Washington Post: D.C. police will no longer handcuff children under 12
D.C. police officers will no longer handcuff children under age 12, except in situations deemed dangerous to the child or the public, a new guideline designed to improve how police engage with juvenile suspects, Chief Peter Newsham said.
Washington Business Journal: Jack Evans is running for the D.C. Council seat he just resigned over…
Jack Evans, who stepped down from the D.C. Council Jan. 17 amid an ethics scandal that was about to lead to his expulsion, will make a run for his old seat.
Washington Business Journal: D.C.’s Mason & Rook Hotel to be renovated and rebranded this…
Viceroy Hotels & Resorts will be the latest brand to launch in the District this summer with the former Kimpton-managed Mason & Rook Hotel, which is undergoing an $8 million renovation and rebrand.
WAMU: Girl Scouts Go To Bat For An Official D.C. Mammal — An Endangered Brown Bat
In popular culture, they’re thought of as flying creatures of the night: airborne, beady-eyed and disease-ridden animals that will dive bomb onto an innocent person’s head in search of a meal of human blood.
WUSA9: ‘I can’t process it’ | She saved a homeless man from being shot by Capitol…
Anthony Williams was fatally stabbed only steps from where a disturbing, viral video unfolded. The woman who stepped in to save him cannot find meaning in his death.
WUSA9: ‘We want the new entrants’ | Locals hope DC Main Streets Program can revitalize…
Rising rents and commercial competition from other Northwest neighborhoods are obstacles Glover Park business owners want to overcome.
ABC7: Chase opens first bank for deaf and hard of hearing in D.C.
JPMorgan Chase has officially opened the first retail branch designed to serve the deaf and hard of hearing community.
City Paper: Jack Evans Resigned to Avoid Expulsion. Now He’s Filed to Run For the Seat He…
The special election, forced by Evans' resignation, will cost the city an estimated $1 million.
Washington Post: She collected art worth millions. Now, she’s giving the coveted collection to…
When Patricia Walters started building her art collection in the mid-1980s, she nabbed whatever caught her attention — from a verdant watercolor landscape by Lois Mailou Jones to the Harlem Renaissance-era work of Jacob Lawrence.
WTOP: Winter Blitz: Fixes on the way for ‘deplorable conditions’ at DC firehouses
Broken washer-dryers, sputtering HVAC systems and unlit rooms might not be what you’d expect to see inside a D.C. firehouse, but that’s exactly what Council member Charles Allen saw, calling the conditions “shocking.”
WTOP: Jack Evans files to run again for DC Council
Ten days after officially resigning amid an ongoing ethics scandal, Jack Evans is making moves to reclaim his D.C. Council seat.
Press Release: Councilmember Vincent C. Gray’s Statement Opposing the Proposed Location of CORE DC’s…
News Release — Ward 7 DC Council Vincent Gray
January 27, 2020
Contact: Takiyah “T.N.” Tate
Washington, D.C. - Recently, CORE DC, LLC sent an updated bid offer to provide a 300-bed Residential Reentry Center “halfway house”…
Washingtonian: Jeff Bezos’ DC Mansion Has Made Its Social Debut
The decor is "very theatrical."
DCist: Jack Evans Resigned 10 Days Ago. He Just Filed For Reelection
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.