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DCist: The Washington Monument Has Been Closed Since Inauguration. It’s Reopening Wednesday

Editor Jul 12, 2021
The Washington Monument will reopen this Wednesday after a six-month closure, according to the National Park Service.

UrbanTurf: DC to Be More Proactive About Building Structure Safety in the City

Editor Jul 12, 2021
In light of last month's tragic building collapse near the Florida coast, and another dangerous collapse of an under-construction building on Kennedy Street in DC earlier this month, DC's Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs…

City Paper: Beer Hall Barons and a Pizza Master to Bring D.C. a Deluxe Slice Joint

Editor Jul 12, 2021
Slice & Pie and Lucy, from the team behind Franklin Hall and Penn Social, should open on 14th Street NW in early October.

WTOP: Hotel industry is recovering, but not necessarily in DC

Editor Jul 12, 2021
Travelers are returning to hotels, and the hotel industry as a whole is beginning to recover. But the stabilization is not across the board.

Washington Business Journal: Bowser to ramp up safety reviews on multifamily, commercial properties…

Editor Jul 12, 2021
D.C. will enhance its safety reviews of commercial property in the District — as well as filing requirements for building owners — in light of recent high-profile building collapses, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Friday.

WTOP: DC marks 100th homicide in 2021

Editor Jul 11, 2021
D.C. marked a grim milestone on Friday, with the city seeing its 100th homicide. It represents an accelerated pace of homicides from previous years.

7News: Hundreds of people wait in long lines for walk-in services at DC DMV

Editor Jul 11, 2021
WASHINGTON (7News) — A long line of people waited to receive in-person services at the DC DMV Sunday afternoon.

WUSA9: Friday shooting marks disturbing milestone | DC hits 100th homicide of 2021, MPD says

Editor Jul 11, 2021
Just weeks ago, Mayor Muriel Bowser was on national TV trying to pinpoint causes and solutions to the surge in deadly violence.

Washington Post: Day care is expensive in D.C. Some say the city should spend millions more…

Editor Jul 11, 2021
Child care is becoming one of the major flash points in the D.C. Council’s ongoing budget negotiations, as advocates ask the city to spend tens of millions more on subsidizing the high cost of day care for the city’s neediest parents.

Washington Post: Everything was going wrong in his life. Then he won D.C.’s vaccine lottery.

Editor Jul 11, 2021
For Sung-ha Jou, a 44-year-old Air Force veteran, one disaster kept leading to the next during the coronavirus pandemic. He lost his job during the early weeks of the pandemic, then eventually his home, his van and his other sources of…

Washington Post: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Ta-Nehisi Coates appointments signal new era for Howard…

Editor Jul 11, 2021
The recent growth at Howard University comes a few years after students waged a nine-day protest over conditions at the school and called for their president’s resignation

Washington Post: D.C. community ambassadors go door to door encouraging coronavirus vaccinations

Editor Jul 11, 2021
Responding to a knock, Cheyenne Harris cracked open the front door of her Fort Davis Park home and peeked outside to find two people in bright green work vests.

DCist: ‘This Is Like My Front Yard’: Locals Celebrate The Removal Of The Capitol Fence

Editor Jul 10, 2021
The scene at the East Front of the Capitol on Saturday morning was quietly joyful: people wandering around the stone plaza in the breeze, tourists snapping selfies, dog walkers towed by their pets, a little girl learning to ride a bike, a…

Theresa Vargas in The Post: ‘Dear Khloe’: A Black girl hated her natural hair, and then 101 women…

Editor Jul 10, 2021
The word “book” doesn’t quite capture what St. Clair Detrick-Jules has spent the past four years trying to complete.

Washington Post: Tenants in D.C. are struggling to secure rent relief. Advocates say the application…

Editor Jul 10, 2021
Outside an apartment building in Northwest Washington, volunteers propped their laptops open and began to help tenants apply for STAY DC, an emergency rent relief program that has been heralded as a lifeline for those who have fallen…

Washington Post: Following building collapse, D.C. enhances its safety review process

Editor Jul 10, 2021
The District upped its safety review standards for multifamily and commercial properties on Friday, following the recent collapse of a building under construction in Northwest Washington.

Associated Press: With Harris and Hannah-Jones, Howard University is on a roll

Editor Jul 10, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the surprise twin hiring of two of the country’s most prominent writers on race, Howard University is positioning itself as one of the primary centers of Black academic thought just as America struggles through a…

Associated Press: With Harris and Hannah-Jones, Howard University is on a roll

Editor Jul 10, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the surprise twin hiring of two of the country’s most prominent writers on race, Howard University is positioning itself as one of the primary centers of Black academic thought just as America struggles through a…

Washington Post: Capitol fencing comes down six months after Jan. 6 attack

Editor Jul 10, 2021
The metal fencing and concrete barriers that encircled the Capitol after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the complex on Jan. 6. gave way Saturday to an open plaza filled with families lounging on picnic blankets, dogs on leashes and…

DCist: In Response To Recent Building Collapses, D.C. Adds Safety Requirements

Editor Jul 10, 2021
D.C’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs added several enhancements to building safety review on Friday.
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