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The week ahead: Mayor to celebrate new short-term family housing in Ward 7; council to discuss…
Two weeks after cutting the ribbon on Ward 4’s new short-term family homeless shelter, Mayor Muriel Bowser will join other DC officials on Tuesday for the debut of Ward 7’s counterpart.
Dubbed The Horizon, the new building at 5004 D St.…
The week ahead: It’s not just about Initiative 77 and Airbnb regulations
The DC Council is set to hold its second legislative meeting since returning from summer recess, with a packed agenda on Tuesday that includes a measure to repeal Initiative 77 and new restrictions on short-term, Airbnb-style rentals. The…
District’s 296 ANC races draw up to five candidates, but two-thirds are uncontested
About a third of the District’s 296 advisory neighborhood commission seats have contested races, based on the candidate list released by the DC Board of Elections last week after the petition deadline for the Nov. 6 election.
The number is…
Wage initiative that most leaders opposed passes while incumbents sweep primary races
The District’s Democrats gave incumbents dominating victories Tuesday even as voters in Tuesday’s low-turnout primary election ignored the advice of elected officials by passing Initiative 77 to eliminate the separate minimum wage for…