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Washington Post: Bye-bye, bouncy seats: District to raze RFK Stadium by 2021

Editor Sep 5, 2019
The District plans to tear down the dilapidated RFK Stadium by 2021, a move officials say is driven by a need to save money and not to advance any plans for the Redskins to build a new football stadium there.

Curbed: D.C. region needs 374K new homes by 2030 to accommodate expected growth, report finds

Editor Sep 5, 2019
220,000 families are at particular risk of displacement from high housing prices

WTOP: Diapers will be tax-free in DC starting October

Editor Sep 5, 2019
Beginning next month, those who buy diapers in the District won’t have to pay any taxes on them.

Washington Post: At center of changing D.C., requiem for a funeral home that catered to African…

Editor Sep 5, 2019
The thick, dusty ledgers were scattered about the cluttered office, 18 of them, their pages filled with neat script documenting the deaths of thousands of black Washingtonians over the course of a half-century.

Bisnow: Co-Living Company Expands To D.C., Takes Portion Of New Union Market Apartment Building

Editor Sep 5, 2019
A German co-living company is expanding to the D.C. market with its sixth and largest U.S. location.

WAMU: Half-Smokes, Pupusas And Mumbo — Oh My! D.C.’s Iconic Foods And Where To Find Them

Editor Sep 5, 2019
You can tell you’re in Washington, D.C., just by looking at it. The White House, the Capitol, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials — so many landmarks that say to residents and visitors alike: this is the nation’s…

Washington Informer: Councilman Blasts 7-Eleven for Selling Expired Food

Editor Sep 5, 2019
The slogan “Oh thank heaven for 7-Eleven” means nothing to D.C. Council member Trayon White, who recently blasted the convenience store’s Ward 8 locations for selling expired food to his constituents.

Washington Informer: Campbell Challenges Trayon White for Council Seat

Editor Sep 5, 2019
Ward 8 resident Richard Campbell will run against D.C. Councilman Trayon White in the 2020 Democratic primary, saying that he has a lot of personal respect for White but thinks he will be a better legislator for the ward.

Washington Informer: Anacostia Council to Aid Census Count in Ward 8

Editor Sep 5, 2019
For years, Ward 8 residents have been undercounted during the decennial census but the Anacostia Coordinating Council has determined that 2020 will be different.

UrbanTurf: Co-living Concept Takes Over One-Third of Units at Union Market Apartment Building

Editor Sep 5, 2019
A co-living concept is taking over one-third of a nearly-completed multifamily development in Union Market.

Washingtonian: Union Market is Getting a Huge New Co-Living Building

Editor Sep 5, 2019
The Highline was originally planned as typical apartments. But plans just changed dramatically.

Washington Post: Black girls say D.C. school dress codes unfairly target them. Now they’re speaking…

Editor Sep 5, 2019
For generations, girls have been sent to the principal’s office for violating dress codes: Shorts must reach past fingertips. Shirts can’t be too low-cut. No spaghetti straps. No cleavage.

WAMU: Transit Advocates Say That In D.C. And Elsewhere, A Lack Of Late-Night Options Is Hurting…

Editor Sep 5, 2019
When Metro decided to scale back its late-night hours in 2016, some workers worried that they would be left without an easy way to get home — especially in a city and region bustling with new bars, restaurants and nightlife options.

City Paper: How Charter Schools Won D.C. Politics

Editor Sep 5, 2019
Federal intervention, an army of lobbyists, and taxpayer money have helped D.C. charters keep local lawmakers off their backs.

City Paper: What Happened in Vegas?

Editor Sep 5, 2019
The Council and mayor spent more than $41,000 and courted supermarkets. That's what.

Washington Business Journal: Co-living operator buys into Union Market, taking over large part of…

Editor Sep 5, 2019
German co-living operator Quarters has bought its way into the District with plans to fully furnish and lease 99 units at The Highline at Union Market, a new development in Northeast.

Washington Post: As a panda era closes, Bei Bei gets a checkup and ‘signs’ some keepsakes

Editor Sep 5, 2019
A blood-oxygen monitor is clipped to the animal’s large pink tongue. An endoscope has been fed down his throat to examine his small intestine. And technician Jayne Hutcheson is swabbing his paws with blue paint for keepsake paw prints.

NBC4: DC Police Chief Orders Quicker Response to Possible Fire Code Violations

Editor Sep 4, 2019
The order follows a deadly fire at an illegal rental property that killed a 9-year-old boy and a man

WTOP: DC police chief issues executive order in response to deadly fire

Editor Sep 4, 2019
D.C.’s police chief issued an executive order Tuesday that establishes new protocols for reporting and responding to potential fire code violations.

Washington Post: D.C. officials strengthen policies for dangerous code violations after deadly fire

Editor Sep 4, 2019
D.C. public safety agencies will adopt policies to ensure that life-threatening building code violations are promptly addressed, an effort to prevent the kind of missteps that preceded a deadly fire last month in Brightwood Park, officials…
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District Links: DC Council set for final vote tomorrow on FY 2027 budget legislation; Trump administration renews…

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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson this morning distributed the latest version of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Support Act, which is slated for final consideration at an additional legislative meeting…

District Links: DC touts two-year-old FEMS transfusion program as lifesaving success; record fireworks show brings air…

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The DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is hailing the success of its two-year-old program that enables paramedics to administer whole blood to critically injured and medically unstable…

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…
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