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WTOP: Jack Evans files to run again for DC Council

Editor Jan 27, 2020
Ten days after officially resigning amid an ongoing ethics scandal, Jack Evans is making moves to reclaim his D.C. Council seat.

Washingtonian: Jeff Bezos’ DC Mansion Has Made Its Social Debut

Editor Jan 27, 2020
The decor is "very theatrical."

DCist: Jack Evans Resigned 10 Days Ago. He Just Filed For Reelection

Editor Jan 27, 2020
Jack Evans, the longest-serving legislator in D.C. history who resigned earlier this month amid an ongoing ethics scandal, just filed to run for election as Ward 2 Councilmember yet again.

Washington Post: Jack Evans to run for D.C. Council after resigning seat amid ethics scandal

Editor Jan 27, 2020
Jack Evans is mounting a political comeback for his old seat on the D.C. Council, after resigning this month before his colleagues could expel him from office over repeated ethics violations.

WAMU: Owner Of D.C. Building That Collapsed Failed To Install Covered Walkway On Sidewalk

Editor Jan 27, 2020
When the building on the corner of Florida Avenue and Staples Street NE collapsed suddenly two weeks ago, debris crashed down on the sidewalk below — narrowly missing two people who had just walked by. But city documents now show that the…

Washingtonian: Washington Post Union Blasts Paper for Suspending Reporter Over Kobe Bryant Tweets

Editor Jan 27, 2020
The Guild expresses "alarm and dismay" about Felicia Sonmez's administrative leave.

Washington Times: House GOP asks panel for Jack Evans’ testimony for D.C. statehood

Editor Jan 27, 2020
House Republicans are requesting that Jack Evans be invited for a closed-door interview to discuss under oath his ethical transgressions as a member of the D.C. Council and the Metro Board as a precondition for considering statehood for…

City Paper: What the Decision to Close Washington Met Taught Its Students About Activism

Editor Jan 27, 2020
Washington Met, an alternative school serving 157 middle and high schoolers, is struggling. The school has plenty of student parents but no daycare. There’s a library but no librarian or computers. While other alternative schools offer…

Washington Post: Days after resigning, Jack Evans joins D.C. elected officials for Lunar New Year

Editor Jan 27, 2020
He may no longer be an elected official, but former D.C. Council member Jack Evans still had a front-row seat for this weekend’s Lunar New Year festivities.

DCist: McMillan, D.C.’s Most Cursed Development Project, Explained

Editor Jan 27, 2020
A series of legal hurdles this month have stymied the long-planned, long-plagued redevelopment of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site. But for anyone who has been following this situation, the idea that the courts have dealt a blow to the…

DCist: Washington Post Suspends Journalist Who Shared Tweets About Kobe Bryant’s Rape Case

Editor Jan 27, 2020
The Washington Post is facing criticism over a decision to suspend reporter Felicia Sonmez on Sunday after she tweeted out a 2016 Daily Beast story that detailed Kobe Bryant’s 2003 rape case.

NBC4: Jack Evans Marches in Parade Days After Resigning Amid Ethics Violations

Editor Jan 27, 2020
Nine days after disgraced former D.C. Council member Jack Evans resigned from office for ethics violations, he walked in a parade alongside the District's mayor and the D.C. Council chairman.

UrbanTurf: Big Development Plans In the Works for Site in Southeast DC

Editor Jan 27, 2020
A new planned unit development (PUD) application is on the horizon for a sited in Near Southeast, and the upcoming plans seem reminiscent of what was previously approved.

Washingtonian: Where Will the President’s Supporters Hang Out If the Trump Hotel’s Lease Is Sold?

Editor Jan 27, 2020
Harry's? Cafe Milano? Or maybe a Sean Spicer Disco…

Washington Business Journal: Sofitel Washington D.C. to be sold

Editor Jan 27, 2020
The owner of the Sofitel Washington D.C. hotel on Lafayette Square will sell the 237-room hotel by the end of the first quarter of 2020.

Washington Post: Games that offer cash rewards are flooding the region. Is it illegal gambling?

Editor Jan 27, 2020
It was game day at the District’s city hall, where lawmakers and their staff fiddled with joysticks and mashed buttons to capture dragons flying across the screen of a machine the size of a pool table.

Washington Business Journal: Museum of African American History and Culture gets a huge gift from…

Editor Jan 27, 2020
Walmart has gifted $5 million to the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, the second large gift the retail giant has given to the Smithsonian museum in its lifetime.

Washington Post: KIPP, the city’s largest charter network, is expanding with a lease for a vacant…

Editor Jan 27, 2020
The District plans to lease an empty school building to the KIPP DC charter network, giving the largest charter operator in the city an even bigger footprint. The lease, which city officials announced Monday, marks the first time Mayor…

Washington Post: At Lunar New Year parade in D.C., festivities mix with face masks and fear of…

Editor Jan 27, 2020
The Lunar New Year parade felt different to Stephanie Cheng this year.

Washington Post: ‘Girl power’: For women inmates at the D.C. jail, participation in mock trial…

Editor Jan 27, 2020
Shaseana Jackson had been up late into the night, getting on her cellmate’s very last nerve, repeatedly going over the closing arguments she was scheduled to deliver the following day.
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