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Press Release: DDOT to Modify DC Streetcar and DC Circulator Service for Christmas and New…

Press Release Dec 24, 2019

News Release — District Department of Transportation December 24, 2019 Media Contacts Lauren Stephens (Washington, DC) — In observance of the Christmas and New Year's holidays, the District Department of Transportation…

WTOP: The Admiral, with one of DC’s biggest patios, opens in Dupont Circle

Editor Dec 24, 2019

Dupont Circle’s newest restaurant, The Admiral at 1 Dupont Circle, has opened its doors with three bars, one of the biggest outdoor patios in D.C., free-to-book event spaces and a 220-inch TV Wall.

WTOP: Carbon monoxide scare causes Northwest DC evacuations

Editor Dec 24, 2019

A defective furnace is to blame for a carbon monoxide scare in a Northwest D.C. neighborhood that forced 11 people to evacuate their homes and left one family without a place to live on Christmas Eve.

Opinion

Gordon Chaffin: DC should buy an auto repair store — and other ideas for enhancing safety along…

Gordon Chaffin Dec 24, 2019

Earlier this month, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) presented designs for safety enhancements and road reconstruction for critical areas of Near Northeast DC in NoMa and Union Market, extending eastward through Trinidad to…

Washington Times: Formerly homeless, D.C. man to become community advocate

Editor Dec 23, 2019

District native gains housing voucher to fulfill dreams

Washington Blade: Restaurant hit with death threats vows to continue drag events

Editor Dec 23, 2019

The manager of the D.C. restaurant Taqueria del Barrio said the LGBT-friendly establishment, which hosts a monthly drag brunch and a weekly drag trivia night, will continue to hold those events despite a barrage of threatening phone calls…

Washington Post Editorial Board: The Bowser administration disregards the interests of charter…

Editor Dec 23, 2019

“SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP.” That’s how the District’s deputy mayor for education recently characterized those behind a spirited public information campaign urging that more of the city’s buildings be made available for use by worthy public…

WTOP: Traffic bottleneck near Farragut Square expected to last for at least several weeks

Editor Dec 23, 2019

There’s no timeline yet for how long a newly created flow issue near D.C.’s Farragut Square will last while the center of 17th Street Northwest is blocked to traffic in a spot south of K Street.

Washington Blade: 17th Street residents, visitors mourn death of homeless transgender woman

Editor Dec 23, 2019

A D.C. police report and people who knew homeless transgender woman Alice Carter, 35, said concerned citizens observed her unconscious on the 1600 block of 17th Street, N.W., about 5:20 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, on the sidewalk outside the…

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces District Government to Close at 1:00pm on Christmas Eve

Press Release Dec 23, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 23, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) District Government Offices and Services Centers Will Remain Closed Until Wednesday, December 26 (WASHINGTON, DC) – In celebration of the…

Washington Post: D.C.’s planned expansion of e-scooter services is paused

Editor Dec 23, 2019

The District is holding off on changes for 2020 while it reviews appeals from excluded scooter companies.

District Links: No long-term RFK lease for DC in new federal budget, dealing setback for possible…

Cuneyt Dil Dec 23, 2019

Happy Monday whether you're working, relaxing or shopping. The Bowser administration will need to keep trying to acquire the RFK Stadium site. Another attempt this year has failed, reports WaPo.

City Paper: The Year 2019 In Local News

Editor Dec 23, 2019

2019 was a year of a lot of firsts and finallys.

Washington Business Journal: Skanska cashes out on 99M office building near Nationals Park

Editor Dec 23, 2019

Skanska is cashing out on its speculatively built office building near Nationals Park.

City Paper: The Year 2019 in Local Politics

Editor Dec 23, 2019

Jack Evans’ unprecedented expulsion, a shady lottery contract, and federal prosecutors’ meddling in local legislation

Washington Post: D.C. bid for RFK site as new home for Redskins stadium dealt blow in federal…

Editor Dec 22, 2019

For the second time in the past year, an effort on Capitol Hill to get the former RFK Stadium land in the hands of D.C. government, an essential first step toward potentially building a new Washington Redskins stadium there, has failed.

Washington Post: ‘Now that looks fun, doesn’t it?’ Thousands of D.C. children get glad tidings — and…

Editor Dec 21, 2019

Khimani Williams wavered: the electric car or the game of Monopoly?

Washington Post: Part of downtown D.C. street closed amid concerns over weakened beams at Metro…

Editor Dec 21, 2019

Part of a busy downtown intersection in the District is closed indefinitely because of concerns involving the durability of steel beams used to support an underground ventilation shaft at a Metro subway station.

Washington Post: Don’t believe the haters. In the District, friendly neighbors are everywhere.

Editor Dec 21, 2019

An overwhelming 82 percent majority of Washingtonians describe the friendliness of their neighborhoods as “good” or even “excellent,” according to a Washington Post poll conducted last month.

Washington Post Editorial Board: Republicans’ latest excuse for opposing D.C. statehood represents a…

Editor Dec 21, 2019

YOU MIGHT have thought congressional Republicans couldn’t get more contemptuous, or contemptible, in their disregard for the rights of people who make their home in the nation’s capital. But their latest gambit — using the scandal…

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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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Initial results released last night by the DC Board of Elections show Janeese Lewis George, a self-described democratic socialist, with a strong lead in the mayor's race and Robert White with an even…

District Links: DC residents head to polls for primary without several longtime incumbents; House panel scrutinizes DC…

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DC's Democrats will decide today on their party's nominees to succeed three-term Mayor Muriel Bowser and 18-term DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, as well as two councilmembers who opted not to seek…

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