Washington Business Journal: Navy Yard building’s timber topping gets its first tenant
The American Trucking Association is hitting the road again, but this time, it has chosen wood over concrete and steel.
Yearly Archives
2020
DCist: D.C. Attorney General Sues Trump’s Inaugural Committee For Allegedly Using Nonprofit Funds To…
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has announced a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, the Trump Organization, and the Trump International Hotel for allegedly abusing nonprofit funds to enrich the Trump family. In…
WAMU: In D.C. And Maryland, Strangling Someone Is A Misdemeanor. Victim Advocates Want That To…
A pair of bills before the D.C. Council and Maryland’s General Assembly would make attempted strangulation a felony offense. If passed, they would bring both jurisdictions in line with almost every U.S. state in how they punish an offense…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. attorney general sues Trump’s inaugural committee over Trump hotel…
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has sued President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee over alleged violations of its nonprofit status, saying the committee knowingly overpaid for use of the ballroom at the Trump International Hotel in…
DCist: American Ninja Warrior Will Tape At The DC Armory
American Ninja Warrior—a show that requires contestants to complete a series of impossible and often painful-looking obstacle courses that, to me, look much like one of Dante’s Nine Circles—is taping in D.C. this April.
Press Release: DC Board of Elections Wins National Award for Overall Commitment to Assisting Voters…
News Release — U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Annual Clearinghouse “Clearie” Awards Recognize Outstanding Innovations in Elections, and Best Practices in…
Press Release: Housing Counseling Services and Prospective Tenant File Lawsuit Against Bozzuto,…
News Release — Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs; Neighborhood Legal Services Program; and Crowell & Moring
Suit Alleges Property Owners and Management Company Charge Low-Income Tenants Using Housing…
Associated Press: DC sues Trump inaugural committee, alleging abuse of funds
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia is suing President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee and two companies that control the Trump International Hotel in the nation’s capital, accusing them of throwing parties for the Trump family…
Washingtonian: How Two High-Powered DC Executives Found Time to Write Genre Novels
Constance Sayers and Tom Rosenstiel have written about witches and detectives, respectively. They're keeping their day jobs.
Washington Blade: D.C. Council member White announces re-election bid
D.C. Council member Trayon White (D-Ward 8) on Monday officially announced his decision to run for a second term in office at a rally at the headquarters of Check It Enterprises, the LGBTQ clothing manufacturing business in Anacostia that…
District Links: AG Racine files suit against Trump inaugural committee; Washington Met community…
Students fight for school: Washington Metropolitan Opportunity Academy is on the chopping block, with a final decision expected soon on a DC Public Schools proposal to make it the first school since 2013 to be shut down.
Washington Post: Largest gift in Howard University history to fund science and technology
A $10 million dollar gift — the largest in Howard University’s roughly 150-year history — will allow the school to expand its science and technology program and offer partial scholarships to two students annually, the school announced…
Press Release: AG Racine Sues Presidential Inaugural Committee and Trump Entities for Abusing…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
January 22, 2020
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Committee Staff Collaborated with Trump Family to Dramatically Overpay for Use of Trump Hotel Event Spaces
WASHINGTON,…
Washington Post: D.C. attorney general sues Trump inaugural committee over $1 million booking at…
D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine sued President Trump’s inaugural committee and business Wednesday, alleging that the committee violated its nonprofit status by spending more than $1 million to book a ballroom at Trump’s D.C. hotel…
City Paper: Shoppers Say Two D.C. Whole Foods Are Poorly Stocked. Some Blame Jeff Bezos.
When Felicia Meier, a real estate agent and member of the Adams Morgan-North Dupont Nextdoor, posted to the neighborhood listserv early last week out of frustration, it set off a chain reaction.
Washingtonian: DC is Getting a Hotel With a Record Store, a Rotating Line-up of DJs, and Food by the…
Starting in March, the Wink Hotel in the West End will become Yours Truly.
WAMU: Meet The Stone Carver Whose Work Is All Over Washington
Nick Benson has made a career out of chiseling other people’s names into stone.
WAMU: Christmas Trees Pile Up On D.C. Sidewalks As New Pickup System Falls Behind
Dried out Christmas trees have been accumulating on D.C. sidewalks in recent weeks, as city crews have fallen behind collecting them. The District Department of Public Works changed how it collects trees this holiday season, and now says…
Washington Post: This alternative campus has been struggling and may close. Students and staff blame…
City leaders, teachers and students all agree: Washington Metropolitan Opportunity Academy is struggling.
WAMU: D.C. Tenants Who Went On Strike Last Month Now Face Threat Of Eviction
Residents of a Columbia Heights apartment building who are withholding rent due to complaints about their building are due in court this week. The hearing could be an early step toward eviction, or it could offer a path toward…