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Press Release: Celebrate completed work on Locks 3 and 4 of the C&O Canal in Georgetown

Press Release Sep 5, 2019

News Release — National Park Service and Georgetown Heritage FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2019 Contact: Katie Liming (NPS) Lauren Boston (Georgetown Heritage) National Park Service and Georgetown Heritage to mark project…

Press Release: Norton Says ACLU Analysis Finding D.C. Statehood Bill Constitutional Carries Great…

Press Release Sep 5, 2019

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton September 5, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller House to Hold Hearing on Bill September 19th WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that the ACLU has…

Press Release: AG Racine Sues 16 MD and VA Parents in Back-to-School Residency Fraud Sweep

Press Release Sep 5, 2019

News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General September 5, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications OAG Seeks More Than $2.9 Million in Restitution Over Parents’ Unpaid Non-Resident Tuition Fees and Fraudulent Public…

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Highlights Efforts to Expand Access to High-Quality Early Child Care and…

Press Release Sep 5, 2019

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education September 5, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Fred Lewis (OSSE) Mayor Tours National Children’s Center in Ward 8…

District Links: $41K+ spent on Vegas trip for DC officials; new protocols ordered after deadly Ward…

Cuneyt Dil Sep 5, 2019

Happy Thursday. Taxpayers paid at least $41,000 for District officials, including the mayor and some council members, to go to a big annual shopping center conference in Las Vegas last spring, City Paper reports this morning.

Films

Capital Projections: True lies edition

Pat Padua Sep 5, 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. OFFICIAL SECRETS Keira Knightley (IFC Films) This timely but tepid…

WAMU: Half-Smokes, Pupusas And Mumbo — Oh My! D.C.’s Iconic Foods And Where To Find Them

Editor Sep 5, 2019

You can tell you’re in Washington, D.C., just by looking at it. The White House, the Capitol, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials — so many landmarks that say to residents and visitors alike: this is the nation’s…

Washington Informer: Councilman Blasts 7-Eleven for Selling Expired Food

Editor Sep 5, 2019

The slogan “Oh thank heaven for 7-Eleven” means nothing to D.C. Council member Trayon White, who recently blasted the convenience store’s Ward 8 locations for selling expired food to his constituents.

Washington Informer: Campbell Challenges Trayon White for Council Seat

Editor Sep 5, 2019

Ward 8 resident Richard Campbell will run against D.C. Councilman Trayon White in the 2020 Democratic primary, saying that he has a lot of personal respect for White but thinks he will be a better legislator for the ward.

Washington Informer: Anacostia Council to Aid Census Count in Ward 8

Editor Sep 5, 2019

For years, Ward 8 residents have been undercounted during the decennial census but the Anacostia Coordinating Council has determined that 2020 will be different.

UrbanTurf: Co-living Concept Takes Over One-Third of Units at Union Market Apartment Building

Editor Sep 5, 2019

A co-living concept is taking over one-third of a nearly-completed multifamily development in Union Market.

Washingtonian: Union Market is Getting a Huge New Co-Living Building

Editor Sep 5, 2019

The Highline was originally planned as typical apartments. But plans just changed dramatically.

Washington Post: Black girls say D.C. school dress codes unfairly target them. Now they’re speaking…

Editor Sep 5, 2019

For generations, girls have been sent to the principal’s office for violating dress codes: Shorts must reach past fingertips. Shirts can’t be too low-cut. No spaghetti straps. No cleavage.

WAMU: Transit Advocates Say That In D.C. And Elsewhere, A Lack Of Late-Night Options Is Hurting…

Editor Sep 5, 2019

When Metro decided to scale back its late-night hours in 2016, some workers worried that they would be left without an easy way to get home — especially in a city and region bustling with new bars, restaurants and nightlife options.

City Paper: How Charter Schools Won D.C. Politics

Editor Sep 5, 2019

Federal intervention, an army of lobbyists, and taxpayer money have helped D.C. charters keep local lawmakers off their backs.

City Paper: What Happened in Vegas?

Editor Sep 5, 2019

The Council and mayor spent more than $41,000 and courted supermarkets. That's what.

Washington Business Journal: Co-living operator buys into Union Market, taking over large part of…

Editor Sep 5, 2019

German co-living operator Quarters has bought its way into the District with plans to fully furnish and lease 99 units at The Highline at Union Market, a new development in Northeast.

Washington Post: As a panda era closes, Bei Bei gets a checkup and ‘signs’ some keepsakes

Editor Sep 5, 2019

A blood-oxygen monitor is clipped to the animal’s large pink tongue. An endoscope has been fed down his throat to examine his small intestine. And technician Jayne Hutcheson is swabbing his paws with blue paint for keepsake paw prints.

Press Release: FRA and DDOT Release Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Draft Section 4(f)…

Press Release Sep 5, 2019

News Release — District Department of Transportation September 5 , 2019 Media Contact Lauren Stephens WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the District…

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: On Kennedy Street, a lethal cocktail of desperation, greed and government…

jonetta rose barras Sep 5, 2019

“Anybody can choose to operate a rental business in the shadows. That’s just a reality,” Ernest Chrappah, director of the DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), recently told The Washington Post. His comment came after a…

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This month, the DC Council voted to reverse most of the mayor's proposed cuts to early childhood programs, adding roughly $60 million to the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund and nearly $50…

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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson today released the text of the revised fiscal year 2026 budget legislation slated for consideration tomorrow, as well as an amended version of the FY 2027 Local Budget…

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District Links: McDuffie concedes mayoral race to Lewis George; Silverman set for council return; old machines…

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Mayoral hopeful Kenyan McDuffie this morning conceded the Democratic primary to Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, who has 52.87% of the vote in the updated tally released this afternoon by…

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