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UrbanTurf: The Return of Western Market? Renovations Proposed for GWU Galleria

Editor Mar 5, 2019
In late 2017, George Washington University teased plans to reposition the Shops at 2000 Penn, aka Red Lion Row. Now, those plans are coming to the light.

WAMU: Slides, Slime And Science: Peek Inside The National Children’s Museum’s New D.C. Home

Editor Mar 5, 2019
The Washington region has technically been home to a children’s museum for 45 years, but for the past decade it’s been pretty hard to find.

WTOP: Boqueria opens second DC location in Penn Quarter

Editor Mar 5, 2019
New York Spanish tapas restaurant Boqueria is opening its second D.C. location this month.

WTOP: With new traffic pattern set, DC’s biggest road project revs up

Editor Mar 5, 2019
Drivers who use Suitland Parkway or Interstate 295 to navigate through the District should get ready for a new traffic pattern set to take effect later this week.

City Paper: D.C.’s Next Chief Technology Officer Will Face a Big Pile of Hard Work

Editor Mar 5, 2019
The Council is set to vote on Lindsey Parker’s nomination.

Washington Times: D.C. statehood to be voted on in the House for the first time in a quarter century

Editor Mar 5, 2019
The House will vote this week on a bill that could provide statehood to Washington, D.C., and has garnered more support than it had when it voted on a similar bill 25 years before.

Washington Post: Chair of D.C. Council moves to reprimand member Jack Evans

Editor Mar 5, 2019
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said Tuesday he will introduce a resolution to reprimand member Jack Evans for using government email to solicit business from District lobbying firms, offering them his influence and connections…

District Dig: The Influencer — Jack Evans has portable friends

Editor Mar 5, 2019
When Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans pitched his ability to leverage contacts and relationships to a law firm he was looking to join, the first business leader he named was Rusty Lindner, CEO of The Forge Co., a private real estate and…

Sean Blackmon in The Post: The D.C. police chief is wrong. Stop and frisk is racist.

Editor Mar 5, 2019
D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham’s Feb 24 letter, “MPD: Stop and frisk is essential,” was a mass of inconsistencies, untruths and fearmongering.

Curbed: Smithsonian Anacostia museum to close for renovations through mid-October

Editor Mar 4, 2019
The museum will temporarily shut its doors this month, but will continue its programming across D.C.

Washington Post Editorial Board: The D.C. Council should convene a special committee to investigate…

Editor Mar 4, 2019
D.C. COUNCIL member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) has done a lot of good for Washington during his 28 years on the D.C. Council. He helped to put the District on sound financial footing and played a major role in the revival of downtown, the…

WAMU: Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum To Close For Seven Months

Editor Mar 4, 2019
The Anacostia Community Museum will shut down on March 15 for seven months of renovations. Museum staff gave visitors less than three weeks notice of the closure.

Washington Post: Towing contractor hooked D.C. officials with $50,000 in bribes, he admits in court

Editor Mar 4, 2019
A city contractor in Washington has pleaded guilty to bribing public officials at two D.C. agencies, and prosecutors say the businessman interfered with a “wider corruption investigation,” according to recently unsealed court documents.

WAMU: The U.S. Is Having Fewer Babies. Women In D.C. Are Having The Fewest.

Editor Mar 4, 2019
Women in D.C. are waiting longer than women elsewhere to have babies, if they have them at all.

Washington Post: ‘I feel like I know you’: Trump compliments D.C. attorney general suing him

Editor Mar 4, 2019
President Trump on Monday afternoon ostentatiously complimented D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) — who alleges in an ongoing lawsuit that Trump is violating anti-corruption clauses in the Constitution and just last week became the…

WTOP: DC Council chair weighs in on longtime Council member Jack Evans’ controversy

Editor Mar 4, 2019
D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson said the integrity of the D.C. Council is at stake because of a reported federal inquiry into the business dealings of Council member Jack Evans.

WAMU: Progressive Groups Decry D.C. Bill They Say Would Give ‘Tax Cuts For Mansions’

Editor Mar 4, 2019
A bill that would give all D.C. homeowners an across-the-board break on their property taxes is drawing opposition from progressive groups that say it would cost the city tens of millions in lost revenue.

Washington Business Journal: 24 Hour Fitness to open in Fort Totten

Editor Mar 4, 2019
24 Hour Fitness has agreed to open a 40,000-square-foot location at Art Place at Fort Totten, the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation's mixed-used development in Northeast D.C.

WAMU: D.C. Council Weighs Options As Jack Evans Faces New Allegations

Editor Mar 4, 2019
A Washington Post report raises questions about Evans trying to leverage his office for personal gain.

DCist: Metro Is Testing Automatic Train Doors, Part Of A Plotted Move Back To Automatic Train…

Editor Mar 4, 2019
WMATA has been testing automatic doors on Metro trains for the last two weeks, the agency announced in a press release on Monday. The doors automatically open when trains pull into the station, come to a complete stop, and are “confirmed…
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