District Links: House GOP seeks deeper probe of Jack Evans’ Metro board scandal; daily Express…
Good Wednesday afternoon. Opponents of the District-approved redevelopment of the McMillan Sand Filtration Plant site demonstrated at Attorney General Karl Racine’s event on wage theft yesterday, interrupting him to demand a meeting.
Ramona Edelin: End the waitlist for charter schools
As District of Columbia students dive into the new academic year, a new public education campaign is gearing up. It calls for renovating abandoned buildings that blight their neighborhoods, ending the waitlist for successful public charter…
Josh Boots in The Post: Fast-improving D.C. schools have important lessons to teach
When last year’s fifth graders at Tubman Elementary showed up for the first day of sixth grade at Columbia Heights Education Campus last month, there were already teachers at their middle school who knew them. Teachers at CHEC, as the…
Washington Business Journal: Call Your Mother gets Bon Appetit magazine nod
D.C.’s new favorite bagel joint has been named one of Bon Appetit magazine’s best new restaurants of 2019.
Washingtonian: Forget Hygge. This New NoMa Luxury Apartment Building Is All About the Swedish…
Resa celebrates its grand opening this week.
Washington Post: Plan for Long Bridge expansion moves forward
A proposal to expand the Long Bridge over the Potomac River, which officials say is key to the region’s growing rail needs, appears to be moving forward.
Summer enrichment program introduces standout DC students to life, opportunities at highly selective…
La’Rissa Dunn experienced a few surprises on her journey as one of 42 OSSE Scholars this summer — from a typo that made her think maybe she hadn’t been accepted into the program, to a college match she wasn’t expecting, to perplexing…
WUSA9: ‘They can’t hide it anymore’ | DC Police report shows racial disparities in…
Data confirms WUSA 9 investigation into racial imbalances in Stop and Frisk in the District
Washington Jewish Week: Edlavitch JCC reopens after renovations
The doors of the Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, D.C., reopened last Thursday after a nearly year-long, $16 million renovation.
Washington Business Journal: The Reach at Kennedy Center surpasses $250M fundraising goal
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts made its fundraising goal for the Reach, its three-pavilion expansion, with two days to spare before its grand opening.
City Paper: Threats, Favors for Friends, and Ethics Violations Prompt Congressional Republicans Call…
Representatives Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows' original request yielded nearly 1,000 pages suggesting Evans is "ethically compromised."
WAMU: Construction Companies Save Big When They Violate D.C. Labor Laws, Racine Says
Construction companies that operate in the District of Columbia can slash costs significantly by sidestepping labor laws, according to a new study commissioned by D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine.
Washington Times: House Republicans seek interview with Jack Evans, are questioning D.C. statehood
House Republicans say they want to interview D.C. Council member Jack Evans and Metro officials, after reviewing the transit agency’s ethics investigation of the former Metro Board chairman and again calling into question D.C. statehood…
Washingtonian: These Navy Yard Apartments Look Directly Into Nats Park (Plus There’s a HipCityVeg…
Take a first look inside JBG Smith's West Half development.
Washington Business Journal: Bowser bill would require investigations of maternal deaths in D.C.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is taking steps to address a problem plaguing the District: maternal deaths.
Washington Business Journal: Gut reno coming for GW’s largest undergraduate dorm. The school…
George Washington University is advancing toward a gut renovation of its largest undergraduate residence hall, a building the school acquired in the 1950s and hasn’t fully updated since.
WAMU: José Andrés Has Served More Than 100,000 Free Meals In The Bahamas
A humanitarian relief nonprofit run by D.C.-based celebrity chef José Andrés has served more than 100,000 free meals in the Bahamas.
Curbed: The latest on the rehabilitation and expansion of D.C.’s Long Bridge corridor
The project would create a new rail bridge, doubling the corridor’s capacity
WAMU: District Of Corrections: Does D.C. Really Have The Highest Incarceration Rate In The Country?
For a brief moment last week, D.C. was at opposite ends of a debate.
Bisnow: Eastbanc’s Anthony Lanier: ‘This Will Definitely Be My Last Condo Project’
When sales began at the Westlight condo building in November 2016, people lined up overnight to sign the first contracts. Now nearly three years later, 30% of the units in the building are unsold, and its developer says it will be his last…