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Yearly Archives
2020
Bisnow: UIP Faces 2 Lawsuits For Breach Of Contract On D.C. Developments
Developer Urban Investment Partners is engaged in two legal disputes over D.C. real estate projects, one with a broker and another with a subcontractor.
Columbia Journalism Review: How the Washington Post pulled off the hardest trick in journalism
IT WOULD BE TRITE to force an Amazon metaphor onto the Washington Post in my first column just because they are both owned by the same rich guy. And for that reason, I will do it. The Washington Post is the media equivalent of Amazon’s…
Press Release: American University Partners with DCPS to Research the IMPACT Teacher Evaluation…
News Release — DC Public Schools and American University
Friday, January 24, 2020
(Washington, DC) American University’s School of Education will provide an evidence-based, independent and objective analysis for District of…
Press Release: DCPS Celebrates Educators and School Communities with Standing Ovation Awards
News Release — DC Public Schools
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
26 DCPS educators, schools, administrators and school staff to receive honors for their dedication and excellence to students and our schools at 10th annual event.
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Press Release: Norton Joins Oversight Subcommittee on Environment
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
January 24, 2020
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she has joined the House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s…
Press Release: DDOT to Install 100 Off-Sidewalk Parking Corrals for Dockless Vehicles
News Release — District Department of Transportation
January 23, 2020
Media Contact
Lauren Stephens
(Washington, DC) -- Today, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced a plan to install 100 off-sidewalk …
District Links: Washington Met closure spurs walkout, criticism; Gray gets fundraiser help from…
Students walk out: The Bowser administration has decided to shut down a public school for the first time in seven years, confirming yesterday that Washington Metropolitan will close at the end of the year despite students’ protestations.
WTOP: Michael Bloomberg says he’d ‘work with Congress’ on DC statehood
The hot-button issue of D.C. statehood has picked up another endorsement from a Democrat running for the White House.
Washington Post: The Bodega was the go-to grocery for a D.C. neighborhood, until a fatal shooting…
The Bodega on Franklin Street had been a hub for the longtime residents of the Langdon Park community.
Washington Business Journal: You may soon see Uber’s self-driving cars on a D.C. road near you
Uber will begin mapping the streets of the District Friday in advance of testing its self-driving cars here sometime in 2020.
WAMU: BK To The Future: D.C.’s Iconic Burger King Is Getting A Facelift
Fast food chains aren’t known for their distinctive interiors; rather, a certain bland predictability means one outpost looks and feels pretty much the same as every other.
Washington Post: Maryland businessman at center of D.C. sports betting contract helps fundraise for…
D.C. Council member Vincent C. Gray (D-Ward 7), who provided a key vote in favor of the District’s $215 million lottery and sports betting contract, received campaign help this week from a Maryland businessman at the center of a…
The DC Lineup for this weekend: dances, dialects, and dolphins in the Potomac
The next few days in the District are full of opportunities to learn. Hear a local biology professor’s talk about why dolphins are migrating to the Potomac, attend a multilingual education fair, take ice skating lessons at the National…
Capital Projections: Horror in pink edition
This week’s openings include a better-than-average Nicolas Cage freakout feature and a documentary about a Russian oligarch turned political prisoner. In repertory, an Iranian film takes us to a village whose residents seem invincible, and…
Washington Times: Bowser hopes to see progress from strategy after annual count of homeless in D.C.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, with about 300 volunteers and other city officials, have conducted the annual head count of homeless people in the District, but the results won’t be available until May.
Washington Post: Federal prosecutors release D.C. hate-crime figures for the first time in years
As suspected hate crimes soared in the District in recent years, worried activists repeatedly turned to federal prosecutors for information about cases, but received little.
Washington Post: D.C. drops plan to extend streetcar line to Georgetown
District transportation officials have dropped a years-long plan to extend the city’s streetcar line between Union Station and Georgetown via downtown, saying they will instead build dedicated bus lanes on K Street NW.
WTOP: ‘911, please hold’: Metro used DC’s outdated emergency number for years
Metro was consistently calling an outdated number for 911 in D.C., and at peak times, emergency calls from the transit agency were put on hold.
WTOP: Self-driving Ubers arrive in DC, but they won’t pick up rides
Uber is bringing self-driving cars to the streets of D.C. starting Friday, but the vehicles won’t be driving themselves, and they won’t be picking up passengers either.