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Washington Post: Students and faculty fight to save classics department at Howard University

Editor Apr 21, 2021
The university said classes offered in the department will be dispersed to other academic units

Conor Shaw and Nick Sementelli in Greater Greater Washington: After six years of failure, it’s time…

Editor Apr 21, 2021
Six years after Mayor Muriel Bowser committed DC to the goal of ensuring that “no lives are lost on our streets or at our intersections,” DC is on pace for its deadliest year of traffic violence in over a decade.

UrbanTurf: DC Selects Land Trust Team to Redevelop Langston-Slater Campus

Editor Apr 21, 2021
The city-owned site that was the subject of DC's first EquityRFP may be redeveloped using an equity-focused model.

WTOP: Blues bar Madam’s Organ asks DC for OK to reopen with vaccine passports

Editor Apr 21, 2021
The owner of the popular Madam’s Organ blues bar and restaurant in Adams Morgan, said he has asked D.C.’s mayor for permission to fully reopen, by requiring every person in the club provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19.

Washington Business Journal: What do local execs think about D.C. statehood? Several of them share…

Editor Apr 21, 2021
Legislation that would make the District the 51st state is scheduled for a House vote on Thursday — and the prospects of the federal city achieving statehood received at least a ceremonial boost on Tuesday.

Washington Business Journal: Experts detail when they expect more meaningful recovery for…

Editor Apr 21, 2021
Downtown D.C.’s travel and leisure industry is slowly but surely recovering from the depths of the pandemic, but it could take until next year for hotel occupancy in the city's central business district to inch past the halfway mark…

CNN: Capitol Hill security reverses plan to reinstall outer perimeter fencing at Capitol

Editor Apr 20, 2021
(CNN) — Capitol Hill security forces abruptly reversed plans to reinstall outer perimeter fencing on Capitol Complex grounds meant to protect against potential unrest related to the high-profile trial of former Minneapolis police officer…

WTOP: DCPS chancellor proposes name change for Woodrow Wilson High School

Editor Apr 20, 2021
D.C.’s Woodrow Wilson High School may soon have a partial name change.

DCist: At Black Lives Matter Plaza, Quiet Relief In The Wake Of The Chauvin Verdict

Editor Apr 20, 2021
London Williams and Stephanie Toledo were on a date when they saw the crowd at Black Lives Matter Plaza. The couple stopped and crouched around an iPhone, streaming the scene from Minneapolis. Williams anxiously clutched his masked face.

Philip Bump in The Post: Low population is not a reason to deny D.C. statehood, as Wyoming can…

Editor Apr 20, 2021
Rep. Nancy Mace on Tuesday offered reporters her opinion on why D.C. should not be granted statehood.

WTOP: ‘A step towards delivering justice’: DC region reacts to verdict in Chauvin trial

Editor Apr 20, 2021
The jury has made its decision and found a former Minneapolis police officer guilty in the killing of George Floyd, whose death last summer sparked worldwide protests calling for police reform.

Washington Post: In D.C., the guilty verdict in Chauvin trial is met with cheers, tears and relief

Editor Apr 20, 2021
A deep sense of relief rippled across the nation’s capital shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday as the guilty verdicts in the trial of Derek Chauvin were announced in a Minnesota courtroom. George Floyd died 1,100 miles from Washington, but his…

Washington Post: D.C. Council advances block-by-block plan for future city development

Editor Apr 20, 2021
The D.C. Council on Tuesday advanced amendments to the massive blueprint that will shape city development in coming years, though several lawmakers voiced concerns that the changes do not adequately address systemic racial and…

DCist: D.C. Is Spraying Gingko Trees This Week To Prevent Vomit Stench

Editor Apr 20, 2021
Gingkos are one of D.C.’s iconic trees — second only, perhaps, to the famous blossoming cherry trees. The ginkgo’s unique, fan-shaped leaves turn a shocking yellow in the fall, creating corridors of autumnal color, then drop all at once,…

UrbanTurf: DC Council (Finally) Resumes Discussion on the Comprehensive Plan

Editor Apr 20, 2021
After years of public debate and development delays, the DC Council resumed consideration of amendments to the city's Comprehensive Plan on Tuesday — and the implications of passage remain unclear.

Courtland Milloy in The Post: Tony Lewis Jr. helps men freed from prison. He wants his father to be…

Editor Apr 20, 2021
Tony Lewis Jr. was 9 years old when his father was sentenced to life in prison for drug dealing. A father in prison is known to increase the chances of the son following in his footsteps. Not so with Lewis. He went to college, not jail.

Washington Post: Gate 35X ends its 24-year run with a water cannon salute (and a small delay)

Editor Apr 20, 2021
The final departure Monday night out of Gate 35X began with a water cannon salute and ended in the most Gate 35X way possible: a delay because of maintenance issues.

Washington Post: D.C. proposes renaming Woodrow Wilson High School after playwright August Wilson

Editor Apr 20, 2021
D.C.’s schools chancellor on Tuesday proposed renaming Woodrow Wilson High in Northwest Washington after August Wilson, the celebrated playwright known for his revelatory art about the African-American experience in the 20th century.

DCist: Washington Sports Club To Pay D.C. $100K For Allegedly Violating COVID-19 Safety Protocols

Editor Apr 20, 2021
Washington Sports Club’s parent company will pay D.C. $100,000 as part of a settlement over allegations that it did not adhere to the city’s COVID-19 emergency protocols and put customers at risk.

Washington Business Journal: D.C. picks partners for long-awaited school redevelopment

Editor Apr 20, 2021
D.C. officials have selected a team of developers to remake a pair of shuttered schools near Truxton Circle into a mix of apartments and for-sale townhomes, including some managed by a community land trust to build opportunities for…
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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…

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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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