City Paper: The D.C. Council Is Rid of Jack Evans (for Now), but His Scandal Looms As Lawmakers Get…
After the body’s most business friendly lawmaker resigned in disgrace, his colleagues are still left to sit in the stench of his scandal.
Yearly Archives
2020
WAMU: Metro Transit Police Held ‘Friendly Competition’ To Reward Officers For Arrests, Citations
Metro Transit Police officers competed with each other for numbers of arrests, citations and other enforcement actions in a weekly competition hosted by a supervisor, according to a Washington Post report.
Washington Post: Rats will devour your car
The engine died immediately after Tess Klingenstein turned the key in her Honda Fit on a mild January day. When she tried again, she said, “every single alert light” flashed. The car was fairly new, so she was surprised. The mechanic who…
Washington Post: Library of Congress to receive $10 million gift to help upgrade its Jefferson…
The Library of Congress is getting a $10 million donation from local philanthropist David Rubenstein to help fund a five-year renovation project to better engage visitors to its flagship Jefferson Building, Carla Hayden, the librarian of…
City Paper: The Go-Go Community Opens Up About What They Want to See in a Museum for the Music
Ron Moten is banking on go-go’s strong DIY ethos to help create the museum.
Washington Post: D.C. ethics board reopens investigation into former lawmaker Jack Evans
The D.C. government’s ethics board has reopened its investigation into former council member Jack Evans, the city’s top ethics investigator said Wednesday.
City Paper: Dear D.C.
How do we love D.C.? Let a dozen Washingtonians living and working across the city count the ways.
Washington Blade: LGBT groups ask D.C. Council for millions
Activists have asked Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. City Council to consider allocating $17.6 million to LGBT-serving community organizations in the District’s 2021 budget, a more than 80 percent increase over what they…
WAMU: Why This Billionaire Is Spending A Fortune On Washington’s Monuments
David Rubenstein wants to preserve symbols of American democracy — even as the country splinters along partisan lines.
Washington Informer: Ward 7 Residents Nonplussed on Proposed Halfway House
Gray Fears Site Would Hinder Economic Development
Washington Informer: D.C. Councilman’s Bill Implements African American History Courses
Many a parent, and student, have longed for Black History lessons as part of the school curriculum.
jonetta rose barras: If all else fails, throw more money at the public education problem
The initial excitement among some parents and advocates was palpable last week after DC Mayor Muriel Bowser announced plans to increase by 4% per pupil funding for public education in her upcoming 2021 budget plan. Overall spending in 2019…
Washington Post: Metro Transit Police held a competition to encourage arrests and other enforcement
Metro Transit Police held a weekly contest to encourage arrests and other enforcement actions last summer before top commanders learned of the unsanctioned competition and shut it down, the transit agency confirmed Wednesday.
DCist: 10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About The Library Of Congress
A granite building with a golden torch topping its dome, the Library of Congress is tucked just to the east of the Capitol. Its ornate “gingerbread exterior” (as FDR reportedly once described it) and elaborately decorated interior are…
City Paper: Brandon Todd Met With Private School Students But Not Students of a School He Voted to…
A Washington Met junior clapped back at Todd on Twitter.
Press Release: Norton’s Bill Allowing the President to Order Nation’s Flag at Half-Staff Upon Death…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 12, 2020
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her bill to add the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the list of…
WAMU: The Next Smithsonian Might Be A Women’s History Museum
The National Mall might look like it’s at capacity for museums, but some members of Congress want to squeeze in at least one more.
City Paper: Tenant Attorney Will Merrifield Wants to Rout out Developer Influence at the Wilson…
“I’m not afraid of making political enemies, because I think the system is so irrational. To fight back against it, you have to speak out against it.”
Washington Post: Bernie Sanders wades into a local education issue, criticizes D.C. decision to…
When it comes to the future of a public school in the nation’s capital, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has taken a stance: D.C. leaders should keep it open.
City Paper: Family of Original Horace and Dickies’ Owner Keeps the Brand Alive in the District
Richard “Dickie” Shannon's daughter and granddaughter operate the Takoma restaurant that's becoming famous for gumbo.