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WTOP: DC Council moves closer to passing sports betting measure

Editor Oct 17, 2018
WASHINGTON — Optimism and a sense of urgency surround a move to legalize sports betting in D.C., where leaders hope to beat Maryland and Virginia to the punch. “Sports betting is going to happen and I believe we should act before our…

Bloomberg Tax: Legalized Sports Betting Possible in D.C. Before MLB Season

Editor Oct 17, 2018
A proposal to legalize sports betting in Washington is moving forward after the bill sponsor again affirmed he has secured the necessary support. If passed, Washington would join eight states that have legalized the activity. Five of those…

Greater Greater Washington: Newly proposed DC Comprehensive Plan language prioritizes affordable…

Editor Oct 17, 2018
It’s been almost seven months since the epic spring hearing on the DC Comprehensive Plan, a planning and land use document that guides how the city will grow for years to come. Yesterday, October 16 the DC Office of Planning (OP) released…

UrbanTurf: Other Half Brewery Will Open in Ivy City Warehouse

Editor Oct 17, 2018
UrbanTurf has learned that Brooklyn's Other Half brewery will open a DC outpost at the former Pappas Tomato Factory at 1401 Okie Street NE (map). The Douglas Development-owned property will also be home to a Compass Coffee and a Kick Axe…

WAMU: More Duke Ellington Families Cleared Of Residency Fraud, But Some Still Left Fighting Charges

Editor Oct 17, 2018
After missing more than two months of coursework, senior Sherwayne Carter is back in the classroom at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. But his mother could still face a $12,000 fine in the residency fraud case that has turned their lives…

Brian C. Anderson in City Journal: Death in D.C. On witnessing an urban tragedy

Editor Oct 17, 2018
Opaline Bar and Brasserie at Washington D.C.’s Sofitel Hotel was too crowded, so I’d gone out to find another breakfast spot. I wasn’t dressed for the autumn morning chill—the temperature must have dropped 30 degrees from the day before,…

Sarah Shoenfeld in The Post: D.C.’s struggling communities need investment, not overpolicing

Editor Oct 17, 2018
The Oct. 12 editorial decrying a rise in homicides in the District, “A rising D.C. death toll,” praised the D.C. police for “dispatching extra officers and doubling down on seizures of illegal guns” in Ward 8. The editorial went on to…

WAMU: A Voter Guide To Candidates For D.C. State Board of Education

Editor Oct 16, 2018
This year, in an unusual showing, some D.C. State Board of Education candidates have raised a considerable amount of money ahead of the Nov. 6 election. State board members have had limited authority in the District, but given the scandals…

WTOP: Residents of burned DC senior building wonder what’s next

Editor Oct 16, 2018
It was nearly a month ago that fire drove about 160 residents from their homes at the Arthur Capper Senior Apartments near the Navy Yard, and the displaced seniors are yearning to know where they'll have new places to call home.

WAMU: Proposed Bill Could Ease Student Loan Burden For D.C. Residents and Students

Editor Oct 16, 2018
D.C. residents are some of the most burdened by student debt in the country. Now, a new bill seeks to lighten some of that load. The legislation, called the Student Loan Authority Establishment Act and introduced today by At-Large…

Washington Post: Into the woods: A clearing in the Palisades is home to a curious art installation

Editor Oct 16, 2018
Some time in 1992, Dale Johnson started noticing an odd assemblage of items on the basement workbench of her husband, James McMahon: broken shards of mirrored glass, mainly. “I was like, ‘I don’t know what this is. I’m not asking any…

WAMU: Emergency Legislation To Stall Providence Hospital Closure Approved By D.C. Council

Editor Oct 16, 2018
In an effort to delay Providence Hospital’s planned closure, the D.C. Council voted to approve emergency legislation on Tuesday that would require hospitals to get approval from the city before they close or end services.

City Paper: Mary Cheh Introduces Bill to Seal Eviction Records, Give Tenants Notice of Eviction…

Editor Oct 16, 2018
Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh introduced a bill during Tuesday's Committee of the Whole meeting to reform how D.C. Superior Court handles and maintains records of eviction proceedings, an effort to ameliorate the sometimes "lasting,…

Washington Business Journal: WBJ taps local media vet as new publisher

Editor Oct 16, 2018
Peter Abrahams, former publisher of DC magazine and a veteran of the local media scene, was named publisher and market president of the Washington Business Journal on Tuesday. Abrahams, 53, will take over Nov. 1 from James MacGregor, who…

UrbanTurf: With PUD Appeal, Poplar Point Developer Turns to Plan B

Editor Oct 16, 2018
This past April, the Zoning Commission approved a planned-unit development (PUD) which would develop six acres of land straddling Howard Road SE between I-295 and South Capitol Street SE (map) with five buildings, delivering roughly 692…

City Paper: A Leak in the Bowser-Gray Iceberg?

Editor Oct 16, 2018
It looked, for a moment, that a crack emerged in the strained relationship between the mayor and former mayor.

Washington Post: D.C. Council postpones final decision on Airbnb regulations

Editor Oct 16, 2018
The D.C. Council unexpectedly delayed a final vote Tuesday on regulating Airbnb and other short-term rental companies because of a last-minute dispute over how to pay for the legislation. Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) reluctantly agreed to…

Washington Post: It’s official: D.C. Council has repealed Initiative 77

Editor Oct 16, 2018
After hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign spending, tens of thousands of voters heading to the polls and hundreds of angry calls and emails to lawmakers, a contentious fight over restaurant worker pay in the nation’s capital ended…

WTOP: DC Council officially overturns Initiative 77, killing minimum-wage increase

Editor Oct 16, 2018
WASHINGTON — The D.C. Council has voted to repeal Initiative 77. The initiative, approved by voters in June, would have raised minimum base pay for tipped workers to standard minimum wage over a period of time. After heated discussions, the…

WAMU: Amid Barrage Of Questions, D.C. Council Delays Vote On Bill To Regulate Airbnb

Editor Oct 16, 2018
What initially seemed like a relatively straight forward final vote on a bill to regulate and restrict home-sharing services like Airbnb in D.C. was derailed on Tuesday afternoon after a number of legislators said there remained unanswered…
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District Links: Council set to vote on youth curfew with new amendments; MPD probe reportedly implicates at least 15…

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The DC Council is slated to revisit the issue of an expanded youth curfew at Tuesday's legislative meeting, with a final vote on permanent legislation and a rescheduled vote on emergency legislation…

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Earlier this week, Wesley Williams, operations and policy officer for the DC Office of Campaign Finance, confirmed that his agency has opened an investigation into whether the relationship between…

District Links: House Oversight Committee demands records from MPD investigation on crime data; Lewis George, McDuffie…

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The GOP-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is demanding all records from the Metropolitan Police Department's internal investigation into claims of manipulated crime data. …
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