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WTOP: Rock Creek Parkway shutdown for Kennedy Center work to affect rush hours

Editor May 7, 2019
Part of Rock Creek Parkway will be closed for all of Friday and Monday’s rush hours, as well as the weekend.

WTOP: Metro Board delays any action on Evans ethics issues

Editor May 7, 2019
The Metro Board suddenly delayed any final action Tuesday on ethics issues facing Metro Board Chairman Jack Evans.

WAMU: D.C. Agency’s Failures Allow Rogue Businesses To Operate ‘Without Consequence’, Report Says

Editor May 7, 2019
The D.C. agency in charge of regulating everything from businesses to construction projects has failed to consistently track or collect fines for violations its inspectors find. The problem is so extensive that shoddy contractors or rogue…

Washington Post: How the son of a D.C. drug kingpin was inspired to help people reenter the…

Editor May 7, 2019
Tony Lewis Jr., 38, is a community leader and the author of “Slugg: A Boy’s Life in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” in which he discusses growing up as the son of D.C. drug kingpin Tony Lewis. In his work at CSOSA (Court Services and…

WUSA9: Are DC playgrounds safe? One report finds high levels of lead in playground rubber shred at…

Editor May 7, 2019
How many DC playgrounds have dangerous levels of lead or other chemicals? DC City Council is set to spend more than $800,000 to find out.

Washington Post: Record 21.9 million domestic tourists visited D.C. last year

Editor May 7, 2019
If it felt crowded on the Mall or other tourist hotspots last year, that’s because it was: 21.9 million people from around the country visited the District in 2018 and spent $7.8 billion — both record numbers, the city’s official marketing…

Washington Business Journal: Kwame Onwuachi wins big at James Beard Awards

Editor May 6, 2019
Kwame Onwuachi, the D.C.-based chef behind Kith and Kin at The Wharf, is one of the most acclaimed young chefs in the country. Now he has a James Beard Award to prove it.

Washingtonian: Two DC Chefs Win Big at the 2019 James Beard Awards

Editor May 6, 2019
Kith and Kin's Kwame Onwuachi and Tom Cunanan of Bad Saint were both honored.

Washington Post: Boy, 13, shot less than 3 months after younger sibling was wounded by gunfire

Editor May 6, 2019
Eleven weeks ago, Ebonee Hill’s 12-year-old son was shot outside her family’s Northeast Washington apartment. After a long recovery, the sixth-grader was able to return to school, though he’s still too afraid to go outside.

Washington Post: More charter schools want to open in D.C., but how many can the city handle?

Editor May 6, 2019
One by one, the prospective charter school founders made their pitches.

WTOP: LGBTQ magazine hanging from rope in DC investigated as hate crime

Editor May 6, 2019
D.C. police are investigating the discovery of a Tagg Magazine hanging from a rope in Adams Morgan as a suspected hate crime.

Petula Dvorak in The Post: A city of strivers, and the places they sob

Editor May 6, 2019
Mostly, it’s the young and ambitious strivers, the fired-up idealists, the aspiring disrupters who move to the nation’s capital.

DCist: Bowser Proposes Raising The Alcohol Limit On D.C.-Made Wines And Ciders

Editor May 6, 2019
Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed several changes to make it easier for local alcohol manufacturers to sell their wares, including allowing wineries and distilleries to ship products directly to consumers and raising the allowable amount of…

WAMU: Why Proposed Changes To D.C. Open Records Laws Worry Open-Government Advocates

Editor May 6, 2019
A pair of proposed changes to D.C.’s Freedom of Information law is drawing opposition from open-government advocates, who say they could potentially make it tougher for the press and public to request and obtain government emails and other…

Washington Business Journal: Long-awaited Mount Vernon Triangle hotel moving forward

Editor May 6, 2019
The hotel on the site of the former Henry’s Soul Cafe in Mount Vernon Triangle is moving forward more than three years after the developer proposed the project.

UrbanTurf: Two-Year Extension Sought for 85-Unit Development at DC-Maryland Border

Editor May 6, 2019
In 2015, a planned-unit development (PUD) was approved to replace a shopping center at the corner of Wheeler Road and Barnaby Street SE. Now, the developer is seeking another extension for the project.

Washington Post: D.C. police investigating possible hate crime after LGBTQ magazine found hanging by…

Editor May 6, 2019
A magazine aimed at the District’s LGBTQ community was found hanging by a noose in the Adams Morgan neighborhood, and D.C. police said they are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.

Washington Post: Study: It’s past time the D.C. region transform its bus network

Editor May 6, 2019
To make buses “the mode of choice on the region’s roads by 2030,″ the region needs to create “a better system that works when, where, and how customers need it.”

Washington Business Journal: Smithsonian readies $650M initial phase of South Campus overhaul

Editor May 6, 2019
The Smithsonian Institution is inching closer to kicking off work on its massive renovation of its 17-acre South Mall campus, which includes the historic Smithsonian Castle.

Washington Business Journal: Landlord changes policy to limit ‘corporate tenant abuses’…

Editor May 6, 2019
The co-owner of Station House, a 378-unit apartment building at 701 Second St. NE, faced scrutiny in 2018 for the misbehavior — to say the least — of short-term corporate renters.
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