Washington Business Journal: Installation begins on taller, more imposing White House fence
Construction began Monday to replace the fence surrounding the White House with a much taller, sharper barrier.
Gordon Chaffin: Mixed-use blocks like Monroe Street NE, not just commercial areas, need DDOT safety…
A problem common to many busy DC roads presents a pervasive danger in Brookland on the 600 and 700 blocks of Monroe Street NE: New or fairly new residential buildings attract multiple delivery vehicles and trucks per day, while retail…
WTOP: DC Council likely to strip Jack Evans of powerful finance post
In the midst of an ethics storm and federal investigation, D.C. Council member Jack Evans is set Tuesday to lose his powerful role as Finance Committee chair.
Washington Post: Contract to manage sports betting system and lottery finds shaky support on D.C.…
The D.C. Council’s support for a lucrative deal to manage the District’s sports betting and lottery appeared shaky ahead of a Tuesday vote on whether to award the sole-source contract to Greek gaming company Intralot.
City Paper: Ward 8 Power Broker Phinis Jones Wants to Lease His District-Owned Building Back to the…
According to the proposed agreement, UDC would sublease the property from Jones' LLC for about $3 million a year.
WUSA9: MAP: Which parts of DC are most likely to flood?
We used FEMA data to show you which parts of the city are most likely to flood in normal, uncommon and extraordinary weather situations.
Washington Business Journal: Vandana Sinha named WBJ editor-in-chief
Vandana Sinha, who joined the Washington Business Journal newsroom in 2006 as a reporter, ultimately ascending to the role of managing editor over the course of a decade, has been named the paper’s editor-in-chief.
Washington Post: Federal prosecutor in D.C. made ‘misrepresentations’ to judge, is referred for…
A federal prosecutor falsely blamed a nonexistent backlog at the D.C. crime lab for delays that contributed to the dismissal of a drug and gun case and the matter has been referred for internal Justice Department investigation, according…
Press Release: Norton Files Amendment to NDAA to Give D.C. Mayor Authority Over D.C. National Guard,…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 8, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
NDAA Will be on House Floor This Week
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she filed an amendment to the National…
Christian Genetski and Griffin Finan in The Post: Sports betting isn’t a game. D.C. shouldn’t grant…
Months ago, the D.C. Council wisely moved ahead to consider legalizing sports betting. Since the Supreme Court declared the ban on a state’s right to authorize sports betting to be unconstitutional, states across the country have been…
jonetta rose barras in The Barras Report: DC Contracting: Blood Sport
The behavior of several so-called liberal members of the DC Council has continued to flummox some residents, business owners, and myself. While those legislators have claimed they support small, local and minority companies, their actions…
‘Under Patty’s guiding light, hundreds of people found healing’: Adams Morgan nonprofit says…
When Patty Wudel first arrived at Joseph’s House nearly 30 years ago, she relished the warmth and love she felt from the people who immediately welcomed her into their community.
As she prepares to leave her longtime post as…
Washington Business Journal: How Akridge turned a WeWork lease into a $119 million sale
D.C.-based developer Akridge tapped into stronger-than-anticipated demand for trophy-quality office stock with its recent sale of 1701 Rhode Island Ave. NW, and the full-building lease inked earlier this year with popular coworking space…
DCist: First D.C. Councilmember Calls On Jack Evans To Resign
The challengers hoping to unseat Jack Evans in Ward 2 have been calling for his resignation for some time now, citing his ongoing ethics scandal.
Washington Business Journal: Grosso calls on Evans to resign from D.C. Council
David Grosso is calling on fellow D.C. Councilman Jack Evans to resign from his post.
District Links: David Grosso first council member to call for Jack Evans to resign; Gallup polling…
Happy Monday to everyone but the rain. Amid a flood of new developments on the Jack Evans ethics imbroglio, David Grosso became the first council member to say the veteran Ward 2 legislator should resign from the DC Council.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Completion of Project that Transformed Vacant Property into…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Housing and Community Development
July 8, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Richard Livingstone (DHCD)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser…
Curbed: D.C. attorney general asks listing services to help prevent housing discrimination
Denying homes to tenants based on their receiving rental vouchers is illegal in D.C.
Colbert King in The Post: It’s time for the D.C. Council to hold Jack Evans accountable
If all goes as scheduled, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) will ask D.C. lawmakers at Tuesday’s legislative meeting to approve a measure that would remove council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) as chairman of the Committee on Finance…
Washington Post: Here’s what D.C. looked like this morning after an intense downpour
Commuters traveling across the District on Monday morning were met with a torrential downpour — it’s already one of the wettest days on record for the month of July.