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WAMU: WMATA Spent $416,000 On A Self-Cleaning Toilet That No Longer Works

Editor Jul 27, 2019
Metro has spent more than $400,000 since 2003 maintaining a self-cleaning bathroom at the Huntington Yellow Line station. That’s according to a new Metro Inspector General report, which analyzed invoices related to the facility.

ABC7: ‘You’ve got to want it’: Once homeless, this D.C. man is now sober and…

Editor Jul 26, 2019
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A D.C. resident who was homeless just five years ago has turned his life around.

Curbed: NoMa intersection hatches chicken and egg sculptures

Editor Jul 26, 2019
Which came first?

Denise Robbins in The Post: Corruption is drowning the District. Rebuild integrity with climate…

Editor Jul 26, 2019
This month in the District, flash floods came and went, but the flood of corruption controversies continues to flow. This could be terrible news for D.C.’s flagship climate policy.

Bob Williams in The Post: D.C. must not backtrack on its improvement in care for people with…

Editor Jul 26, 2019
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) should immediately reverse the decision by the D.C. Department on Disability Services to abruptly cancel its 13-year contract with Georgetown University to provide health-care services to hundreds of people…

UrbanTurf: The 10-Year Path of DC Home Prices in Four Charts

Editor Jul 26, 2019
When UrbanTurf launched way back in 2008, it was impossible to know the trajectory that home prices in DC would take over the next 11 years.

WAMU: Federal Buildings Must Now Provide Lactation Space For Breastfeeding Mothers

Editor Jul 26, 2019
All federal buildings will soon be required to designate a room for nursing mothers to use for breastfeeding children or pumping milk. The rooms will be accessible to employees and members of the public.

Washington Post: For lease: Three historic public golf courses in the nation’s capital that need…

Editor Jul 26, 2019
Nearly a century old, Rock Creek Golf Course is a District landmark. Generations of golfers, many of them African American, learned to love the game at Rock Creek, which was designed by a famous architect and is one of three public courses…

WTOP: Broken self-cleaning toilet? Findings from Metro’s inspector general raise more concerns

Editor Jul 26, 2019
Falsified station inspection reports, wasted money on a self-cleaning toilet and hidden silt pumps, and millions in contracts that appear to have been wrongly steered to specific companies are among recent findings from investigations by…

City Paper: Brianne Nadeau Assigns Department of Disability Services Weekly Status Reports

Editor Jul 26, 2019
The letters, the news reports, and the five-hour public roundtable don't seem to have made much of a difference. Despite significant public backlash, the Department of Disability Services will go forward with its plan to end a 14-year…

City Paper: D.C. Writer Tope Folarin Opens Up About His Striking Debut, A Particular Kind of Black…

Editor Jul 26, 2019
The novel defies genre and style conventions to tell its story.

WTOP: Reward for info on abused puppy found in Northeast DC upped to $10K

Editor Jul 26, 2019
The reward for information on the person or people responsible for abusing and abandoning an emaciated puppy in Northeast D.C. earlier in July has doubled.

WAMU: D.C. Among Top Five Cities On Clean Energy Scorecard

Editor Jul 26, 2019
It seems like a contradiction on its face: Washington is pulling out of the Paris climate accords while D.C. is a leader in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But Washington is shorthand for the federal government and D.C. is a city of…

WAMU: Watergate Salad: A Fluffy Green Bite Of Washington’s Past

Editor Jul 26, 2019
The history of the salad stretches beyond Washington's borders and before the Watergate's construction. Its demise shows how Americans' idea of luxury has changed.

WTOP: DC ranks No. 1 in US for most expensive infant child care

Editor Jul 26, 2019
D.C. parents are paying more for infant child care than their counterparts throughout the U.S.

Washington Business Journal: Region’s bus system still faces a key obstacle: Complicated…

Editor Jul 26, 2019
One of the biggest hurdles in making buses a Washingtonian's mode of choice is getting the multiple regional transportation agencies to agree that it should be.

Washington Business Journal: Dean & DeLuca to close in Georgetown after 25 years

Editor Jul 26, 2019
Luxury grocery chain Dean & DeLuca will close its Georgetown location Aug. 1 after 25 years of operation, though its last day for customers will come much sooner, on Friday.

Washington Post: Officials promise tough penalties for gun trafficking as violence in D.C. rises

Editor Jul 26, 2019
After a bloody week that contributed to a steadily rising homicide rate, officials from the District and Virginia promised Thursday to aggressively prosecute the purchase and possession of illegal firearms on both sides of the river.

Washington Post Express: A formula for success: D.C. native vies for worldwide Excel title after…

Editor Jul 25, 2019
Bruce Beuzard IV was searching the internet for information about the exercise program P90X when he fell into an unusual passion.

Washington Post: Backlash intensifies over D.C. plan to end disabilities services contract

Editor Jul 25, 2019
Backlash intensified this week to the D.C. government’s effort to end a 14-year-old partnership with Georgetown University that provides a range of medical and social services for people with disabilities.
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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson this morning distributed the latest version of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Support Act, which is slated for final consideration at an additional legislative meeting…

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The DC Council created an expert advisory panel in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This year the mayor and council have agreed to kill the District’s Homeland Security Commission despite…
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