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Washington Post: ‘Most endangered historic places’ list includes Tidal Basin

Editor May 31, 2019
The Tidal Basin on the Mall appears on a nonprofit group’s list of the nation’s “11 Most Endangered Historic Places.”

Washington Post: John Fanning, longtime Ward 2 activist, to challenge Jack Evans for D.C. Council

Editor May 31, 2019
Longtime neighborhood activist John Fanning plans to launch a primary challenge against D.C. Council member Jack Evans, one of the city’s most powerful politicians, who is now embroiled in an ethics scandal.

Washington Post: D.C.’s first downtown bus lanes in decades debut Monday

Editor May 31, 2019
The lanes on H and I streets NW will carry as many as 70 buses hourly during the morning and afternoon rush

Curbed: Activists plan memorial in Southeast this evening for people killed in traffic deaths

Editor May 31, 2019
Half of the District’s 2019 traffic fatalities happened in Ward 8, data show

UrbanTurf: From Beginning to End, 365 Units and a Public Park Proposed for Shaw

Editor May 31, 2019
A major residential development has been proposed one block from Mt. Vernon Square Metro station.

WAMU: Should Convicted Drug Kingpin Rayful Edmond Get Early Release From Prison? D.C. Residents Now…

Editor May 31, 2019
D.C. residents are being given a chance — online, over the phone and in person — to share their thoughts on whether or not a federal judge should grant convicted drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III early release from prison.

Washington Times: Fight for D.C. statehood gets new push from Democrats

Editor May 31, 2019
The D.C. statehood effort got new life Thursday, when longtime skeptic House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer threw his support behind the idea and fellow Democrats pledged hearings to advance the issue.

Washington Business Journal: Courtside patio coming to Capital One Arena

Editor May 31, 2019
Monumental Sports and Entertainment is building a massive courtside patio as part of Capital One Arena's next set of renovations. The feature will only be for Washington Wizards VIP ticket holders.

City Paper: Logan Circle ANC Chair John Fanning Is Embattled Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans’…

Editor May 31, 2019
As allegations of Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans' unethical behavior continue to reverberate around the District, a third candidate is jumping into the 2020 Democratic primary race.

Deborah Simmons in The Washington Times: The D.C. statehood vote that counts

Editor May 30, 2019
They are happy and making merry like it’s Christmas — “they” referring to people who support making the District of Columbia the 51st state.

Washington Post: D.C. statehood to receive first House hearing in 25 years, wins Hoyer’s support

Editor May 30, 2019
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said Thursday that he wants to see the District become the 51st state, reversing his long-held opposition to D.C. statehood.

WUSA9: 43% of DC public housing units in ‘urgent’ condition

Editor May 30, 2019
The DCHA director is calling for a 'sea change' in how his agency does business as residents fear gentrification through redevelopment.

Andrew Lightman in the Hill Rag: To Eastern Market, With Love — Slow Shopping And The Value of…

Editor May 30, 2019
It is 7 a.m. on a steel-hued morning in April 2007. Walking up the street from the metro, camera on my back, the smell of ashes and suet wafting in the breeze, I glimpse the devastation. The Eastern Market is a smoldering wreck.

ABC7: Children sickened at D.C. school a year after parents raised concerns about conditions

Editor May 30, 2019
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Parents at Maury Elementary School are asking questions after reports of several children getting sick during a gym class at the school.

Washington Post: Audit: Bowser administration awarded millions to developers with low-ranking…

Editor May 30, 2019
The administration of D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) awarded tens of millions of dollars to affordable housing developers even though evaluators scored their proposals poorly, according to an audit released Thursday.

Curbed: Congress to hold first hearing on D.C. statehood since 1993

Editor May 30, 2019
On July 24, District voting rights (or the lack thereof) will get the national spotlight

Washington Post: ‘Spinning its wheels’: Lots of money, few bold initiatives in 2020 D.C. budget

Editor May 30, 2019
It was not immediately clear who emerged as the winner from the bitter infighting among D.C. elected officials over the $15.5 billion budget approved this week.

DCist: Olde City Farm And Garden Closes Up Its Shaw Nursery

Editor May 30, 2019
Olde City Farm And Garden is packing in its plants and garden tools—at least for the time being.

Washington Post: D.C. seeks feedback on proposed early release of drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III

Editor May 30, 2019
The District’s attorney general on Thursday unveiled a website, a telephone number and dates of community meetings aimed at soliciting input from current and former city residents about whether 1980s crack cocaine kingpin Rayful Edmond III…

WTOP: DC the 51st state? Congress edges closer to first vote in decades

Editor May 30, 2019
A legislative push to make D.C. the nation’s 51st state has moved a bit closer to a possible vote in the House — something that hasn’t happened in more than 25 years.
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