DCist: D.C. Housing Authority Director Brenda Donald Will Resign This Summer
D.C. Housing Authority Director Brenda Donald will depart the agency this summer, according to a late night announcement from officials.
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Washington Post: D.C. Housing Authority director Brenda Donald to step down
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Donald is departing after less than two years on the job and with the agency under fire
Washington Business Journal: Ascension to shut down Providence hospital campus services, cut bait on D.C. ‘healthy…
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Providence Health System has decided to cut bait on a long-promised but slow-to-deliver health care campus that would’ve replaced its now-defunct Northeast D.C. hospital — and is laying groundwork to…
DCist: D.C. Has Reached Hotel Capacity For Newly Arrived Migrants
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D.C. officials say hotels meant to provide migrant families who have been bused to the region with temporary housing have been filled to capacity.
DCist: Budget Cuts Could Wipe Out Small Orgs That Serve Survivors Of Domestic Violence
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Organizations that serve domestic violence survivors say they have an annual ritual.
Axios: Congress takes on fight over long flights out of Reagan Airport
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Washington-area lawmakers are on a collision course with representatives from Texas and out West over the reach of Reagan National Airport.
DCist: Ben Vinson, Scholar Of The African Diaspora, To Be Howard University’s New President
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Howard University has announced its next president, Ben Vinson III, a current provost, vice president, and history professor at Case Western Reserve University. Vinson, a historian of the African…
DCist: D.C. Council Passes Emergency Bill Offering Restaurants Relief Against Higher Delivery App Fees
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The D.C. Council unanimously passed emergency legislation Tuesday that aims to ensure that food delivery companies like DoorDash and UberEats don’t overcharge restaurants for basic services.
Washington Post: Migrants find no space in crowded hotels leased by D.C., council members say
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District officials have stopped placing migrant families arriving on buses from Texas and Arizona and by other means in hotels meant as temporary lodging, telling those people that there is no more…
Washington Post: Howard University names scholar of the African diaspora as its new president
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Ben Vinson III is now provost of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland
Axios: Leaders clash over the future of K Street
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D.C.’s leaders are again divided over how to fix downtown’s decline amid the rise of teleworking and the absence of federal workers.
DCist: Hundreds Line Up For What Could Be Their Last Chance To Get Public Housing
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Two hours after the doors of Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library opened on Monday to residents on the city’s waiting list for public housing, 53-year-old Michelle Jennings was still inching along…
City Paper: Bowser’s Car-Centric Design Changes Have United Advocates Behind K Street Transitway Cuts
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Charles Allen’s plans to fund free Metrobus service by raiding the downtown project have gradually attracted more support.
WTOP: Will lunch out become more expensive? Tipped minimum wage increases in DC
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You may be paying a little more for that pasta primavera or bacon cheeseburger at your favorite lunch spot in D.C.
Washington Business Journal: Georgetown University pitches huge redevelopment of law center near Capitol Hill
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Georgetown University is pitching a significant redevelopment of its Gewirz Student Center building near Capitol Hill.
DCist: A ‘Downtown Killer:’ Mayor Bowser Decries D.C. Council Plan To Cancel K Street Transitway Project
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday pushed back against a pair of budget proposals from the D.C. Council which she decried as “downtown killers” that would hamper the city’s plans to help revitalize…
Washington Post: K Street, rideshare surcharge proposals would harm downtown D.C., mayor says
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Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Monday criticized the D.C. Council’s plan to pay for free Metrobus service at the expense of a long-planned downtown transit project that she said is critical to…
Axios: H Street set for big makeover with largest development coming
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The H Street NE AutoZone and its large surface parking lot would turn into 200 apartments under a new redevelopment proposal.
WTOP: DC council member wants to add $2 rideshare surcharge for some downtown trips
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A D.C. council member is advocating to include a $2 surcharge on rideshare trips, hoping to encourage more people to use public transit and decrease traffic congestion.
Washington Post: Police chief’s exit the latest among key D.C. government departures
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The retirement of D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III — who plans to take a top-level position with the FBI — is the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the administration of Mayor…