DCist: McMillan, D.C.’s Most Cursed Development Project, Explained
A series of legal hurdles this month have stymied the long-planned, long-plagued redevelopment of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site. But for anyone who has been following this situation, the idea that the courts have dealt a blow to the…
DCist: Washington Post Suspends Journalist Who Shared Tweets About Kobe Bryant’s Rape Case
The Washington Post is facing criticism over a decision to suspend reporter Felicia Sonmez on Sunday after she tweeted out a 2016 Daily Beast story that detailed Kobe Bryant’s 2003 rape case.
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Establish National Effort to Promote Healthy Lifestyles…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
January 27, 2020
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Promoting Healthier Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise…
Local author Jason Reynolds earns nationwide ambassador role from Library of Congress
When Jason Reynolds was introduced earlier this month onstage at Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress, a packed audience of middle and high school students from DC erupted into a standing ovation. Reynolds, in turn, assured them…
NBC4: Jack Evans Marches in Parade Days After Resigning Amid Ethics Violations
Nine days after disgraced former D.C. Council member Jack Evans resigned from office for ethics violations, he walked in a parade alongside the District's mayor and the D.C. Council chairman.
David Schwartzman: From Democrat to ‘independent’ — the opportunism of the switch
Suppose you’re a registered DC Democrat active in the party with political ambition and you want to become an at-large member of the DC Council. Knowing there are two at-large seats up for election, which do you choose: the one to be…
UrbanTurf: Big Development Plans In the Works for Site in Southeast DC
A new planned unit development (PUD) application is on the horizon for a sited in Near Southeast, and the upcoming plans seem reminiscent of what was previously approved.
Washingtonian: Where Will the President’s Supporters Hang Out If the Trump Hotel’s Lease Is Sold?
Harry's? Cafe Milano? Or maybe a Sean Spicer Disco…
District Links: Mayor looks to lease vacant Ward 8 school for new charter high school; why some…
Good Monday morning. In a city with a right-to-shelter law during freezing temperatures, some homeless people still prefer the streets.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces KIPP DC to Construct New High School and Recreation Center at…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education and the DC Department of General Services
January 27, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Collin Lever (DME)
Donna Harris (DGS)
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Washington Business Journal: Sofitel Washington D.C. to be sold
The owner of the Sofitel Washington D.C. hotel on Lafayette Square will sell the 237-room hotel by the end of the first quarter of 2020.
Washington Post: Games that offer cash rewards are flooding the region. Is it illegal gambling?
It was game day at the District’s city hall, where lawmakers and their staff fiddled with joysticks and mashed buttons to capture dragons flying across the screen of a machine the size of a pool table.
Washington Business Journal: Museum of African American History and Culture gets a huge gift from…
Walmart has gifted $5 million to the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, the second large gift the retail giant has given to the Smithsonian museum in its lifetime.
Washington Post: KIPP, the city’s largest charter network, is expanding with a lease for a vacant…
The District plans to lease an empty school building to the KIPP DC charter network, giving the largest charter operator in the city an even bigger footprint. The lease, which city officials announced Monday, marks the first time Mayor…
Washington Post: At Lunar New Year parade in D.C., festivities mix with face masks and fear of…
The Lunar New Year parade felt different to Stephanie Cheng this year.
Washington Post: ‘Girl power’: For women inmates at the D.C. jail, participation in mock trial…
Shaseana Jackson had been up late into the night, getting on her cellmate’s very last nerve, repeatedly going over the closing arguments she was scheduled to deliver the following day.
ABC7: Kobe Bryant’s foundation gave at least $1M to build Museum of African American History
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The foundation created by NBA legend Kobe Bryant, who died Sunday, and his wife Vanessa, helped fund the creation of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Washingtonian: 92 Hidden Gems and Attractions in Washington
Behind-the-scenes tours, quirky museums, secret bars, and other fascinating but little-known things to see and do.
Street Sense: Rent Strike: Facing eviction, tenants rally outside courthouse demanding repairs
Nearly a dozen D.C. tenants and community activists rallied against the uninhabitable conditions of their apartments in front of the D.C. Landlord and Tenant Court on Jan. 22.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: During a year that brought a second set of twins and cancer, a couple…
If life were gentler, the call from Yaroslav Koporulin’s doctor would have come another day.