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Fox 5: Nearly 300 vehicles illegally stopped in dedicated bus lanes in DC, according to volunteers

Diane Gross Aug 22, 2019

It’s been more than two months since D.C. rolled out dedicated downtown bus lanes as part of a pilot program, but dozens of bus riders say the new rules aren’t always being followed.

Press Release: Wise Road resurfaced and ready for ‘back to school’ travelers

Press Release Aug 22, 2019

News Release — National Park Service For Immediate Release: August 22, 2019 Contact: Jonathan Shafer WASHINGTON — The National Park Service (NPS) has completely resurfaced Wise Road in Northwest Washington in time for the…

Opinion

Mayra Cruz: At Oyster-Adams Bilingual School, we strive to build bridges — not a wall

Commentary Aug 22, 2019

Some Americans hold the misconception that monolingualism is equated with patriotism. Some see speaking Spanish, Arabic, Amharic or Vietnamese at their local grocery store as “offensive” or even “dangerous.” This sentiment is not shared…

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: Back to school and the same old story?

jonetta rose barras Aug 22, 2019

A few weeks after the DC Council voted, with enthusiastic guidance from Chairman Phil Mendelson, to disapprove the DC Public Education Master Facilities Plan 2018, Mayor Muriel Bowser sent a letter indicating her “disappointment” with the…

Washington Times: Jack Evans’ rivals use D.C.’s Fair Elections Program to finance…

Editor Aug 21, 2019

The five Democrats vying to unseat D.C. Council member Jack Evans of Ward 2 in next year’s primary are financing their campaigns under the city’s new Fair Elections Program, which matches every $50 in private donations from residents only…

Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C.’s test scores are up. The credit should go to better teaching.

Editor Aug 21, 2019

THE D.C. school system’s central office has seen a fair amount of turmoil in recent years, with controversies and changes in school leadership. So there was some understandable worry that the troubles might be felt in the classroom and…

DCist: Two People, Including A 9 Year Old, Were Killed In A Fire In An Unlicensed Rental

Editor Aug 21, 2019

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is calling for criminal investigations after two people, including a nine-year-old boy, died after a house fire in an unlicensed rental property in Brightwood.

WTOP: Prosecutors to look into fatal DC fire at unlicensed apartment building

Editor Aug 21, 2019

D.C. and federal prosecutors will investigate Sunday morning’s fatal fire in an unlicensed apartment building.

DCist: Jack Evans Resigned From The Metro Board In A Cloud Of Scandal. Is D.C.’s Other…

Editor Aug 21, 2019

Back in July, Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh voted against emergency legislation that would have removed Corbett Price as D.C.’s voting representative on the Metro Board of Directors.

Bisnow: Developers Under Contract To Buy Hechinger Mall, Potentially Setting Up Huge H Street…

Editor Aug 21, 2019

An 8.6-acre shopping center property on the eastern edge of the H Street corridor could soon become D.C.'s next major mixed-use development.

Washington Post: New tour app seeks to correct the Native American narrative in the nation’s capital

Editor Aug 21, 2019

Native Americans aren’t often depicted as equals in art throughout the U.S. Capitol, a building that is at the heart of representative democracy and the notion that all Americans share the same rights.

Curbed: Which is your favorite (or least favorite) D.C. intersection? It may be in this graphic…

Editor Aug 21, 2019

Artist Peter Gorman designed the print for a series on various cities’ intersections

WTOP: Man trapped in apartment after fire gutted DC senior center files $3M lawsuit

Editor Aug 21, 2019

An elderly man who was trapped inside his apartment for five days after a massive fire gutted a senior living complex in D.C. last September has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the property’s management company, saying he suffered…

Washington Post: D.C. mayor asks federal prosecutors to launch criminal investigation into deadly…

Editor Aug 21, 2019

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser is asking federal prosecutors to launch a criminal investigation into Sunday’s fire that killed two people, including a child, at a rowhouse crowded with Ethiopian immigrants and lacking approval for rental…

Clinton Lacey in Governing: What Juvenile Justice Needs: Care, Not Cages

Editor Aug 21, 2019

We rely too much on incarceration. The pillars of the system should be healing, restoration and renewal.

Washington Post: Hate crime reports have soared in D.C. Prosecutions have plummeted.

Editor Aug 21, 2019

Ashly Taylor was shot for being a lesbian. Then she watched as the hatred that fueled the attack was ignored in court.

Curbed: Bei Bei the giant panda celebrates his last National Zoo birthday Thursday

Editor Aug 21, 2019

He’s turning four but will relocate to China in the coming months

Theresa Vargas in The Post: Homeless children in hotels are struggling to get to school, a group…

Editor Aug 21, 2019

Before a month’s worth of rain fell onto the nation’s capital in a single hour, flooding her apartment and destroying most of her family’s belongings, Christina Gaddis had a home that offered a washer and dryer and one other important…

Washington Business Journal: Buyer emerges for the Hechinger Mall site in Northeast D.C.

Editor Aug 21, 2019

MRP Realty and JM Zell Partners have struck a deal to buy the Hechinger Mall site in Northeast D.C., potentially setting the stage for a major redevelopment of the nearly 40-year-old retail center.

D.C. Attorney General Settles With Company That Wouldn’t Install Windows East Of The River

Editor Aug 21, 2019

The District settled a civil rights lawsuit against a window replacement company that allegedly denied service to customers east of the Anacostia River based on crime statistics, Attorney General Karl Racine announced on Wednesday.

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Allister Chang and Raul Echevarria: The economics underneath DC’s childcare system are breaking down

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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…

District Links: Council set to vote tomorrow on revised budget plans; DC breaks ground on long-awaited Crummell…

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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…

jonetta rose barras: Where is the power center of the new/old political era?

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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson may not seem a Yoda doppelganger: He lacks pointy ears; he is also considerably taller and much younger than the Star Wars Jedi Master. What’s more, compared to the…

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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