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Washington Business Journal: Whittle School’s D.C. home faces upcoming foreclosure auction

Editor Feb 11, 2022

The D.C. building occupied by the Whittle School is the subject of a scheduled March foreclosure auction to satisfy a big debt, according to a recent notice filed with the D.C. Recorder of Deeds.

WTOP: Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh won’t seek reelection to DC Council

Editor Feb 11, 2022

Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh said Friday that she won’t seek a fifth term after serving 16 years on the District’s legislative branch.

Axios: Veteran D.C. Council member Mary Cheh ends re-election bid

Editor Feb 11, 2022

Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh suddenly ended her bid for a fifth term on Friday, opening up a free-for-all in a contest she was expected to easily win.

WTOP: DC schools celebrate Black literature with readings by city leaders

Editor Feb 11, 2022

D.C. officials and other guests celebrated The National African American Read-In Friday at a local elementary school named after a historic Black resident of the city.

District Links: Ward 3’s Mary Cheh says she won’t seek a fifth term after all; questions…

Chris Kain Feb 11, 2022

Joining what's been called the Great Resignation, Ward 3's Mary Cheh has announced that she won't seek a fifth term on the DC Council after all.

City Paper: Mary Cheh Will Not Seek Fifth Term As Ward 3 Councilmember

Editor Feb 11, 2022

“Many people have reevaluated their lives during the pandemic, and that has been the case for me as well,” she says in an email to supporters.

Washington Post: Ward 3 council member Mary Cheh abruptly ends reelection bid

Editor Feb 11, 2022

D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) is ending her campaign for a fifth consecutive term and will no longer seek reelection, she said Friday.

DCist: Mary Cheh Unexpectedly Drops Re-Election Bid, Opening Up Race For Ward 3 Seat

Editor Feb 11, 2022

D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) is dropping her bid for a fifth term in the city’s legislature, unexpectedly opening up a race that she had been raising funds for since last year and was largely favored to win.

Shane Sullivan in The Post: Facing record opioid deaths, D.C. must decriminalize drugs

Editor Feb 11, 2022

The profit-driven underpinning of all of our systems — including our public health infrastructure — has become plainer than ever through this ongoing pandemic. Eclipsed by the coronavirus’s pervasive impact, however, is another ongoing…

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

jonetta rose barras Feb 11, 2022

That French phrase came to mind in recent weeks as I discovered that DC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage and other officials in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration seemed to be up to their old shenanigans around a…

Washington Post: He got a second chance after 27 years in prison. Then he went missing.

Editor Feb 11, 2022

Kevin Flythe, now 52, has serious mental and physical disabilities. His attorneys say the Bureau of Prisons released him without a plan.

Washington Post: D.C. activists once wrote letters to name MLK Library. They did it again to push…

Editor Feb 11, 2022

Nee Nee Taylor looked up at the exhibit in the airy lobby of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library to read the letters activists had written more than 50 years ago. She pointed to a name she recognized.

WTOP: Howard University honors Toni Morrison with new endowed chair position

Editor Feb 11, 2022

Howard University plans to create an endowed chair position in honor of one of its most distinguished alumna, award-winning novelist Toni Morrison.

Axios: D.C. unveils new digital vaccine record portal

Editor Feb 11, 2022

D.C. on Thursday unveiled a new portal, replacing MyIR, that allows residents to pull up a digital copy of their vaccination records.

Axios: D.C.’s The Big Board wants to operate as a carryout

Editor Feb 11, 2022

The Big Board's owner doesn't deny that the H Street restaurant knowingly disregarded D.C.'s vaccine and mask mandates, but they want to get back to business — as a carryout.

Press Release: Councilmember Christina Henderson Introduces Legislation to Enhance Safer Homes,…

Press Release Feb 10, 2022

News Release — At-large DC Council member Christina Henderson For Immediate Release February 10, 2022 Contact: Amanda Farnan Washington, DC – Today, Councilmember Henderson introduced the Hazardous Tree Removal Assistance…

Washington Post: Two D.C. fire and EMS employees charged with bribery and conspiracy

Editor Feb 10, 2022

Federal investigators arrested two D.C. Fire and EMS employees Thursday on charges of bribery and conspiracy that allege the pair illegally accepted thousands of dollars from a contractor and fraudulently certified the department received…

Washington Post: Metro orders measurement devices that could hasten an end to train shortage

Editor Feb 10, 2022

Three automatic wayside stations are on order to inspect rail car wheels and axles

WTOP: Expert: Sentence for DC man who admitted to killing child should be ‘much stiffer’

Editor Feb 10, 2022

A D.C. man who is admitting to killing a 2-year-old child, among other charges, is set to stay locked up but could walk free in less than a decade under a plea deal with prosecutors.

WTOP: 2 DC Fire and EMS employees accepted Maryland contractor’s bribes for years, DOJ says

Editor Feb 10, 2022

The FBI arrested two employees from the D.C. Fire and EMS Department Thursday for accepting bribes to benefit a Maryland contractor over several years, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

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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…

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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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