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DCist: Councilmember Evans Will Face Reprimand For Emails Showing He Used Office For Personal Gain

Editor Mar 5, 2019

Chairman Phil Mendelson is calling for the D.C. Council to reprimand Jack Evans, the Ward 2 councilmember facing mounting allegations that he has used his elected office for personal gain. Emails released by the Washington Post last week…

WTOP: DC’s Cobalt closes, citing new landlord, changing romance trends

Editor Mar 5, 2019

Popular D.C. gay bar Cobalt has closed, citing a number of reasons for its decision to leave the 17th Street neighborhood.

Norton Introduces D.C. Zoning Commission Home Rule Act, Would Remove Federal Officials from…

Press Release Mar 5, 2019

March 5, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Introduces D.C. Zoning Commission Home Rule Act, Would Remove Federal Officials from Commission WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of…

Mayor Bowser Releases 2018 Summer Youth Employment Program Report

Press Release Mar 5, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 5, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Diane Watkins (DOES) Mayor Bowser Releases 2018 Summer Youth Employment Program Report Annual report highlights key accomplishments of the Marion S. Barry…

District government

Navigating homeless services is complicated. A new downtown center makes many of them available in…

Jordan Tobias Mar 5, 2019

A new day center for individuals experiencing homelessness has opened its doors on at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in the heart of downtown DC. At a Feb. 25 ribbon-cutting ceremony, DC Department of Human Services director Laura…

District government

DC Council shelves vote on bill to increase homestead deduction

Cuneyt Dil Mar 5, 2019

The DC Council declined to take a vote Tuesday on expanding a tax break for homeowners in face of opposition from several lawmakers and advocates for the needy who claim it primarily benefits high-income residents. It marked a quick…

Statements on the Confirmation of DC Public Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee

Press Release Mar 5, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 5, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Statements on the Confirmation of DC Public Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, following the Council of the District of Columbia’s…

Norton Secures Historic 200 Cosponsors of D.C. Statehood Bill

Press Release Mar 5, 2019

March 5, 2019 Norton Secures Historic 200 Cosponsors of D.C. Statehood Bill WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she has secured a historic 200 cosponsors for her…

UrbanTurf: The Return of Western Market? Renovations Proposed for GWU Galleria

Editor Mar 5, 2019

In late 2017, George Washington University teased plans to reposition the Shops at 2000 Penn, aka Red Lion Row. Now, those plans are coming to the light.

WAMU: Slides, Slime And Science: Peek Inside The National Children’s Museum’s New D.C. Home

Editor Mar 5, 2019

The Washington region has technically been home to a children’s museum for 45 years, but for the past decade it’s been pretty hard to find.

WTOP: Boqueria opens second DC location in Penn Quarter

Editor Mar 5, 2019

New York Spanish tapas restaurant Boqueria is opening its second D.C. location this month.

WTOP: With new traffic pattern set, DC’s biggest road project revs up

Editor Mar 5, 2019

Drivers who use Suitland Parkway or Interstate 295 to navigate through the District should get ready for a new traffic pattern set to take effect later this week.

City Paper: D.C.’s Next Chief Technology Officer Will Face a Big Pile of Hard Work

Editor Mar 5, 2019

The Council is set to vote on Lindsey Parker’s nomination.

Washington Times: D.C. statehood to be voted on in the House for the first time in a quarter century

Editor Mar 5, 2019

The House will vote this week on a bill that could provide statehood to Washington, D.C., and has garnered more support than it had when it voted on a similar bill 25 years before.

Washington Post: Chair of D.C. Council moves to reprimand member Jack Evans

Editor Mar 5, 2019

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said Tuesday he will introduce a resolution to reprimand member Jack Evans for using government email to solicit business from District lobbying firms, offering them his influence and connections…

District Dig: The Influencer — Jack Evans has portable friends

Editor Mar 5, 2019

When Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans pitched his ability to leverage contacts and relationships to a law firm he was looking to join, the first business leader he named was Rusty Lindner, CEO of The Forge Co., a private real estate and…

District Links: Mendelson to introduce reprimand resolution on Jack Evans after three called for…

Cuneyt Dil Mar 5, 2019

Good Tuesday morning from the Wilson Building, where Council Chairman Phil Mendelson just announced he will introduce a reprimand resolution today on Jack Evans, condemning him for sending business proposals to lobbying firms.

Art

Protest at the National Gallery of Art highlights the issue of diversity in the art world

Jennifer Anne Mitchell Mar 5, 2019

Radical Matriarchy, a New York-based art project focusing on the condition of women, staged a Valentine’s Day protest outside of the National Gallery of Art to call attention to the fact that 97 percent of the gallery’s collection was…

Sean Blackmon in The Post: The D.C. police chief is wrong. Stop and frisk is racist.

Editor Mar 5, 2019

D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham’s Feb 24 letter, “MPD: Stop and frisk is essential,” was a mass of inconsistencies, untruths and fearmongering.

Curbed: Smithsonian Anacostia museum to close for renovations through mid-October

Editor Mar 4, 2019

The museum will temporarily shut its doors this month, but will continue its programming across D.C.

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