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WTOP: For once, the tears are a relief: DC parents line up to get young kids COVID shots

Editor Jun 21, 2022
It’s a day that some parents have been waiting for since the day their children were born: Kids under the age of 5 are now eligible to get vaccinated for COVID-19.

DCist: Duke Ellington School Won’t Name Its Theater For Dave Chappelle After All

Editor Jun 21, 2022
Dave Chappelle’s name will not adorn the student theater at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts as been previously planned, the comedian announced Monday at a ceremony meant to install the name.

Axios: Mayor Bowser’s affordable housing record is under fire in third-term bid

Editor Jun 21, 2022
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s bid for a third term is in part a referendum on her affordable housing record. One project gone wrong highlights criticisms surrounding the public dollars spent on development over nearly eight years.

Axios: How to get your toddler vaccinated in the DMV

Editor Jun 21, 2022
Children under the age of five can get their COVID-19 shots starting today after both the Pfizer and Moderna doses were recommended by the CDC.

DCist: It’s Primary Day In D.C. Here’s Everything You Need To Know

Editor Jun 21, 2022
After months of candidates sniping at each other and D.C. mailboxes being stuffed with an inordinate amount of political mailers, Primary Day is finally upon us.

WTOP: Dave Chappelle reveals Duke Ellington’s theater won’t be named after him

Editor Jun 21, 2022
Those expecting comedian Dave Chappelle to preside over a ceremony naming a theater building in his honor at his alma mater, the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Northwest D.C., Monday night received a big surprise.

Washington Post: D.C. voters head to the polls for Democratic primary

Editor Jun 21, 2022
District voters headed to the polls Tuesday for the city’s primary election, with the opportunity to select Democratic nominees across several races including mayor, attorney general and several seats on the D.C. Council.

Washington Post: Dave Chappelle declines having Duke Ellington School theater named for him

Editor Jun 21, 2022
The comedian had faced backlash from students for his comments about the LGBTQ community in a recent Netflix special

WTOP: Juneteenth celebration in DC honors soldiers who announced end of slavery in Texas

Editor Jun 20, 2022
A D.C. Juneteenth celebration read the names of 2,000 soldiers who, in 1865 in Galveston, Texas, helped spread the word that slavery had been abolished.

Linda Mercado Greene in Washington Business Journal: D.C. Council must address those operating…

Editor Jun 20, 2022
There’s an obvious problem in the D.C. cannabis market: Recreational sales are still not legal. As D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen, D-Ward 6, stated at a recent hearing, “There is no such thing as a commercial transaction that is I-71…

Washington Post: Motive remains unclear in shooting at U Street ‘Moechella’ event

Editor Jun 20, 2022
Officials say the 15-year-old killed in the incident had been shot twice before

Washington Post: Primary races in D.C., Virginia will bring voters to the polls Tuesday

Editor Jun 20, 2022
On Tuesday, voters will head to the polls to select Democratic nominees in several D.C. races, including mayor, and pick nominees in some of Virginia’s most-watched GOP congressional races.

CNN: President Biden to visit Washington, DC, site offering Covid-19 vaccines to kids under 5

Editor Jun 20, 2022
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit a Washington, DC, vaccine clinic offering Covid-19 vaccinations to children under the age of 5 on Tuesday, a White House official told CNN, in an effort to highlight the rollout of…

Petula Dvorak in The Post: D.C. gun violence isn’t an ‘urban’ problem. It’s an American problem.

Editor Jun 20, 2022
It’s not an urban problem, an inner-city problem, a blue city or a red state problem.

WTOP: Smithsonian Folklife Festival returns in person to National Mall

Editor Jun 20, 2022
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is back in person this week, after the pandemic forced it to pause for two years.

DCist: New Stretch Of Metropolitan Branch Trail Completed In Ward 5

Editor Jun 20, 2022
A new 0.8-mile stretch of the Metropolitan Branch Trail has been completed, offering cyclists and pedestrians a new dedicated connection between Brookland and Fort Totten.

Washington Post Editorial Board: Our picks for Tuesday’s D.C. Democratic primary

Editor Jun 20, 2022
Democratic voters will go to the polls Tuesday to select the party’s nominees for mayor, for chairman and members of the D.C. Council, attorney general and a nonvoting delegate to Congress. Given the overwhelming advantage the party has in…

Washington Business Journal: GW sells Foggy Bottom hotel to new owners who plan major makeover

Editor Jun 20, 2022
Electra America Hospitality Group plans to kick off a $40 million renovation of One Washington Circle, a 152-room hotel by Washington Circle that George Washington University had carved out as temporary student housing before the pandemic.…

WTOP: Vendors unite to decriminalize unlicensed street vending in DC

Editor Jun 20, 2022
Street vendors in D.C. are pushing to decriminalize unlicensed street vending in the District.

Washington Business Journal: The $300 million facelift of WMATA’s longtime headquarters moves…

Editor Jun 20, 2022
The planned renovation of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's longtime headquarters building is moving forward after its developer had flirted with, then abandoned, the idea of converting the 1970s-era property into…
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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson this morning distributed the latest version of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Support Act, which is slated for final consideration at an additional legislative meeting…

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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…
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