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Greater Greater Washington: Racial equity is central as DC builds out three neighborhood planning…

Editor Apr 23, 2021
The Comprehensive Plan update currently being debated in the DC Council isn’t the only planning document in the works. Also on the Office of Planning’s to-do list are three Small Area Plans — supplements to the Comprehensive Plan that…

DCist: D.C.’s COVID-19 Response Mitigated Spread More Than Most States, Report Finds

Editor Apr 23, 2021
D.C.’s public health measures — like mask mandates, indoor dining closures, and capacity limits on businesses — helped the city mitigate the spread of coronavirus last fall and winter better than nearly every other state, according to a…

WUSA9: DC Council chairman demands action on long-crumbling buildings

Editor Apr 23, 2021
WASHINGTON — If you've ever seen run-down houses and apartment buildings around the District and wondered what’s being done about them, you're not alone. DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is asking the same question, but now he's…

7News: DC residents looking for answers after they say they haven’t gotten mail in weeks

Editor Apr 23, 2021
Residents of yet another DC neighborhood tell us they have stopped getting mail – and as it has done for months, Seven on Your Side is trying to help.

Washington Business Journal: All-affordable project for formerly homeless seniors pitched near St.…

Editor Apr 23, 2021
A new affordable development pitched for just north of the St. Elizabeths East campus in Southeast D.C. aims to offer homes exclusively for formerly homeless seniors diagnosed with mental illnesses.

Washington Post: After a Black man’s death, a D.C. street agonizes over the future of policing

Editor Apr 23, 2021
Karon Hylton zipped through streets and alleys of his old D.C. neighborhood on a rented moped. A police car, lights flashing, tailed him.

Washington Post: More than $1.8 billion flows into schools in the Washington region to help amid…

Editor Apr 23, 2021
An unprecedented infusion of federal funds is flowing into school systems across the country, with the Washington region expected to pull in more than $1.8 billion for school districts planning summer-school expansions, new virtual…

Scott Kratz and Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins in The Post: A bridge-turned-park in Southeast can be a…

Editor Apr 23, 2021
Largely overlooked in President Biden’s economic recovery and infrastructure plan is a sweeping effort to reconnect communities divided by urban highways. The $20 billion in aid Biden proposed in his American Jobs Plan would be a historic…

WTOP: ‘State of the District’ BID panel discusses how to reuse increase in vacant space

Editor Apr 23, 2021
The State of Downtown report discussion was virtual for the second year in a row, and the overall consensus from the Downtown Business Improvement District is that economic recovery in D.C. from the coronavirus is a long road ahead — but…

City Paper: Michelin Updates Ratings, Five D.C. Restaurants Earn Their First Stars

Editor Apr 23, 2021
While stars are career-changing for chefs, the spotlight is dimmed this year by all the restaurants that couldn't outlast the pandemic.

Refinery29: D.C.’s Lack Of Statehood Is An Issue Of White Supremacy. Here’s How It Could Change.

Editor Apr 22, 2021
For Ty Hobson-Powell, his hometown of D.C. means go-go music, basketball culture, and mumbo sauce. The city is not the monuments or what you see on CNN for natives like him; it’s the Black-owned businesses on U Street, from Ben’s Chili…

Washington Post: Group releases first report after reviewing complaints against Metro Transit Police

Editor Apr 22, 2021
Metro officials praised a new report from a panel created to review claims against Transit Police, calling it a boost to the agency’s transparency. But critics argued a lack of detail and the panel’s inability to conduct investigations…

Washington Post: Children’s National doctors warn they’re seeing more children with…

Editor Apr 22, 2021
When school buildings closed last March, Tara Brown’s then-12-year-old daughter stopped turning in assignments. Most of her classmates in Southeast Washington didn’t show up to their virtual classes that spring, so she wasn’t socializing…

Washington Post: Georgetown University to hold pandemic commencement at Nationals Park

Editor Apr 22, 2021
Georgetown University has struggled all spring to devise a commencement plan that will satisfy the urge of graduating seniors to celebrate in person after a grueling year and the demand of D.C. authorities to protect public health amid the…

City Paper: DC To-GoGo is a No-Go: Founders Pause Food Delivery Service April 30

Editor Apr 22, 2021
"We really want to make sure this idea doesn’t die or people see it as a failure of the system."

Street Sense: Unique settlement agreement creates hope for change to rampant housing discrimination…

Editor Apr 22, 2021
A source-of-income complaint that local housing nonprofit Housing Counseling Services and their client, Robert Evans, brought against Bozzuto Management Company ended in a settlement last month.

NPR: House Democrats Pass Bill To Make D.C. The 51st State

Editor Apr 22, 2021
The U.S. House of Representatives has once again voted on a bill to grant statehood to Washington, D.C., and enfranchise more than 712,000 Americans, a cause that enjoys unprecedented support but still faces an uphill battle in the U.S.…

Paul Waldman in The Post: The 5 dumbest GOP arguments against D.C. statehood

Editor Apr 22, 2021
There’s a basic rule that many political activists accept as given: Before you can convince voters your solution to a problem is the right one, you have to get them to agree there’s a problem in the first place. Which is why those who have…

Washingtonian: Madam’s Organ Wants to Reopen With Vaccine Passports

Editor Apr 22, 2021
Owner Bill Duggan is lobbying Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Washington Post: Will D.C. become a state? Explaining the hurdles to statehood.

Editor Apr 22, 2021
House Democrats pledge to vote on a statehood bill before the summer, providing advocates a possible way forward
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The House Appropriations Committee is slated to act Tuesday or Wednesday on the fiscal year 2027 funding bill that includes DC appropriations — as well as a slate of DC-related budget riders.

District Links: Bowser extends juvenile curfew; monumental arch gains nod; House appropriations panel looks to include…

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The Republican-run House Appropriations Committee this morning released the text of a proposed fiscal year 2027 funding bill that includes appropriations for DC — with the broad array of riders…

District Links: Mayor says she expects to invoke 15-day emergency to extend curfew zones; Pinto apologizes for posting…

Apr 15, 2026 12
With current legislative authority for expanded juvenile curfews set to expire at midnight, Mayor Muriel Bowser said today that she's likely to declare a 15-day public emergency in order to…

District Links: White calls for Pinto to withdraw from delegate’s race over release of personal info; BZA lacks…

Apr 14, 2026 18
Robert White — one of two sitting councilmembers vying to become the DC's next delegate to Congress — is calling on his Ward 2 colleague Brooke Pinto to drop out of the race after her campaign posted…
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