WTOP: Lawmaker calls for radical change in DC’s criminal justice system
The head of the D.C. Council’s public safety committee is pushing for a radical change in how the District handles prisoners.
Yearly Archives
2019
City Paper: D.C. Is Rapidly Gentrifying and the Fate of its Affordable Housing Hangs in the Balance
For D.C., the problem is major and it is imminent: How can the city avoid the fate of San Francisco, where housing has grown so costly that barely anyone can afford to live in it? Though D.C. has not reached the notoriety of SF, where…
City Paper: A Leaked Document Raises Questions About a Multi-Million Dollar Contract
A local company claims the Office of Contracting and Procurement violated contracting law and has ignored requests for a required debrief.
WAMU: With Rent Control Likely To Stay In D.C., Tenant Advocates Urge Stronger Legal Protections
With the District’s rent control law up for renewal next year, tenant advocates are calling for changes that would deepen protections for the city’s most vulnerable renters.
Washington Business Journal: Children’s National names university partner for Walter Reed campus
Virginia Tech is coming to Children’s National Hospital’s new campus at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Washington Post: Virginia Tech to establish biomedical research facility with Children’s National in…
Virginia Tech plans to launch a biomedical research facility in the District by early 2021, focused on pediatric health, in a venture with Children’s National Hospital that will expand the university’s presence in the capital region.
Library of Congress exhibit on comics shows off the art form’s rich, diverse history in…
While you don’t need to be a comics aficionado to appreciate the new installation Comic Art: 120 Years of Panels and Pages at the Library of Congress (LOC), you may be inspired to become one after seeing it. The exhibit showcases comics as…
jonetta rose barras: Behind the scenes of the Evans ethics mess
DC Council’s handling over the past year of allegations of ethics violations by Jack Evans has been a wholly messy affair. Legislators engaged in rash behavior, twice punishing the Ward 2 representative before conducting their own…
Bisnow: Edens Reveals Striking Design For Arch-Style Building In Union Market
The lead developer in the Union Market area has brought on a top New York architect to design a new project in the Northeast D.C. neighborhood.
UPI: D.C. veterans deserve political rights of statehood, activists say
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The 30,000 veterans who live in Washington deserve the political rights that would come with statehood for the District of Columbia, activists said at a Veterans Day rally on Monday advocating to make the…
WUSA9: ‘Families are living in squalor’ | High cost of rent in DC forces families to…
Doctors say 1-year-old King Montgomery's severe asthma was triggered by mold in his Southeast apartment.
DCist: It’s That Special Day When All The Ginkgo Tree Leaves Fall
Among my favorite qualities of the gingko tree is its decisiveness.
Washington Post: Notorious landlord to pay D.C. tenants $1.1 million in city’s largest-ever rent…
One of the District’s most notorious landlords must pay former tenants $1.1 million in what city officials described as the largest-ever rent recovery for residents “forced to live in squalor.”
Curbed: D.C. empowers bike lane enforcement officers to issue photo tickets to drivers
The city is also deploying 26 new officers to keep bike lanes clear of cars
DCist: DC Brau Gets In On The Hard Seltzer Business
In the season of pumpkin spice lattes, a local brewery has found a different way to go basic. DC Brau, which has previously gotten inspiration for its beers from blues rock and 19th century D.C. brewmaster Christian Heurich, is adding…
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Memorialize Women During World War II
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
November 13, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act today,…
Press Release: Bowser Administration To Celebrate America Recycles Day By Renewing Its Commitment To…
News Release — DC Department of Public Works
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 13, 2019
CONTACT: Reggie Sanders
DC thanks residents for recycling right by hosting magnet giveaway.
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The Bowser…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. restaurant lands on top of Esquire’s best new restaurants…
Seven Reasons, the new and increasingly acclaimed Venezuelan restaurant on D.C.'s 14th Street NW, has been named the country's best new restaurant by Esquire.
District Links: Soda lobby launches battle against proposed new tax; AG Racine secures $1.1M in…
Happy Wednesday. Big Soda is gearing up for a fight against a new tax on sugary drinks.
UrbanTurf: The Dramatic New Plans For Union Market
EDENS has big plans to expand its imprint on the Union Market neighborhood.