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DCist: ‘It Reeked Of Performance’: Nellie’s Steps Towards Inclusivity Fall Short For Activists

Editor Jul 20, 2021
In the wake of a month-long boycott and ongoing demonstrations, Nellie’s Sports Bar, a mainstay in D.C.’s gay nightlife scene, has vowed to take steps towards inclusivity.

Greg Slater in The Post: Maryland, Virginia and D.C. must work together to deliver transportation…

Editor Jul 20, 2021
More than a half century ago, leaders across Maryland, Virginia and D.C. joined to lay a foundation for a transportation network to move people and goods across the region.

UrbanTurf: Class B Apartment Rents Down 11% in DC, Per Report

Editor Jul 20, 2021
While demand has significantly risen for Class A apartments in the DC area, a new report paints a starker picture for more outdated Class B rental units.

Misty C. Thomas in The Post: D.C. needs a local paroling authority

Editor Jul 20, 2021
For the past 24 years, the fates of D.C.’s incarcerated residents seeking parole and returning citizens accused of violating conditions of their release lie in the hands of the U.S. Parole Commission (USPC), an aloof and unaccountable…

City Paper: Chairman Mendelson’s Newsletter on Raising Taxes, Annotated

Editor Jul 20, 2021
Advocates have some thoughts.

Washingtonian: A DC Artist Alleges the Line Hotel Stole His Work to Brand a New Restaurant

Editor Jul 20, 2021
The trendy hotel insists it's original art.

WTOP: DC Council to consider creating ‘baby bonds’ for families making under $132K

Editor Jul 20, 2021
A proposal is on the table before the D.C. Council to establish trust funds that would be funded by the District for children in low-to-middle income families.

WTOP: DC police chief focused on finding little girl’s killer after violent weekend

Editor Jul 20, 2021
After a violent weekend, D.C.’s police chief said he is singularly focused on just one case amid echoes of desperation from a community at its wits’ end, a frustrated mayor and grieving families’ call for him to take immediate action.

DCist: Mayor Bowser Directs Police To Use ‘Any Overtime Necessary’ After Weekend Shootings

Editor Jul 19, 2021
In a letter to the D.C. Council, Mayor Muriel Bowser says she’s directing the Metropolitan Police Department to use as much overtime as necessary after a weekend of violence.

Washington Post: D.C. mayor tells police to use ‘any overtime necessary’ following fatal shooting of…

Editor Jul 19, 2021
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Monday authorized police to use “any overtime necessary” to confront gun violence and to search for the killer of a 6-year-old girl who was shot Friday night in Southeast Washington.

Washingtonian: What’s Really Happening With Crime Rates in DC Right Now?

Editor Jul 19, 2021
It's feeling like our rate of violent crime is spiraling. Is it?

Associated Press: New chief selected for Capitol Police after 1/6 insurrection

Editor Jul 19, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — A police official who has run large departments in Maryland and Virginia has been selected as chief of the U.S. Capitol Police in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection, in which pro-Trump rioters stormed the building…

City Paper: Should the SBA Have Approved a D.C. Strip Club for a $4.3 Million Grant?

Editor Jul 19, 2021
Restaurant Revitalization Fund grants were for businesses “where people congregate for the primary purpose of being served food or drink.”

Washington Post Editorial Board: A first-grader’s death and mayhem at Nationals Park reflect D.C.’s…

Editor Jul 19, 2021
Within earshot of D.C. police, a 6-year-old girl was fatally shot as she walked home in Southeast Washington Friday night. The drive-by shooting also left her mother and four other adults injured. In the nation’s capital, gun violence is…

Washington Post: Proposed D.C. Council budget would fully fund trust accounts for low-income…

Editor Jul 19, 2021
The D.C. Council is set to vote Tuesday on a budget proposal written by chairman Phil Mendelson (D) that reallocates funds toward new initiatives aimed at closing the city’s racial wealth gap — including legislation that would kick-start a…

City Paper: Advocates Call for Increased Homelessness Prevention Funding at Vigil

Editor Jul 19, 2021
Housing advocates call councilmembers and residents to action ahead of Tuesday’s Council budget vote

Washington Business Journal: Madame Tussauds shutters in D.C. after 14 years

Editor Jul 19, 2021
It's hosted celebrities and politicians including presidents Obama and Trump — their likenesses at least — but Madame Tussauds wax museum appears to have permanently burned out in the District.

Petula Dvorak in The Post: A street shooting shut down a baseball game in a tony part of D.C. That’s…

Editor Jul 19, 2021
A rain delay on a baseball game — because it was raining bullets outside — is so very American.

Washington Post: Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio pleads guilty in burning of Black Lives Matter…

Editor Jul 19, 2021
Enrique Tarrio, a leader of the extremist group the Proud Boys, pleaded guilty Monday to burning a Black Lives Matter banner stolen Dec. 12 from a historic African American church in Washington during a tumultuous demonstration by…

DCist: Mendelson Funds Baby Bonds Program As Part Of D.C. Budget, But Broader Tax-Hike Fight…

Editor Jul 19, 2021
Thousands of low-income D.C. children could start getting annual payments of up to $1,000 later this year under a “baby bonds” program that D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is including in the city’s budget.
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