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Washington Business Journal: Kennedy Center preps for opening the Reach with new fundraising…

Editor May 29, 2019

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has a lot of details to work out with regard to the Reach, it’s three-pavilion expansion, but one thing is for sure: It will be a big, long party when it opens in September.

Washington Post: Contentious teachers union race draws attention to incumbent’s DUI

Editor May 29, 2019

The latest Washington Teachers’ Union election is reviving a bitter rivalry as president Elizabeth Davis faces a challenge from Nathan Saunders — the man she ousted from the role in 2013 to win one of the District’s most powerful labor…

Washington Post: Lonnie Bunch’s Smithsonian promotion leaves big shoes to fill at the African…

Editor May 29, 2019

The historic appointment of Lonnie G. Bunch III as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution creates a leadership vacuum at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, where he has been founding director since 2005.

DCist: Inside The Tonys Of Local High School Theater

Editor May 29, 2019

Mid-way through the opening number of the Cappies, I found myself wishing I had followed one event organizer’s advice and worn earplugs.

Opinion

Edward Cowan: Council members seek ‘mansion tax’ in latest sign of their steady appetite for more…

Commentary May 29, 2019

As if DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed 8.2 percent hike in government spending for 2020 were not large enough, two DC Council members hope to obtain more revenue from a tax increase on so-called mansions: residential properties with…

DCist: In Increasingly Expensive D.C., A Longtime Black Bookstore Looks For Tax Relief

Editor May 29, 2019

There’s a lobbying campaign underway to grant hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax relief—not for a tech giant, but for a small bookstore and cafe near Howard University.

Theresa Vargas in The Post: He has painted some of the city’s youngest victims of violence. In…

Editor May 29, 2019

A day after 15-year-old Maurice Scott was shot and killed a few blocks from his Washington D.C. charter school, Demont Pinder got to work.

Washington Post: D.C. employers pay nearly $500,000 under ‘ban the box’ law since 2014

Editor May 29, 2019

The District government has filed more than 1,100 administrative charges resulting in nearly $500,000 in settlements after a “ban the box” law made it illegal for businesses to screen job applicants based on their criminal records.

City Paper: D.C. Courts Struggle to Make Landlords Improve Desperate Living Conditions

Editor May 29, 2019

Attorney General Karl Racine has made a name for himself fighting slumlords. But there are limits to how swiftly his office can enforce housing code violations.

Curbed: Dedicated bus lanes on H and I streets NW aim to speed up rush-hour service, starting June 3

Editor May 29, 2019

The city is running a pilot program through September to increase bus ridership

Mayor Bowser Activates Heat Emergency Plan

Press Release May 29, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 29, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Christopher White (HSEMA) Dora Taylor-Lowe (DHS) Mayor Bowser Activates Heat Emergency Plan (WASHINGTON, DC) – According to the National…

District government

DC draws on resident input for multiyear plan to overcome barriers to fair housing

Jake Maher May 29, 2019

Input from residents is set to play a key role in a report on the state of fair housing in the District being compiled in order to comply with federal mandates that local governments combat historical patterns of segregation and crack down…

Stephen Swaim on District, Measured blog: DC’s exposure to negative impacts from a US recession is…

Editor May 29, 2019

DC’s private sector is now a larger share of the economy, and the City cannot count on increased federal spending to offset negative impacts

Silverman Applauds New FY20 Funds for Public Housing Repairs, Affordable Housing, and Healthcare…

Press Release May 29, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 CONTACT: Ashley Fox Silverman Applauds New FY20 Funds for Public Housing Repairs, Affordable Housing,…

Southwest Library closing June 1

Press Release May 29, 2019

For Immediate Release May 17, 2019 Media Contact: George Williams, Media Relations Manager Southwest Library closing June 1 Lending period for items checked out extended to July 12 (Washington, D.C.) - The Southwest Library…

District Links: Mayor can declare victory in Banneker-Shaw dispute; council passes $15.5B budget; DC…

Editor May 29, 2019

Good Wednesday morning. After much pontificating about Muriel Bowser not being able to sway the DC Council, the mayor got a key triumph with yesterday’s vote to approve the fiscal 2020 budget.

DCist: These People and Places Are The ‘Real’ D.C., According to Comedian W. Kamau Bell

Editor May 29, 2019

In the latest episode of his CNN show United Shades of America, comedian W. Kamau Bell travels to our fair District. He notes that the anger people feel towards the nation’s capital is separate from the local city. “If you hate Washington,…

UrbanTurf: A First Look at One of the Buildings Central to The Parks at Walter Reed

Editor May 29, 2019

The redevelopment of the Walter Reed campus continues to gain steam.

Courtland Milloy in The Post: For these men in their 70s, friendship has lasted a lifetime Add to…

Editor May 29, 2019

The six men gathered on a porch in Southeast Washington were reminiscing. Buddies since childhood, they were now in their late 70s and have been getting together at least once a month for the past 30 years.

Built Environment

Congress Heights landlord, OAG wrangle in court over whether to renovate long-neglected apartment…

James Marshall May 29, 2019

A Congress Heights landlord sparred with attorneys for the District of Columbia in Superior Court this month over whether a judge should drop a requirement that the landlord pay for renovation of a dilapidated apartment complex in…

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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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