District Links: Rashad Young gets his Howard U job; DC gets $16M federal grant for literacy; and more

By Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil On Sep 29, 2020 Last updated Sep 29, 2020

Happy Tuesday. Howard University today officially announced its hiring of Rashad Young, the former city administrator who negotiated for the job with the school while also working on tax breaks in connection with construction of its new hospital.

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