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WAMU: Go-Go Is D.C. D.C. Is Go-Go. Is That Changing?

Editor Oct 29, 2019
Go-go is Washington, D.C.’s music. It’s a point of pride. But as the city changes — growing more expensive and gentrifying — will the genre change along with it, or can the music shape the city’s future?

District Links: Law meant to allow no-bid lottery contract under scrutiny; Salvadorans with…

Editor Oct 29, 2019
Happy Tuesday. About 32,000 Salvadorans living in the Washington area had their Temporary Protected Status extended for one year.

District Dig: Hand of God — The mysterious provenance of the no-bid sports betting contract.

Editor Oct 29, 2019
How does a law to abandon procurement law for the purpose of awarding a single no-bid contract end up in court, with one judge saying it likely runs afoul of the Home Rule Act, and another saying the exact opposite?

Washington Business Journal: Is Barry Farm a historic landmark? An upcoming ruling will shape the…

Editor Oct 29, 2019
A D.C. panel is set to make a pivotal decision this week impacting plans to redevelop the Barry Farm public housing complex, a project more than 13 years in the making that has become a flashpoint in the persistent debate over housing…

Washington Post: D.C. animal shelter to close for one day after rodent infestation

Editor Oct 29, 2019
A rodent infestation is forcing a one-day closure of an animal shelter in Northeast Washington, and the Humane Rescue Alliance is waiving adoption fees for cats and dogs Tuesday and Wednesday to help the organization reduce the number of…

The Eagle: Protesters demand justice for student removed from apartment

Editor Oct 29, 2019
Organizers present list of demands to University

Washington Business Journal: Yahoo Sports users in D.C. could soon use app for sports betting

Editor Oct 29, 2019
Yahoo Sports users in regions that have legalized sports betting, including the District of Columbia, will find themselves only a few clicks away from a wager beginning next month thanks to a deal that makes Bet MGM the exclusive…

Curbed: New downtown foundation to support work on parks, homelessness, and events

Editor Oct 29, 2019
A new foundation linked with the DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) will help fundraise for quality-of-life improvements downtown, the BID revealed last week. The foundation, whose board includes the president of the BID as…

WTOP: DC animal shelter waives fees, seeks urgent adoptions amid critical maintenance

Editor Oct 29, 2019
A D.C. animal shelter is waiving fees to encourage speedy adoptions while it undergoes extensive maintenance this week because of a mite infestation.

Petula Dvorak in The Post: It isn’t baseball that unites Washington. It’s the chant: ‘Lock him up!’

Editor Oct 29, 2019
Sorry, Nats.

Washingtonian: NYT Scrubs a Couple of Inaccurate Sentences About DC

Editor Oct 29, 2019
"It's uncommon to meet a Washington native"? "Calling it a fun-loving city would be a stretch?" Really?

Washington Times: D.C. Council weighs independent office for child safety, ombudsman

Editor Oct 28, 2019
It’s been more than five years since an 8-year-old girl disappeared from a D.C. homeless shelter, and about two years since the former D.C. Child and Family Services Agency ombudsman was fired without cause.

Washington Post: ‘He’s going to be irreplaceable’: Veteran D.C. firefighter who maintained apparatus…

Editor Oct 28, 2019
Alex Graham was a fixture behind the wheel of Engine 21, part of a crew known as the Alley Rats that raced to calls around Northwest Washington’s Adams Morgan neighborhood.

Washington Business Journal: Local restaurateurs, brewers had a blast feeding the masses during the…

Editor Oct 28, 2019
Growing up in the D.C. area, D.C. Brau co-founder Brandon Skall says he and his now-business partner Jeff Hancock pined for the day that the city would have a winning team. Decades later, as the Nationals took their playoff run all the way…

Washingtonian: You Can Adopt a Pet for Free Through Wednesday at the Humane Rescue Alliance

Editor Oct 28, 2019
The group is desperate to clear its New York Avenue shelter to make way for "aggressive pest control."

Bisnow: Construction Set To Begin On 275-Unit Mount Vernon Triangle Apartment Building

Editor Oct 28, 2019
The joint venture that has built much of the new development in D.C.'s Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood is moving forward with another project.

Washington Business Journal: Landlord protests GSA’s effort to roll three D.C. leases into one

Editor Oct 28, 2019
A D.C.-based landlord is challenging the General Services Administration's efforts to roll a trio of federal agency leases into a single location near the Judiciary Square Metro in a bid to retain the federal tenants it has claimed for the…

DCist: U.S. Gives Salvadoran TPS Recipients Extended Protections, Granting Reprieve To 32,000 D.C.…

Editor Oct 28, 2019
Salvadorans are the largest immigrant group in D.C., according to Census and American Community Survey data culled by the Urban Institute. The community is so hugely influential among the Salvadoran diaspora that the owner of Lauriol…

WAMU: Airbnb And Other Homesharing Services Are Now Legal In D.C.

Editor Oct 28, 2019
After a years-long political and legislative saga, popular home-sharing services like Airbnb, VRBO and HomeAway are now legal in D.C.

Curbed: National Park Service scraps proposal to charge fees for D.C. protests

Editor Oct 28, 2019
The rules would have increased barriers to demonstrating along the National Mall
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