strides When It Comes to Preparing for Climate Change

Editor Sep 19, 2019

Experts say DC Water, which operates Blue Plains, has become a forward-thinking leader in both adaptation and mitigation.

Built Environment

With renovations on tap for boarded-up building at Fort Reno Park, community explores uses for…

James Marshall Sep 19, 2019

Renovations to the boarded-up Chesapeake House — a historic but empty building in the southwest corner of Tenleytown’s Fort Reno Park — should be completed by 2020, National Park Service officials told community members at a recent meeting…

Films

Capital Projections: Dressed to be killed edition

Pat Padua Sep 19, 2019

Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week. IN FABRIC The most visually sumptuous movie of this year was officially…

Washington Post: House Democrat rejects GOP call for Jack Evans to testify at D.C. statehood hearing

Editor Sep 18, 2019

House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) has rejected a last-minute request by Republicans to invite embattled D.C. Council member Jack Evans to testify at Thursday’s hearing on D.C. statehood.

WTOP: ‘Momentous’ DC statehood hearing to be held on Capitol Hill Thursday

Editor Sep 18, 2019

District leaders are headed to Capitol Hill, where Congress will hold its first hearing on D.C. statehood in more than 25 years. After Thursday’s hearing, an evening of rallying and celebration is scheduled, which could affect traffic.

Washington Post Editorial Board: Did a 911 delay lead to two people dying in a D.C. fire?

Editor Sep 18, 2019

FOUR MINUTES and one second. That is how long it took before D.C. firefighters were dispatched to the blaze at a Northwest rowhouse last month. Was there a delay in sending help that might have contributed to the deaths of two people? Or…

Washington Post: D.C. statehood: What to expect of the first House hearing on the issue in more than…

Editor Sep 18, 2019

D.C. officials and advocates have agitated for generations to make the District the 51st state. On Thursday, they make their case to Congress.

WAMU: Medical Marijuana Patients Will Be Able To Get Treatment In D.C. Schools Under Emergency…

Editor Sep 18, 2019

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser plans to sign emergency legislation that would allow students who are enrolled as patients in the District’s medical marijuana program to get treatment in schools, according to a spokesperson for the mayor’s…

Washington Post: Why a D.C. lawmaker under investigation votes on his own probe and discipline

Editor Sep 18, 2019

The D.C. Council, frustrated by roadblocks in its investigation of possible ethics violations by member Jack Evans, voted 12 to 1 this week to allow city officials to ask a court to compel the lawmaker’s private clients to cooperate.

WAMU: Most People Spend 43 Minutes Commuting, Plus 9 Other Facts From ‘The State Of The Commute’

Editor Sep 18, 2019

The State of the Washington Region Commute is… not great.

DCist: The Past, Present, And (Potential) Future Of D.C. Statehood, Explained

Editor Sep 18, 2019

Ahead of the first D.C. statehood hearing in decades in the House of Representatives, we’ve got answers to all the questions you were afraid to ask about the District’s bid to become the 51st state.

DCist: Want To Encourage Native Bees and Wildlife? Plant Local

Editor Sep 18, 2019

So you’re ready to plant some perennials or shrubs in your yard or maybe have some empty pots on the balcony, but you don’t know where to start. No worries. There are a variety of native flora that will not only be suitable for your space…

Curbed: How to watch Congress’s historic D.C. statehood hearing

Editor Sep 18, 2019

District leaders will advocate for equal voting rights and full representation

WAMU: D.C. Wants To Be Resilient To Climate Change. Critics Argue Efforts Could Worsen Inequalities.

Editor Sep 18, 2019

More extreme thunderstorms and hurricanes. Entire summers of “heat emergency” days. Regular flooding along the Potomac River and Anacostia River, as well as inland neighborhoods, where storm drains are overwhelmed by rain.

Jill Lawrence in USA Today: Wyoming, Monaco, voting rights and taxes: All the reasons Washington, DC…

Editor Sep 18, 2019

Wyoming has two senators and over 1.3 million cattle. DC has no senators, three cows and many more people. How is this fair? It's time for statehood.

Monica Hopkins and Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux in The Hill: DC statehood will give representation to…

Editor Sep 18, 2019

In 1788, two years before Washington, D.C. became the seat of the nation’s government, James Madison wrote that the future inhabitants in the yet-to-be-chosen federal district should have a “voice in the election of the government which is…

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