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WTOP: DC’s Black Lives Matter mural: 1 year later

Editor Jun 4, 2021
It’s been a year since artist Keyonna Jones took part in the painting of the Black Lives Matter mural on 16th Street, at what’s been officially named Black Lives Matter Plaza within sight of the White House.

DCist: D.C. Council Rejects New Public School Policy Mandating Marijuana Testing For Contractors And…

Editor Jun 4, 2021
D.C. lawmakers are unanimously pushing back on a new policy from D.C. Public Schools that will require all volunteers and contractors to undergo drug testing for marijuana use.

Washingtonian: Eighteenth Street Lounge Joins List of DC Spots With Confusingly Outdated Names

Editor Jun 4, 2021
A question for longtime locals: How many others can you think of?

WTOP: DC planning financial rewards this summer to encourage COVID-19 vaccine uptake

Editor Jun 4, 2021
Officials in D.C. say they’re planning to roll out an incentive program this summer that would offer some kind of financial reward for those who get COVID-19 vaccinations amid growing concern about a slowing pace of shots.

Washingtonian: Anxo Cidery Will Close Its Truxton Circle Restaurant and Bar

Editor Jun 4, 2021
Meanwhile, the Brightwood Park production facility and tasting room will expand its kitchen and seating.

Washington Post: Washington region very close to meeting Biden’s July 4 vaccination goal

Editor Jun 4, 2021
The greater Washington region will almost definitely meet President Biden’s goal of 70 percent of adults being at least partially vaccinated against the coronavirus by July 4 — with Maryland already there, and D.C. and Virginia close…

WTOP: DC artist looks to inspire ‘resilience and joy’ with lawn art at National Building Museum

Editor Jun 4, 2021
Just in time for Pride Month, a local artist has just completed her biggest work yet, and you can see it and hang out on it on the lawn of the National Building Museum.

DCist: NPS Plans To Expand Deer Hunts To More Parks, Citing Overpopulation

Editor Jun 4, 2021
Fifty years ago, it would have been no easy task to find a white-tailed deer in the District of Columbia. The hoofed ruminants, native to North America, were hunted to near-oblivion by European colonists. But in recent years, an…

DCist: After A Year Of Isolation, Kids In D.C. Have A Shot At A Fun Summer

Editor Jun 4, 2021
This summer, 8-year-old Madison Palmer has big plans.

Washington Post: D.C. statehood could cost more than $1 billion. City officials aren’t fazed.

Editor Jun 4, 2021
Halfway through an April markup on the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, Rep. Frederick B. Keller (R-Pa.) appeared on the Zoom screen with a practical question: How would D.C. pay for statehood?

WTOP: Shuttered Eighteenth Street Lounge reopening in Blagden Alley

Editor Jun 4, 2021
Live music and DJ venue Eighteenth Street Lounge, which closed a year ago after more than 25 years in business, has signed a lease for a new space in Shaw’s Blagden Alley.

Washington Post: With evictions set to begin next month, hundreds of millions in Washington-area…

Editor Jun 4, 2021
Analysis by The Post finds that officials at federal, state and local agencies have struggled to get funds to renters, mirroring problems nationwide.

Washington Business Journal: The D.C. region needs to repair a lack of trust to work together on…

Editor Jun 4, 2021
The entire D.C. region is poised to work together on economic development efforts to reverse its widening gap between the rich and the poor, according to a group of government, business and academic leaders — but the hard part will be…

DCist: Eighteenth Street Lounge Is Reopening In Shaw’s Blagden Alley

Editor Jun 4, 2021
The owner of Eighteenth Street Lounge is planning to reopen his iconic nightclub in Blagden Alley, according to an announcement from Monument Retail, the company representing the lounge. The club closed in 2020 after a 25-year run due, in…

Washington Post: Social justice protests have resulted in more police transparency and…

Editor Jun 4, 2021
In April, after being chased by police from Alexandria, Va., who thought someone in his car had shot at a building in Old Town, Anthony Louis crashed on a highway overpass in the District and then fled on foot over a Jersey barrier,…

WTOP: Emmy Squared delivers more Detroit-style pizza to DC area

Editor Jun 4, 2021
Emmy Squared will bring its Detroit-style pizzas to two more locations in the D.C. area.

Donna Lewis Johnson in The Post: What schools holding on to racist names can learn from D.C.’s…

Editor Jun 4, 2021
As two Virginia community colleges — Patrick Henry and Dabney S. Lancaster — plan to keep their names that honor a former enslaver and a segregationist, I now know more than ever that D.C.’s H.D. Woodson High School, my alma mater, was…

Washington Blade: Casa Ruby files complaint against D.C. gov’t agency

Editor Jun 3, 2021
Casa Ruby, the D.C. LGBTQ community services center, filed an administrative complaint on March 29 against the D.C. Department of Human Services, charging the agency with ignoring and failing to stop one of its high-level officials from…

DCist: Bowser Appoints New State Superintendent Of Education

Editor Jun 3, 2021
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser appointed a Philadelphia schools official to a top education job in the District, filling a key role as the city tries to recover from a pandemic that has upended learning for more than a year.

Washington Post Editorial Board: The D.C. crime lab is in trouble — again

Editor Jun 3, 2021
“WHAT’S THE point of spending millions of dollars on a crime lab if people don’t trust its findings and won’t use it?” That is the question we posed in 2015 about the District’s Consolidated Forensic Laboratory; unfortunately, it is time…
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Kathy Patterson: The mayor and council are killing a key commission created after 9/11

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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…

District Links: DC unveils draft master plan for mixed-use redevelopment of RFK campus; July 4 will feature added…

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The DC Office of Planning today released a draft master plan outlining a framework for redevelopment of the RFK campus, anchored by a new Washington Commanders stadium but also incorporating up to…

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In a Sunday afternoon post on social media, President Donald Trump blasted Democratic mayoral nominee Janeese Lewis George as a "Communist adherent" and vowed to derail any efforts to "resist…
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