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Washington Business Journal: District officials say they need more cash to spur redevelopment of…

Editor Feb 25, 2020

District officials say they need more cash to clear the way for more development at one of the largest vacant parcels across the entire city: Hill East’s Reservation 13.

WAMU: After Outcry, D.C. Extends Shuttle Service That Helps Get Homeless Students To School

Editor Feb 25, 2020

A shuttle service that helps transport students who are homeless to school will be extended until the end of the academic year, after parents and advocates sharply criticized D.C. officials’ plans to end the service after two months.

DCist: Paid Time Off To Vote? D.C. Council Is Considering It, And Other Election Changes

Editor Feb 25, 2020

The D.C. Council on Tuesday pushed forward two bills that could make it easier for residents in the District of Columbia to vote. The bills passed through committee and will now be referred to a council wide vote.

Washingtonian: For DC’s Black Chefs and Restaurateurs, B. Smith Was an Inspiration

Editor Feb 25, 2020

Her staff and customers remember the late hospitality guru, who died on Saturday.

Bisnow: WeWork’s D.C. Head Says It Will Grow Again, But Listless Office Market Isn’t Holding Its…

Editor Feb 25, 2020

WeWork has not leased a new D.C. office space in the six months since its high-profile IPO implosion, a hiatus that has hurt an office market already suffering from record-high vacancies.

WTOP: DC-area Safeway workers plan for strike amid negotiations

Editor Feb 25, 2020

Thousands of Safeway workers plan to strike next week if their union cannot reach a deal with the grocery store chain.

Press Release: Maloney, Scott, and Norton Request Documents on D.C. Private School Voucher Program

Press Release Feb 25, 2020

News Release: Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney; Rep. Bobby Scott; and DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton February 25, 2020 Contacts: Aryele Bradford (Oversight) Stephanie Lalle (Education and Labor) Jack Miller (Norton) Washington,…

Press Release: Grand Re-opening of Frederick Douglass Family Self-Sufficiency Center

Press Release Feb 25, 2020

News Release — DC Housing Authority Contact: Christy Goodman February 25, 2020 The Southeast Center to House Services for D.C. Residents to Reach Their Goals WHAT: The District of Columbia Housing Authority is opening a new…

Press Release: Rock Creek Conservancy Recruiting Leaders for Extreme Cleanup events!

Press Release Feb 25, 2020

News Release — Rock Creek Conservancy Did you know this year marks the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day? Rock Creek Conservancy needs your help to make this year’s Extreme Cleanup on Saturday, April 18 one that will inspire generations to…

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces DC has Highest Three- and Five-Year Gains on Advanced…

Press Release Feb 25, 2020

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education February 25, 2020 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Fred Lewis (OSSE) (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser…

Washington Business Journal: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ spent big bucks in N. Va., D.C.…

Editor Feb 25, 2020

The production of "Wonder Woman 1984" spent roughly $30 million between Virginia and D.C., of which it received back about $1.6 million through the two jurisdiction's tax incentive programs.

District Links: MPD documents point to underreporting of crime, officers say; Bowser in South…

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 25, 2020

Happy Tuesday. Two DC police officers have told council members that superiors are downplaying crimes to make stats look better, and WUSA9 has docs that seem to prove it in two instances.

Washington Post: Studio Theatre to get $20 million makeover, including open-concept redesign of its…

Editor Feb 25, 2020

With playwrights and directors redefining how we see and hear work for the stage, theaters are looking for new ways to make their facilities more flexible and accommodating. That is why Studio Theatre’s $20 million renovation plan,…

Dance

The Washington Ballet’s ‘Balanchine + Ashton’ evokes the spirit of the 20th century’s best…

Ilena Peng Feb 25, 2020

In Balanchine + Ashton, which wrapped up a five-day run at the Kennedy Center on Sunday, The Washington Ballet took on the hefty task of capturing the essence of the 20th century’s most monumental choreographers — and it succeeded quite…

WAMU: Getting To School Is A Daily Challenge For Homeless Students Living In Motels. D.C. Is Ending…

Editor Feb 25, 2020

The shuttle idles in front of the Days Inn on a busy stretch of New York Avenue on weekday mornings. Parents board the bus, bleary-eyed children in tow. More passengers are collected from a nearby Quality Inn, before the families are…

WAMU: How European-Style Public Housing Could Help Solve The Affordability Crisis

Editor Feb 25, 2020

Progressives in the D.C. region are increasingly embracing "social housing" as a bold solution to high home prices. Could it work?

ABC7: ‘Undocumented cemetery’ belonging to African-Americans discovered under Georgetown…

Editor Feb 24, 2020

ABC7 News is learning more about the human skeletal remains discovered at 3317 Q St. NW, on February 5th.

WUSA9: Internal documents, whistleblowers point to alleged underreporting of crime by DC Police

Editor Feb 24, 2020

Whistleblowers claim assault, theft cases being downgraded to improve department's crime stats.

WTOP: Major expansion of DC police Cadet Corps program proposed

Editor Feb 24, 2020

Doubling down on the philosophy that community policing is best achieved with officers from the communities they serve, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing to double the size of the police department’s Cadet Corps program in fiscal year…

Washington Post: D.C. mayor wants to nearly double size of police cadet program to attract recruits

Editor Feb 24, 2020

D.C. officials are seeking to expand the police department’s cadet program for high school graduates, part of an effort to attract homegrown recruits to join a force that the mayor is trying to grow.

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