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WAMU: ‘It’s Going To Haunt Us For Years.’ The Shutdown’s Lasting Effect On Washington

Editor Jan 25, 2019
The longest government shutdown in history is expected to come to a halt Friday, with Congress on track to approve a short-term funding deal to reopen the federal government. But economists in the D.C. region say the furlough could leave a…

Curbed: Newseum building to be sold to Johns Hopkins University in $372M deal

Editor Jan 25, 2019
Johns Hopkins University, which is based in Baltimore but has real estate in D.C., plans to buy the Newseum site at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW from the foundation behind the First Amendment-focused museum—the Freedom Forum—for a whopping…

City Paper: Allen Quietly Rejects Mayor Bowser’s Nominees to Government Ethics Board

Editor Jan 25, 2019
Councilmember Charles Allen rejected Mayor Muriel Bowser's two picks to sit on the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability (BEGA) earlier this month. The five-member board responsible for investigating alleged ethics violations…

Colbert King in The Post: Why did a D.C. Council member put the kibosh on a much-needed project?

Editor Jan 25, 2019
In an Oct. 2 news release, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced a proposal for mixed-use development in Ward 8, the city’s most impoverished community, located east of the Anacostia River. The ambitious project, Bowser stated, would be…

District Dig: All In — D.C.’s Chief Financial Officer bets big with Intralot

Editor Jan 25, 2019
Attendees of a D.C. Council breakfast on January 7 could’ve heard a pin drop as Chairman Phil Mendelson moved to wrap things up and begin the legislative session.

DCist: Here’s Why You Might Be Seeing Frida Kahlo All Over D.C.

Editor Jan 25, 2019
You may remember local writer and street artist Theodore Carter by his guerilla art installation #100DucksDC. His newest venture “Night of 1,000 Fridas” is set to launch tonight—an expansive, global tribute to the visionary Mexican artist.…

Joshua Burch in The Post: This is the only path to D.C. statehood

Editor Jan 25, 2019
With the 116th Congress underway, D.C. residents are committed to ensuring that the House of Representatives takes up and passes H.R. 51, the D.C. statehood bill. Residents are under no illusion that the Senate will do the same or that the…

UrbanTurf: A Proposed Solar Array Would Deliver Power to Ward 8

Editor Jan 25, 2019
A proposed solar array would deliver power to the people of Ward 8.

Curbed: ‘We’re in a recession, fundamentally.’ District leaders reckon with shutdown’s local impacts

Editor Jan 25, 2019
An end to the partial U.S. government shutdown is finally in sight—at least a temporary one—but the longest government closure in American history has already done major damage to the local economy. On Friday morning, D.C. government and…

Washington Post: Fire at Comet Ping Pong was intentionally set, fire and police officials say

Editor Jan 25, 2019
A small fire that burned curtains and forced the evacuation of the Comet Ping Pong pizza shop Wednesday night in Northwest Washington was intentionally set, according to D.C. police and fire officials.

Bisnow: Johns Hopkins To Buy Newseum Building On Pennsylvania Avenue For $373M

Editor Jan 25, 2019
The large Pennsylvania Avenue building that houses the Newseum will soon be converted into an educational facility for Johns Hopkins University.

Bisnow: Developer Who Spearheaded Capitol Crossing Megaproject Retires

Editor Jan 25, 2019
The man who has led the development of D.C.'s $1.3B Capitol Crossing project is calling it a career.

WTOP: DC attorney general: ‘We’re not targeting the archdiocese’ with mandatory-reporting bill

Editor Jan 25, 2019
WASHINGTON — With the past two archbishops of D.C. — Cardinals Donald Wuerl and Theodore McCarrick — at the center of the national discussion on clergy sex abuse, the District’s attorney general is proposing legislation to add clergy to…

Washington Business Journal: Major changes at the top for Capitol Crossing developer Property Group…

Editor Jan 25, 2019
There’s a change near the top of Property Group Partners, the New York-based developer behind Capitol Crossing and Station Place.

WAMU: Johns Hopkins University Buys Newseum Building

Editor Jan 25, 2019
Johns Hopkins plans to significantly renovate the building and recast it as its academic hub in the nation’s capital.

Washington Post: Potholes strike D.C. region in force after a season of heavy rain

Editor Jan 25, 2019
It is the bane of most drivers’ existence — the dreaded pothole.

Washington Business Journal: Johns Hopkins to acquire Newseum building

Editor Jan 25, 2019
Johns Hopkins University is acquiring the Newseum building in a $372.5 million deal with the Freedom Forum.

UrbanTurf: Shutdown blamed as DC-area home sales take a sharp dip

Editor Jan 25, 2019
WASHINGTON — Before its end Friday, the partial government shutdown was coinciding with a sudden dip in real estate activity.

Washington Informer: D.C. Residents Clamor for East End Hospital

Editor Jan 25, 2019
D.C. residents east of the Anacostia River recently expressed their strong opinions on the proposed hospital that will be built on the campus of St. Elizabeths East campus.

Washington Post: Johns Hopkins to buy Newseum building in D.C. as journalism museum plans to…

Editor Jan 25, 2019
Johns Hopkins University is buying the landmark Pennsylvania Avenue building that houses the Newseum in a $372.5 million deal announced Friday that will enable the struggling cultural institution devoted to news and the First Amendment to…
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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…

District Links: DC unveils draft master plan for mixed-use redevelopment of RFK campus; July 4 will feature added…

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