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District Links: New WaPo poll shows Lewis George ahead in mayoral race; Trump eyes ‘promenade’ to connect Lincoln Memorial to riverfront; and more

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District Links: Officials urge water conservation with new…

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District Links: Zoning board resumes operations after DC Council…

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District Links: Council gives initial OK to extending open meetings…

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jonetta rose barras: Reunion Square and the future of Ward 8

jonetta rose barras Sep 26, 2019
The economic development solution for what ails communities east of the Anacostia River is complicated. There are legitimate concerns about displacement of residents. Simultaneously, there are real issues about expanding the middle…

Washington Business Journal: High-end chocolate shop, cafe coming to Georgetown

Editor Sep 25, 2019
Georgetown’s chocolate scene is about to get a little sweeter with the addition of L.A. Burdick, a fine chocolatier from New England.

Washington Times: D.C. Council hears comments on marijuana allowance for workers

Editor Sep 25, 2019
Bills weigh medical pot discrimination, job seeker testing

Washington Post: Challenge to Trump hotel’s liquor license struck down in D.C.

Editor Sep 25, 2019
The District’s alcohol licensing board has dismissed a challenge to the renewal of a liquor license at the Trump hotel in downtown Washington by a group that said the president lacked the good character required in the statute.

WTOP: DC government worker charged with dealing fentanyl outside his office

Editor Sep 25, 2019
A D.C. government employee was charged Wednesday with dealing fentanyl outside his Southwest office building.

Washington Post: D.C. finds elevated lead levels at 17 public school playgrounds

Editor Sep 25, 2019
At least 17 D.C. public school playgrounds were found to contain elevated traces of lead, and six had to be shut down over the summer, according to a city-commissioned study released this month.

Street Sense: The Barry Farm tenants await a final decision after 20 people testified before the…

Editor Sep 25, 2019
On July 25, Community members from across the District filled the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB)’s courtroom, many wearing stickers that read, “Yes! Barry Farm is historic!” It was a hearing to consider historic designation for…

Street Sense: With limited access to hospital resources in wards 7 and 8, local clinics are bridging…

Editor Sep 25, 2019
Painted in bold shades of blue, red, green and pink, Whitman-Walker Health’s Max Robinson Center has stood prominently in the historic Anacostia neighborhood, just a few blocks from the Big Chair, since the early 1990s. It was opened to…

WTOP: DC leaders consider 2 bills aimed at dropping workplace marijuana testing

Editor Sep 25, 2019
D.C. council members are considering two bills that would do away with marijuana testing of employees at work.

WTOP: ‘On time and on budget’: Beach Drive set to reopen Friday

Editor Sep 25, 2019
Beach Drive will completely reopen “around noon” on Friday, the National Park Service announced Wednesday afternoon.

UrbanTurf: New Balconies, More Bike Parking and a Playground: The Changes at Sursum Corda

Editor Sep 25, 2019
The development team reimagining the 6.7 acre former site of the Sursum Corda Cooperative is offering a slightly different look and a different approach to parking and affordability prior to a zoning hearing this week.

Curbed: A quick guide to electric scooters, bikes, and mopeds in D.C.

Editor Sep 25, 2019
Getting around the nation’s capital on two wheels is easier than ever

WAMU: Rock Creek Park’s Beach Drive Road Project Is Done After Three Years

Editor Sep 25, 2019
Commuters and recreationists will get access to the northern part of Rock Creek Park on Friday when the National Park Service (NPS) wraps rehabilitation work on Beach Drive.

DCist: City Employee Arrested And Accused Of Selling Fentanyl Outside His Office

Editor Sep 25, 2019
An employee for the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs has been arrested and charged with selling fentanyl, per a police affidavit entered into federal court in Alexandria. Many of the transactions involving the synthetic…

Theresa Vargas in The Post: The hard pitch: Four men who spent time in prison are now hoping to…

Editor Sep 25, 2019
Marcus Bullock was 15, in a maximum-security prison with men who had already spent decades behind bars, and he was thinking about his Christmas presents.

Washington Post: Rebuilt Beach Drive to reopen Friday

Editor Sep 25, 2019
The final 2.7-mile stretch of Beach Drive reopens in Northwest Washington this week, the culmination of a three-year reconstruction project that disrupted the travel of thousands of drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.

Washington Post: Employee of D.C. regulatory agency accused of selling fentanyl outside his office

Editor Sep 25, 2019
An employee with the District government’s regulatory agency is accused of selling heroin and fentanyl just outside his office.

Washington Business Journal: Lifestyle retailer Parachute to open first D.C. location

Editor Sep 25, 2019
Los Angeles-based lifestyle retailer Parachute will open its first D.C. store at Liz, the mixed-use redevelopment of Whitman-Walker Health's 14th Street NW offices, later this year.

WAMU: D.C. To Fund Legal Representation For Immigrants Detained By ICE

Editor Sep 25, 2019
The District will award $2.5 million in grant funding to provide legal help to undocumented residents and, for the first time, assist those detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Press Release: Norton Says President’s Actions Seem Determined to Lead Him to Impeachment

Press Release Sep 25, 2019
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton September 25, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that…
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District Links: New WaPo poll shows Lewis George ahead in mayoral race; Trump eyes ‘promenade’ to connect…

Jun 5, 2026 34
With mail ballots already distributed and early voting centers set to open Monday for DC's June 16 primary, a newly released WaPo poll shows Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George with a…

jonetta rose barras: More financial and budgetary mess in DC

Jun 5, 2026 182
Next week, the DC Council is expected to take the first of two votes on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed $21.2 billion Fiscal Year 2027 Budget and Financial Plan. Don’t expect a smooth landing. …

District Links: Officials urge water conservation with new ‘Drought Watch’ designation; Nadeau floats wealth…

Jun 4, 2026 13
DC Water as well as regional officials are urging customers to conserve water in the wake of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' declaration of a Drought Watch.

District Links: Zoning board resumes operations after DC Council confirms two nominees; council votes to halt…

Jun 3, 2026 9
With yesterday's unanimous DC Council confirmation of two mayoral appointees to the DC Board of Zoning Adjustment, the panel is meeting today for the first time since March, when the absence of a…
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Who’s on DC’s general election ballot

Sep 24, 2020 26,428
Here’s a listing of the citywide and ward candidates on DC’s general election ballot. We’ve included links to candidates’ political websites and Twitter accounts for those running for positions other…

An overview of endorsements in DC Council, State Board of Education races

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If it’s hard to keep track of all the candidates on the Nov. 3 ballot, it may be even tougher to keep track of everyone who has endorsed them. To that end, The DC Line compiled as many endorsements…

District’s 296 ANC races draw up to five candidates, but two-thirds are uncontested

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About a third of the District’s 296 advisory neighborhood commission seats have contested races, based on the candidate list released by the DC Board of Elections last week after the petition deadline…

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People using housing vouchers in DC spent this past summer in limbo. In the spring, the DC Housing Authority (DCHA) deliberated changing the maximum value of all 20,000 vouchers the agency…
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