Washingtonian: How Two High-Powered DC Executives Found Time to Write Genre Novels
Constance Sayers and Tom Rosenstiel have written about witches and detectives, respectively. They're keeping their day jobs.
Washington Blade: D.C. Council member White announces re-election bid
D.C. Council member Trayon White (D-Ward 8) on Monday officially announced his decision to run for a second term in office at a rally at the headquarters of Check It Enterprises, the LGBTQ clothing manufacturing business in Anacostia that…
District Links: AG Racine files suit against Trump inaugural committee; Washington Met community…
Students fight for school: Washington Metropolitan Opportunity Academy is on the chopping block, with a final decision expected soon on a DC Public Schools proposal to make it the first school since 2013 to be shut down.
Washington Post: Largest gift in Howard University history to fund science and technology
A $10 million dollar gift — the largest in Howard University’s roughly 150-year history — will allow the school to expand its science and technology program and offer partial scholarships to two students annually, the school announced…
Press Release: AG Racine Sues Presidential Inaugural Committee and Trump Entities for Abusing…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
January 22, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Committee Staff Collaborated with Trump Family to Dramatically Overpay for Use of Trump Hotel Event Spaces
WASHINGTON,…
Washington Post: D.C. attorney general sues Trump inaugural committee over $1 million booking at…
D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine sued President Trump’s inaugural committee and business Wednesday, alleging that the committee violated its nonprofit status by spending more than $1 million to book a ballroom at Trump’s D.C. hotel…
City Paper: Shoppers Say Two D.C. Whole Foods Are Poorly Stocked. Some Blame Jeff Bezos.
When Felicia Meier, a real estate agent and member of the Adams Morgan-North Dupont Nextdoor, posted to the neighborhood listserv early last week out of frustration, it set off a chain reaction.
Washingtonian: DC is Getting a Hotel With a Record Store, a Rotating Line-up of DJs, and Food by the…
Starting in March, the Wink Hotel in the West End will become Yours Truly.
WAMU: Meet The Stone Carver Whose Work Is All Over Washington
Nick Benson has made a career out of chiseling other people’s names into stone.
WAMU: Christmas Trees Pile Up On D.C. Sidewalks As New Pickup System Falls Behind
Dried out Christmas trees have been accumulating on D.C. sidewalks in recent weeks, as city crews have fallen behind collecting them. The District Department of Public Works changed how it collects trees this holiday season, and now says…
Washington Post: This alternative campus has been struggling and may close. Students and staff blame…
City leaders, teachers and students all agree: Washington Metropolitan Opportunity Academy is struggling.
WAMU: D.C. Tenants Who Went On Strike Last Month Now Face Threat Of Eviction
Residents of a Columbia Heights apartment building who are withholding rent due to complaints about their building are due in court this week. The hearing could be an early step toward eviction, or it could offer a path toward…
DCist: Journalists Are Suing D.C. In Latest Lawsuit Over Police Handling Of Inauguration Protests
A pair of journalists who came to the District to cover the inauguration of President Donald Trump in 2017 are suing D.C. and its police force after they were pepper-sprayed and arrested during a demonstration that day—actions they claim…
District Dig: Brother’s Keeper — Mendelson took care of Evans until the end
The digital sign enterprise of serial fraud artist and convicted felon Donald MacCord was encountering rough seas in the fall of 2016.
Washington Business Journal: Buzzy shoe startup Rothy’s opens in Georgetown
Rothy’s, the shoe company that makes women’s staple flats out of recycled plastic, has opened a rare brick-and-mortar store in Georgetown.
DCist: Upshur Street’s Petworth Citizen To Close, Reopen As A Bookstore-Bar Hybrid
After six years in business, Upshur Street’s book-themed restaurant and bar Petworth Citizen will be closing its doors. The laid-back, lounge-style eatery will end its service at the end of the month, but the Petworth community won’t have…
Washington Business Journal: Monumental submits sportsbook application, D.C. mobile app to launch in…
Monumental Sports & Entertainment has submitted its formal application to open a sportsbook at the former Greene Turtle space at Capital One Arena.
District Links: Mendelson holds off on bill in unusual procedural hiccup; school tech advocates push…
Happy Tuesday. It’s not a false claim that DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson agreed this morning to hold off on an initial vote on a bill that would permit private lawsuits against taxpayers suspected of defrauding the DC government.
Press Release: Silverman Good Government Bill Protects the District Against Ethics Concerns on D.C.…
News Release — At-large DC Council member Elissa Silverman
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
CONTACT: Ashley Fox
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bill introduced today by D.C. Councilmember Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) addresses…
UrbanTurf: From Martha’s Table to Barrel House: The 330 Units Slated for 14th Street
Similar to the residential pipeline along the H Street Corridor, which UrbanTurf revisited recently, the 14th Street corridor is also quieting down as work wraps up on a handful of in-progress developments. While last year's delivery of…