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WTOP: DC Council to take up bill prohibiting baby formula price gouging

Editor May 24, 2022
Prices for baby formula are rising because of the nationwide shortage, and a bill has been introduced in the D.C. Council aimed at preventing price gouging.

Washington Post: D.C. elections: What mayoral candidates say about housing, schools, crime

Editor May 24, 2022
Ballots are already in voters’ mailboxes and tensions are high between the four Democratic candidates running for mayor of Washington. Muriel E. Bowser, seeking a third term, has sparred with D.C. Council members Robert C. White Jr. and…

Greater Greater Washington: Take two: Metro tries again to return some 7000-series railcars to…

Editor May 23, 2022
In a long-awaited announcement, Metro on Thursday said it had submitted a plan to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) outlining the steps it would take in order to return some 7000-series railcars to passenger service. The…

Petula Dvorak in The Post: A shaming renaming got this D.C. Council member banned from Russia

Editor May 23, 2022
Let’s call this a shaming renaming.

Washington Post: D.C. Mayor Bowser names Seattle official as new chief financial officer

Editor May 23, 2022
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Monday announced her nominee for the city’s new chief financial officer: Glen Lee, who has spent nearly 30 years in various roles for the city of Seattle, most recently as its finance director.

WTOP: Judge forces Catholic University to halt auction of ‘Wizard of Oz’ dress

Editor May 23, 2022
A U.S. district judge in New York has put the brakes on Catholic University’s much-anticipated auction of a “Dorothy” dress worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz.”

Associated Press: DC sues Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica privacy breach

Editor May 23, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia on Monday sued Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, seeking to hold him personally liable for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a privacy breach of millions of Facebook users’ personal data that became a…

Washington Post: Addressing a wrong from 1922 at the centennial of the Lincoln Memorial

Editor May 23, 2022
Before the speeches and the singing, the poetry and the picture-taking, Robert D. Moton and his wife, Jennifer Hardy-Moton, stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial and let me pester them with questions. Suddenly, they realized something:…

Washington Post: Outgoing D.C. Council member Cheh throws her support to Tricia Duncan

Editor May 23, 2022
Outgoing D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh announced her pick Monday in the crowded race to replace her: Tricia Duncan, a community volunteer who is one of nine candidates vying to fill the Ward 3 council seat that Cheh has held for 15…

WTOP: Bowser appoints Glen Lee next DC CFO

Editor May 23, 2022
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser appointed the District’s next chief financial officer Monday: Glen Lee, the finance director for Seattle.

DCist: Metro Service Gets Better, With Train Operators Out Of The Classroom

Editor May 23, 2022
As of today, Metro trains on the Green and Yellow lines are back to running at 15-minute intervals. Service had been cut back earlier this month when 72 train operators were taken off the job because their certifications had lapsed more…

Washington Post: D.C. elections: Here’s where the mayor, council candidates stand

Editor May 23, 2022
Voters in the June 21 Democratic primary will choose a nominee for mayor and city council wards 1, 3, 5, 6, chairman and at-large in this deep-blue city, where the primary often determines the winner in November. Here is where the…

Axios: Mary Cheh endorses Ward 3 candidate Tricia Duncan as successor

Editor May 23, 2022
Mary Cheh endorses Ward 3 candidate Tricia Duncan as successor

City Paper: Mary Cheh Backs Tricia Duncan to Replace Her in Crowded Ward 3 Council Race

Editor May 23, 2022
Tricia Duncan just picked up perhaps the biggest prize possible in the crowded Ward 3 race: The backing of outgoing Councilmember Mary Cheh.

WTOP: It’s now Wegmans vs. Lidl in Northwest

Editor May 23, 2022
Northwest D.C. is getting a Lidl discount grocery store, and it will be right next door to the soon-to-open Wegmans grocery store.

DCist: D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh Makes Putin’s ‘Enemy List,’ Is Barred From Entering Russia

Editor May 23, 2022
She’s about seven months from retiring from the D.C. Council, but any plans Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) may have had to visit every country in the world have now been tossed out the window.

Washington Business Journal: Lidl inks lease for Tenleytown store

Editor May 23, 2022
Lidl plans to open a new location in upper Northwest, its third outpost in D.C., as the discount grocer continues to expand its footprint across Greater Washington.

Washington Business Journal: Fort Totten’s Art Place brings on a big-name development partner

Editor May 22, 2022
The mixed-use development dubbed Art Place, at Fort Totten, has brought on a new, high-profile partner to help visualize and develop the project, including its performing arts anchor, set to open in 2025.

Washington Post Editorial Board: The Post endorses Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District’s first line…

Editor May 22, 2022
If, as many are predicting, Republicans win the House in November’s midterm elections, the District of Columbia will likely be in for some hard times. The Republican Party has been brazen about using the city as a political punching bag.…

WUSA9: The battle to save a historic DC access point to the Potomac River

Editor May 22, 2022
Friends of Fletcher’s Cove face down climate change and a man-made river blockage in an effort to save an iconic D.C. recreation spot.
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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 Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is hailing the success of its two-year-old program that enables paramedics to administer whole blood to critically injured and medically unstable…

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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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