District Dig: Willing Parties — Jack Evans didn’t act alone, so why haven’t his law firms faced…
The longest-ever D.C. Council career came to an end, or at least a pause, on January 17. Had Jack Evans not resigned at that time, all twelve of his colleagues were prepared to take the unprecedented step of expelling him from the Council.…
Washington Times: Ban on cashless businesses in D.C. would help unbanked, underbanked residents,…
The D.C. Council on Thursday considered legislation that would ban cashless, brick-and-mortar businesses in an effort to make the city less vulnerable to cyberattacks and more friendly to residents without banking or credit cards.
Hill Rag: Are the Homeless DC Residents? Do Encampments Threaten Children?
Encampments Near Garfield Park Spark Heated Discussion at ANC 6B
WTOP: ‘Policing is not a game’: DC public safety chair disturbed by arrest competition
The chairman of the D.C. Council’s public safety committee is responding to reports that a group of Metro Transit police officers made a game out of arresting people.
Press Release: Modified Holiday Schedule for Select District Services
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
February 13, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – District of Columbia Government offices will be closed on President’s Day (Monday, February 17, 2020). Below…
Capital Projections: Working women edition
A common thread runs throughout this week’s Valentine’s Day openings: depictions of women at work, from a fictional itinerant painter to documentary portraits of a celebrated movie critic and a biologist whose work should be better known.…
DCist: Eighth Democrat Joins Ward 2 D.C. Council Race, Widening An Already Crowded Field
If you thought the Ward 2 D.C. Council race was contested enough, think again. Brooke Pinto, a 27-year-old Logan Circle resident who most recently worked as a lawyer for the District government, is running as a Democrat for the seat…
Bisnow: New Food Hall Coming To MRP’s Foggy Bottom Redevelopment
The food hall trend continues to sweep the D.C. market, with the latest concept coming to a Foggy Bottom redevelopment project.
UrbanTurf: Too Much Digging, Not Enough Underpinning Caused Trinidad Building Collapse
In Jaunary, the dramatic collapse of a building under construction at 1102 Staples Street NE (map) was captured on video, inspiring speculation about what triggered the event and relief for the minimal injuries to workers and passers-by…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. gets new indoor play space, complete with bar and restaurant, in…
Ivy City is now home to The Lane, a new play space and social gathering spot targeting parents raising children in the city.
Washington Business Journal: What’s missing from Trump’s budget? A new FBI headquarters.
President Donald Trump's budget for the upcoming fiscal year excluded any funding for a new FBI headquarters as the prospect remains bogged down by unresolved questions including the extent of the White House's involvement in the decision…
WAMU: Should D.C. Businesses Be Forced To Accept Cash In An Era Of Digital Payments?
Between Apple Pay, Square and technology that turns our hands into credit cards, there are more ways to buy a sandwich than ever before. But retailers’ embrace of electronic payments threatens to leave many Washingtonians behind.
Washington Business Journal: Aetna protests award of D.C. health care contract to CareFirst
Aetna Inc. is protesting the District’s award of a contract to CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield for D.C. employees' health insurance coverage.
Washingtonian: Horace and Dickie’s Is Closing: What That Means for DC’s Black-Owned Businesses
An interview with Brandi Thompson Summers, whose recent book traces the gentrification of H Street
DCist: Mayor Bowser Went On CNN To Defend Bloomberg’s Controversial Remarks About Policing
Over the last several days, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign has been scrambling to contain a ballooning scandal related to a 2015 audio clip that surfaced online this week, in which the Democratic…
Washington Business Journal: The Library of Congress scores big donation from David Rubenstein
David Rubenstein is at it again.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: A homeless child is killed in a motel that was supposed to be a home
“We knew that baby was in trouble,” she said, turtle-hunched inside her jacket against the rain as she waited for the D6 bus with a knot of other women who live in a motel on one of the District’s ugliest stretches of street. “It’s Relisha…
DCist: Wilson Building Unveils New Art Exhibit With Pieces From The Corcoran Collection
Within the fourth floor of the John A. Wilson Building, between D.C. councilmembers’ offices and meeting rooms, is a curiously curated collection of 17 photographs that comes courtesy of the city’s first art museum.
Bisnow: Dantes Partners Launches New D.C. Projects, Names Affordable Building After Todd Lee
A new senior affordable housing project breaking ground soon in Northwest D.C. will be named in honor of the D.C. Housing Finance Agency chairman who died last month at 51.
WTOP: Significant problems found in Metro track safety and inspection department
Metro must fix inadequate, inconsistent or outdated track safety and maintenance policies that lead to some track workers essentially winging it and others skipping key maintenance or inspection procedures, the first-ever audit from the…