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Washington Post: Slimmed-down Pride celebrations begin in the District

Editor Jun 12, 2021
A jubilant crowd marched through downtown Washington Saturday to celebrate the return of Pride, flooding into Freedom Plaza shoulder to shoulder and mostly unmasked to mark a moment that felt to many like a milestone in the pandemic.

WTOP: Metrobuses could one day be all electric

Editor Jun 12, 2021
More Metro buses could soon be electric.

Washington Post: Once a Black middle-class haven, a D.C. apartment complex falls into disrepair

Editor Jun 12, 2021
The air conditioning still hadn’t returned to her Southeast D.C. apartment building Thursday afternoon, forcing Tamicka Lewis and her young children to again seek refuge from the sweltering heat.

WTOP: Single tracking, station closures on Red Line will cause ‘significant impact’ for Metro riders

Editor Jun 12, 2021
Repairs on Metro’s Red Line scheduled to start in July will involve round-the-clock single tracking and station closures that the transit agency said are expected to cause “significant impacts” for customers.

Washington Blade: Sheila Alexander-Reid to step down as director of D.C. LGBTQ Affairs Office

Editor Jun 12, 2021
Veteran community activist to take new job workplace bias consultant

Theresa Vargas in The Post: Once homeless, he’s why trans men of color will soon get their own…

Editor Jun 12, 2021
Hair a mess, clothes dirty, Len Williams felt seen.

Washington Post: Metro projects will bring months of delays, station closures on the Red Line

Editor Jun 11, 2021
Improving tunnel ventilation stems from a National Transportation Safety Board order in response to a smoke emergency at L’Enfant Plaza six years ago

Washington Post: D.C. Council weighs smaller police budget and more funding for alternative justice…

Editor Jun 11, 2021
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) wants the city to spend less money on police and nearly triple spending for an office dedicated to alternative justice programs and violence interruption, reflecting in part a push to address crime as a…

WTOP: National Park Service to hold public meeting on future of Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park

Editor Jun 11, 2021
The National Park Service will hold a virtual public meeting next month to hear from the public on the future management of the part of Beach Drive that goes from Broad Branch Road Northwest to the Maryland border.

DCist: D.C. Lawmaker Pulls Bill That Would Have Imposed A New Tax On Sodas And Sugary Drinks

Editor Jun 11, 2021
A bill that would bring a new soda tax to D.C. is officially dead.

WTOP: Fauci on DC vaccine rollout: ‘We’ve got to do better with younger people’

Editor Jun 11, 2021
Overall, 64% adults in the U.S. have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according CDC data. In D.C., 58% of all residents are partially or fully vaccinated. But the nation’s leading infectious diseases expert wants more.

Washingtonian: DC Nightclubs Are Officially Back, and People Are Really, Really Ready to Party

Editor Jun 11, 2021
Local nightlife and music venue owners says they're expecting packed houses this weekend.

DCist: The National Book Festival Returns With A Mix Of In-Person And Virtual Events

Editor Jun 11, 2021
After hosting an all-virtual event last summer, the Library of Congress is bringing its annual National Book Festival back with a mix of virtual and in-person events.

Washington Post: Part of Beach Drive will stay closed to cars while National Park Service studies…

Editor Jun 11, 2021
The Park Service said it will continue to limit daily traffic on the road at least into the fall.

DCist: A Black Family’s Land Was Taken For A D.C. Park And School. Now The Park Will Bear Their Name

Editor Jun 11, 2021
The bucolic park that stretches out behind Lafayette Elementary School is a popular destination for families, with its playground, spray park and newly renovated rec center serving the largely white Chevy Chase neighborhood around it.

WTOP: Documents: DC crime lab says it never concealed findings

Editor Jun 11, 2021
Defending itself against allegations of “fraudulent behavior” that led to the loss of its accreditation, D.C.’s embattled crime lab said it never deliberately concealed any information from its accrediting board.

DCist: East Of The River Show Aims To Highlight Fine Art Made By Black Artists In Wards 7 And 8

Editor Jun 11, 2021
For more than a decade, an annual art show has worked to expand the creative network in a part of the city that doesn’t always get credit for its fine arts tradition.

UrbanTurf: Neighbors Weigh in on the Future of a Georgia Avenue Firehouse

Editor Jun 11, 2021
In 2019, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) announced that the Old Engine Company 22 firehouse along Georgia Avenue in Brightwood would be offered as a development opportunity. While a team engaged…

Nick Sementelli in Greater Greater Washington: How can DC preserve history that’s more than a…

Editor Jun 11, 2021
DC’s historic preservation system is well set up to preserve historic buildings and properties, but ill prepared to formally recognize other types of history. A simple reform could go a long way to resolve that.

Brandon Garrett and Julia Leighton in The Post: Ignoring deep-seated problems at D.C.’s crime lab…

Editor Jun 11, 2021
When injustices occur in criminal cases, our institutions — prosecutors, police departments, crime laboratories — often treat it as a “bad apple” problem. Institutions blame the individual and fail to look within the institution for the…
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