WAMU: D.C. Will Enforce Stricter Prosecution Of Gun Crimes Under New Initiative
Law enforcement agencies in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, are partnering under a new initiative from the U.S. Justice Department that seeks to better enforce existing gun laws, state officials announced at a joint press briefing on Friday.
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Washington Post: Trump’s Washington hotel has fallen behind competitors, with rooms running nearly…
President Trump’s Washington hotel has fallen well behind competing properties despite continuing to charge among the highest rates in the city, according to financial information provided to potential bidders as his company tries to sell…
Washington Post: New self-service emissions kiosk could save D.C. residents a trip to the DMV
The kiosk, at the Takoma Recreation Center, will allow residents to do their own testing.
Washington Business Journal: D.C.’s Pod hotel will change to the Hilton flag
The Pod D.C. hotel in Chinatown, which was the first for that chain in the city, will switch brands early next year to become the District’s first Motto by Hilton.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Launches District’s First Self-Service Vehicle Emissions Test Kiosk
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Motor Vehicles
November 15, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Jamie Miller (DMV)
Residents Will Have 24/7 Access to Perform Vehicle Emissions Inspections
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The DC Lineup for this weekend: families, food and fossils
The District is celebrating families this autumn weekend, with an adoption ceremony downtown and a field day in Anacostia. Festivals focused on cider, music, film and fossils — plus a history walk and a 5K/fun run — are also on the Lineup…
DCist: Metro Still Isn’t Ticketing Fare Evaders In D.C. Amid Ongoing Clash With City Lawmakers
More than six months after fare evasion was decriminalized in the District, Metro is still clashing with the D.C. Council over the policy.
District Links: AG Karl Racine hires recent defense atty for Rayful Edmond III; Evans sought stock…
TGIF. Over the summer, Attorney General Karl Racine surveyed city residents over how they felt about drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III getting a reduced sentence.
Capital Projections: Being alive edition
Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week.
MARRIAGE STORY
Is it a spoiler to warn viewers that a character…
Washingtonian: Georgetown Lands a Chic All-Day, Late-Night French Brasserie
Mirabelle restaurateur Hakah Ilhan goes more casual with Brasserie Liberté.
Washington Post: After Ethiopia trip, Bowser touts renewed bond with homeland of many D.C. residents
She met with the president and the prime minister, talked transportation and health care with local officials, visited an orphanage and an ancient church, and smiled broadly as a street was christened for her more than 7,000 miles from her…
Washington Post: D.C. lawmaker Jack Evans sought stock in sign company after acknowledging potential…
The investigation into ethics allegations against D.C. Council member Jack Evans released by the council last week provided fresh details about his dealings with a digital sign company at the heart of several probes into whether Evans used…
WAMU: Teachers On Cusp Of Creating First-Ever Union At D.C. Charter School
Teachers, staff, and management at one campus of the Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School in D.C. have agreed on a tentative union contract, putting the popular school a vote away from becoming the first charter school in the city’s…
Washington Post: From green to gone: The Arctic blast stripped Washington’s ginkgo trees overnight
Green today. Gone tomorrow. With the blast of Arctic air on Tuesday night, and temperatures crashing into the 20s, the foliage on ginkgo trees didn’t stand a chance.
DCist: Seven Reasons Named The Best New Restaurant In The Country By Esquire
Seven Reasons, 14th Street’s pan-Latin eatery, snagged the top spot on Esquire’s 2019 list of best new restaurants in the country.
DCist: Whitman-Walker Is Opening A Huge New Healthcare Facility At St. Elizabeths
Whitman-Walker Health is planning a new healthcare center at the St. Elizabeths East Campus, which will allow the healthcare provider to triple the number of people it can see annually in Southeast to 15,000 patients.
WTOP: DC restaurant tops Esquire’s Best New Restaurants list (and another makes the top 10)
Esquire Magazine’s 2019 list of the Best New Restaurants in America puts D.C.’s Seven Reasons, the Venezuelan restaurant on 14th Street, at the top of the list.
Washington Business Journal: Whitman-Walker to bring health center to St. E’s campus
Whitman-Walker will establish a new health center at St. Elizabeths East as part of the District's bid to revitalize the Ward 8 campus and, its leaders hope, attract more of a health hub in a part of the city that sorely needs one.
Press Release: Norton Statement on Killing of Bijan Ghaisar, No Charges Filed by DOJ
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
November 14, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued a statement on the Justice Department’s announcement that it…
Press Release: Free shuttle buses will stop at Smithsonian National Zoo this weekend for Bei…
News Release — Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
For immediate release: November 14, 2019
Metro will make it easy for riders to get to the Smithsonian National Zoo to say bye-bye to Bei Bei, the zoo’s beloved giant…