WTOP: Metro Transit police ask for review of evidence in U Street stun-gun incident, arrest
The Metro Transit Police are asking the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. to review the evidence in the case of a man whom the transit police struck by a stun gun and arrested on Saturday night.
Washington Business Journal: Pebblebrook under contract to sell Dupont Circle hotel for $42 million
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) has executed a contract to sell the Kimpton Rouge Hotel in Dupont Circle for $42 million to an undisclosed buyer, continuing the company's efforts to sell its Greater Washington assets.
Washington Post: After FBI raid, D.C. lawmaker Jack Evans says he wants to share his side of the…
D.C. Council Member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) on Tuesday criticized an investigation that found he committed multiple ethics violations, making his first public comments after federal authorities searched his home last week.
DCist: Jack Evans Says It’s ‘Premature’ To Remove Him As Finance Committee Chairman
As the D.C. Council plans a vote on July 9 to remove Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans as the chairman of the Finance and Revenue Committee, the councilmember beset by ethics woes is telling his colleagues to hold their horses and hear his…
WTOP: DC Council’s Jack Evans fights back, asks to make his case before removal vote
Four days after FBI agents searched his home, D.C. Councilman Jack Evans returned to work Tuesday, telling his colleagues during a breakfast meeting he deserved a chance to fight for his Finance Committee chairmanship.
Councilmember Allen Introduces Bill Expanding Maternal Health Services Covered Under Insurance in…
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June 25, 2019
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Councilmember Allen Introduces Bill Expanding Maternal Health Services Covered Under Insurance in the District
Today Councilmember Charles Allen (Ward…
Mayor Bowser Meets with Automotive Technology Company in Israel on Road Safety Strategies
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June 25, 2019
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Mayor Bowser Meets with Automotive Technology Company in Israel on Road Safety Strategies
(JERUSALEM, ISRAEL) – Today,…
Norton Thanks House Rules Committee for Defeating Five Anti-Home-Rule Amendments
June 25, 2019
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Norton Thanks House Rules Committee for Defeating Five Anti-Home-Rule Amendments
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked the House Rules Committee for prohibiting, at…
WTOP: Slow travel likely on Canal Road, Whitehurst Freeway on 2nd day of emergency roadwork
Work to repair a gas main at Canal Road and Whitehurst Freeway in D.C. is continuing Tuesday, after the unexpected roadwork caused a major backup during the Monday morning commute.
Washingtonian: A Focus Group of Harvard Millennials Helped Design These U Street Apartments
And Scarlett Johansson's trainers consulted on the gym.
Washington Post: House passes amendment to prioritize efforts to combat airplane, helicopter noise
The amendment was sponsored by D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D).
Washington Times: Mendelson to hire firm to investigate Evans
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said Monday he plans to hire an outside law firm to conduct an investigation into Council member Jack Evans and the results of that investigation would be made public.
Washington Post: Family, D.C. council members angry over arrest of man trying to help juvenile…
Prosecutors in the District on Monday dropped all criminal charges against a man who was shoved by a Metro Transit Police officer and then hit with a stun gun as police accused him of interfering with the questioning of a handcuffed…
Washington Business Journal: Metro offering Lyft discount for late-night workers
If you work late and don’t mind taking a Lyft with strangers, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has a deal for you.
DCist: Organizers Confirm Two ICE Arrests In D.C. Over The Weekend, Plan Rallies In Protest
At least two undocumented immigrants were arrested by ICE agents in D.C. over the weekend, organizers say.
DCist: Metro Is Testing Lyft Subsidies As A Fix For Workers Struggling With Late-Night Service Cuts
This month, Metro entered its third year of cuts to late-night service, which were enacted in 2017 to perform preventative maintenance work. When Metro’s shorter operating hours were first implemented, one employee who had to begin relying…
Curbed: Report: D.C. ranks among the most walkable U.S. metros, now and likely in the future
The D.C. area comes in fourth for walkable urbanism
Washington Post: A $46 million tax break at risk over the meaning of ‘construction worker’
As one of Washington’s star chefs, Erik Bruner-Yang is known for hipster havens such as Toki Underground and Maketto on H Street NE, where he serves his renditions of Asian-fusion delights.
Washington Post: Deaf printers once helped create every day’s Washington Post newspaper
On a March night in 1988, Janie Golightly’s boss — a man named Paul Poteat — suggested that she and her colleagues take off work, leave the building and watch history being made.
WAMU: 40 Years Later, Marion Barry’s Summer Jobs Program Still Employing Thousands Of D.C. Youth
By most measures, Kenyan McDuffie has enjoyed an accomplished professional career. Before being elected to the D.C. Council in 2012 to represent Ward 5, he worked on Capitol Hill and then as an attorney with the federal government.