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WTOP: ‘They’re so addicted’: DC Council hears concerns on youth vaping

Editor Jan 2, 2020

As the D.C. Council considers three bills targeting electronic cigarettes and nicotine addiction, advocates and citizens have voiced concern that tobacco products are aimed primarily at children and African Americans.

Press Release: AG Racine Announces Two District Employers Must Pay Nearly $500K In Unpaid Wages To…

Press Release Jan 2, 2020

News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General January 2, 2020 MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications OAG Resolves Wage Theft Enforcement Actions Against Rock Spring Contracting and J.D. Nursing and Management Services …

UrbanTurf: A “Bodega” and a Speakeasy Among Amenities at Proposed 421-Room Downtown DC Hotel…

Editor Jan 2, 2020

More than two years after plans were revealed for one of DC’s oldest known surviving apartment buildings, The Harrison has a new developer and a new proposal for redevelopment.

DCist: Pedestrian Killed In A Hit-And-Run On New Year’s Day

Editor Jan 2, 2020

The new year wasn’t even five hours old when the District recorded its first traffic fatality.

WTOP: DC Council hears vape-addicted ‘kids taking products to bed with them’

Editor Jan 2, 2020

As the council of the District of Columbia considers three bills targeting electronic cigarettes and nicotine addiction, advocates and citizens have voiced concern that tobacco products are aimed primarily at children and…

Washington Post: This straight-A student’s childhood was punctured by gun violence. He started a…

Editor Jan 2, 2020

When RuQuan Brown and his father met with an Ivy League football coach in December, he recalls his father making a striking statement, one that shapes the way the teenager views the successes he has already achieved.

UrbanTurf: A 238-Room “Lifestyle Hotel” Proposed for Chinatown

Editor Jan 2, 2020

The Chinatown/Mount Vernon Triangle hotel scene continues to grow.

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jonetta rose barras: Where is the forward motion in the DC Council?

jonetta rose barras Jan 2, 2020

While I was working many years ago as a community organizer in Jackson, Mississippi, my colleague Marie Ory tried to teach me a few things about the tender care a car needs under its hood. I was, of course, a lost cause. I have always had…

Washington Post: In a pot of black-eyed peas, one family’s New Year’s Day tradition and creative…

Editor Jan 1, 2020

On the first day of the third decade of the 21st century, Nolan Williams Jr. stood beneath the silver-rimmed portrait of his late father and raised one palm for silence.

WTOP: Bells ring at Washington National Cathedral in harmonious start of the new year

Editor Jan 1, 2020

The bells at the Washington National Cathedral rang for hours on Wednesday, marking the start of the new year.

Washington Times: Newseum closes doors for last time

Editor Jan 1, 2020

Visitors get final glimpse before artifacts get put into storage

WTOP: DC saw most homicides in a decade in 2019

Editor Jan 1, 2020

The District saw a record number of killings in 2019 with 166 homicides, a 4% increase over 2018, according to data released by D.C. police. This continues an upward trend since 2017 when D.C. police recorded 116 homicides.

Washington Post: Killings in District reach decade high as leaders struggle to reduce gun violence

Editor Jan 1, 2020

The District ended 2019 with the highest number of homicides recorded in a decade, continuing an upward trend in killings fueled by what authorities say is a proliferation of the use of firearms to resolve disputes.

Washington Post: As the Newseum closes its doors, pieces of history and human remains to find a new…

Editor Jan 1, 2020

People crowded around the twisted antenna from the World Trade Center’s North Tower.

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jonetta rose barras: Where is the power center of the new/old political era?

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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson may not seem a Yoda doppelganger: He lacks pointy ears; he is also considerably taller and much younger than the Star Wars Jedi Master. What’s more, compared to the…

District Links: McDuffie concedes mayoral race to Lewis George; Silverman set for council return; old machines…

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Mayoral hopeful Kenyan McDuffie this morning conceded the Democratic primary to Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, who has 52.87% of the vote in the updated tally released this afternoon by…

District Links: Lewis George holds large lead in mayoral primary as White dominates in delegate race; Bowser picks…

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Initial results released last night by the DC Board of Elections show Janeese Lewis George, a self-described democratic socialist, with a strong lead in the mayor's race and Robert White with an even…

District Links: DC residents head to polls for primary without several longtime incumbents; House panel scrutinizes DC…

Jun 16, 2026 6

DC's Democrats will decide today on their party's nominees to succeed three-term Mayor Muriel Bowser and 18-term DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, as well as two councilmembers who opted not to seek…

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