District Links: Brandon Todd posts big fundraising total amid challenges from the left; GWU suing…
Happy Thursday. The Green Team has held the Ward 4 DC Council seat since 2000, succeeding with their familiar formula of emphasizing constituent services and amassing a powerful donor base. Twice a council member has become mayor — Adrian…
City Paper: A Yelp Alternative Launches in D.C. Today That Lets Users Rate Individual Dishes
The co-founders describe Simmer as the app for indecisive eaters.
Washington Business Journal: As frustrations mount over DCRA, pressure builds to break up the agency
Union leaders, renters’ advocates, small businesses and even D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson have lost patience with efforts to reform the District’s licensing and regulatory agency — perhaps enough to finally break it up.
WTOP: After Oct. Metro crash, smoother automatic operations may be delayed indefinitely
Metro may not return to smoother, more efficient automatic train operation for five to seven years, since the current system may be scrapped before it ever gets reactivated.
UrbanTurf: New Details and More Views of 31-Unit Residential Development Planned Near Uptown Theater
The plans for a proposed development just south of the Uptown Theater have changed a bit in recent weeks.
WTOP: Benning Market food hall breaks ground in Ward 7
Food halls are popping up all over the Washington region and now one is opening in D.C.’s Ward 7.
Brandon Todd faces challengers to his left as Green Team aims to hold onto Ward 4 council seat
Nine months after taking unpaid leave to care for her critically ill father in DC, Janeese Lewis George watched Brandon Todd, her Ward 4 Council member, vote against a landmark bill guaranteeing workers paid time off to care for relatives.…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Celebrates DC Family of Six Receiving Stable Housing Through Annual “A…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Human Services
December 11, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Dora Taylor-Lowe (DHS)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser celebrated the…
Washington Times: D.C. Council weighs breakup of consumer and regulatory agency
The D.C. Council on Tuesday considered legislation that would break up the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) into two agencies and moved forward with procedures to expel council member Jack Evans.
Washington Business Journal: GWU sues majority owner of Foggy Bottom hospital
George Washington University is suing Universal Health Services Inc., its corporate partner at its Foggy Bottom hospital, alleging it inappropriately redirected $100 million from the hospital to pay itself “in the form of outsized…
WAMU: What Will The Newseum Look Like When (Or If) It Reopens? Local Leaders Weigh In
If you’re hungry for a pessimistic metaphor on the state of journalism today, look no further than the Newseum. The museum will shut down at the end of this month after years of financial struggles.
WTOP: District reveals latest plan to improve notorious ‘Dave Thomas Circle’
There is a revised plan to improve safety at one of D.C.’s most notorious intersections, nicknamed “Dave Thomas Circle.”
Washington Post: Trump intends to nominate Jessie Liu, U.S. attorney for D.C., to top Treasury Dept.…
President Trump announced plans Tuesday to nominate Jessie K. Liu, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, to become the Treasury Department’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes, leading the administration’s…
CNN: The Jack Evans scandal explained: Why DC’s longest-serving politician may be removed from…
Washington (CNN) — As Washington, DC, hones in on impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, local officials in the nation's capital are focused on their own potential ousting: that of City Councilmember Jack Evans.
WAMU: Metro Agrees To 4-Year Deal With Union Workers That Could End Privatization Efforts
Metro and its largest union, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, say they’ve reached a tentative agreement addressing union concerns over privatization.
Washington Post: GWU sues corporate hospital partner, leaving fate of Southeast project uncertain
George Washington University is suing its corporate partner in one of the Washington region’s foremost hospitals, crossing a new threshold in a dispute that could affect plans to build a new medical center east of the Anacostia River.
WTOP: Metro, union reach contract deal that cuts short privatization push
Metro and its largest union have reached an agreement on a four-year contract that will head off some privatization efforts.
WAMU: Will Metro Ever Put Its Trains Back On Automated Mode?
Metro may be five to seven years away from returning its trains to running on automatic mode, known as Automatic Train Operation, or ATO, according to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission.
Washington Times: D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine sues Greyhound over idling buses
D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine has filed a lawsuit against Greyhound for idling its buses at Union Station for longer than the legal limit, polluting the air and endangering the health of commuters and workers.
Washington Post: Returning to an autopilot system is not in Metro’s plans for at least five years,…
Over the past decade, talk of returning Metrorail to an autopilot system has risen and faded repeatedly, lingering around as an unresolved question after the 2009 fatal collision of two Metro trains in Fort Totten.