Capital Projections: Separated sisters edition
After a slew of high-profile holiday openings, 2020 begins with a pair of compelling new films, one a tropical melodrama and the other a 3D documentary about one of the dance world’s most challenging artists. Also on screen is an…
Bisnow: Head Of D.C. Housing Finance Agency Dies At 51
Todd Lee, who became D.C.'s top housing finance official after a 25-year career in the private sector, died Wednesday. He was 51.
WTOP: Downtown closure over Metro vent shaft concerns will last 4 months
It will take about four months to fix a major artery in downtown D.C. that engineers said may not support the weight of vehicles and cause them to fall straight into a Metro vent shaft.
WAMU: ‘Everybody Loves You On The Way Out The Door’: Gypsy Sally’s Owners Reflect On Closure
Gypsy Sally’s, a Georgetown music venue known for booking jam bands and up-and-coming local singers, will shut down this weekend. The building’s owners plan to turn the space into condominiums.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. Housing Finance Agency chief Todd Lee dies at 51
Todd Lee, the head of the D.C. Housing Finance Agency, died Wednesday. He was 51.
WAMU: D.C. Homicides Reach Highest Tally In A Decade
More than 160 people lost their lives to violent crime in D.C. this past year, as city officials struggle to address the rising homicide count for the second year in a row.
Washington Post: D.C. Council weighs banning flavored e-cigarettes and menthol cigarettes
Anti-tobacco advocates on Thursday urged the D.C. Council to add menthol cigarettes to its list of banned items as lawmakers consider prohibiting all flavored vaping products in the nation’s capital.
Bisnow: Construction Resumes At Fannie Mae Site After Fatal Accident
Workers have resumed construction on a Northwest D.C. site where one man died in an accident.
Washington Post: Two D.C. employers to pay almost $500,000 in wage theft cases
The District’s attorney general said Thursday that two employers will pay almost $500,000 in penalties to their workers and the city after investigations into wage theft.
WAMU: D.C. Writers Celebrate The 200th Birthday Of A Famous — And Forgotten — Local Novelist
While many of us were at home relaxing family or contemplating the impending arrival of the new year, Washington novelist Mary Kay Zuravleff was spending a few quiet moments at a gravestone in Georgetown’s historic Oak Hill Cemetery.
WTOP: Medium Rare closes Capitol Hill location, but will expand another
Cleveland Park steakhouse Medium Rare has closed its Capitol Hill outpost on Eighth Street Southeast, but Barracks Row’s loss may be Nationals fans’ gain.
Bisnow: D.C. Office Market Ends 2019 With Whimper Amid WeWork Pause
D.C.'s office market experienced a slow 2019 that became even worse toward the end of the year as one of the main demand drivers — coworking providers — hit the pause button.
WTOP: ‘They’re so addicted’: DC Council hears concerns on youth vaping
As the D.C. Council considers three bills targeting electronic cigarettes and nicotine addiction, advocates and citizens have voiced concern that tobacco products are aimed primarily at children and African Americans.
Press Release: AG Racine Announces Two District Employers Must Pay Nearly $500K In Unpaid Wages To…
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OAG Resolves Wage Theft Enforcement Actions Against Rock Spring Contracting and J.D. Nursing and Management Services
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UrbanTurf: A “Bodega” and a Speakeasy Among Amenities at Proposed 421-Room Downtown DC Hotel…
More than two years after plans were revealed for one of DC’s oldest known surviving apartment buildings, The Harrison has a new developer and a new proposal for redevelopment.
DCist: Pedestrian Killed In A Hit-And-Run On New Year’s Day
The new year wasn’t even five hours old when the District recorded its first traffic fatality.
WTOP: DC Council hears vape-addicted ‘kids taking products to bed with them’
As the council of the District of Columbia considers three bills targeting electronic cigarettes and nicotine addiction, advocates and citizens have voiced concern that tobacco products are aimed primarily at children and…
Washington Post: This straight-A student’s childhood was punctured by gun violence. He started a…
When RuQuan Brown and his father met with an Ivy League football coach in December, he recalls his father making a striking statement, one that shapes the way the teenager views the successes he has already achieved.
UrbanTurf: A 238-Room “Lifestyle Hotel” Proposed for Chinatown
The Chinatown/Mount Vernon Triangle hotel scene continues to grow.
jonetta rose barras: Where is the forward motion in the DC Council?
While I was working many years ago as a community organizer in Jackson, Mississippi, my colleague Marie Ory tried to teach me a few things about the tender care a car needs under its hood. I was, of course, a lost cause. I have always had…