Washingtonian: DC Would Have Looked Very Different If These Designs Had Been Used
A new exhibit shows early plans for various monuments that ended up getting scrapped.
DCist: Calabash Tea & Tonic’s Brookland Location Opens Wednesday
Sunyatta Amen, a naturopathic physician and fifth-generation herbalist, has been offering tea and natural remedies for whatever ails you at her Calabash Tea & Tonic cafe on 7th Street in Shaw since May 2015. The store has been featured…
WAMU: Fixes Coming For D.C. Public Housing After Contentious Budget Standoff
The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to spend roughly $25 million on repairs to the city’s aging stock of public housing, and to set aside more money at the end of this fiscal year to do the same.
DCist: D.C. Council Passes Emergency Bill To Protect Some—But Not All—City Workers Who Use Medical…
The D.C. Council unanimously passed emergency legislation Tuesday that protects some prospective and current city employees from employment discrimination for being medical marijuana patients, though many of the workers facing blowback for…
DCist: Drama At Dacha: Wage Theft Allegations, A Lawsuit, And The Latest On That 14th Street Outpost
The controversial Dacha beer garden is back in headlines this week.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. Council emerges successful in budget dispute, pulling $47 million…
The D.C. Council has come out ahead in its effort to divert tens of millions of dollars from the agency managing the city’s entertainment venues, averting the need for a hotel tax increase and freeing up cash for badly needed public…
WTOP: Metro Board Chair Jack Evans: ‘Ethics committee found no violations’ amid allegations
Metro Board Chairman Jack Evans forcefully defended himself Tuesday amid allegations of ethics violations, while not addressing an independent law firm’s findings regarding conflicts of interest and attempts to use public office for his…
Bisnow: Rising Construction Costs Depressing Land Values, Slowing D.C.’s Development Wave
The continued rise in construction costs has made D.C.'s ongoing projects more expensive, and developers say the next wave of new projects will be hit the hardest.
DCist: D.C. Families Star In A New Photo Exhibit At Hillyer
It was a little past 6:30 p.m. when Tyra Mitchell arrived at her photo exhibition’s opening reception earlier this month, rushed but poised and bright-eyed as she composed herself to welcome her guests. “My Uber got pulled over and I was…
DCist: Mitch McConnell Calls D.C. Statehood ‘Full-Bore Socialism’
Fox News’ ever-expanding definition of socialism grew just a little larger last week.
WTOP: New Rosslyn station, tunnel and train turnarounds possible under new Metro study
After decades of discussion, Metro kicked off a study this week of a new, second station at Rosslyn and other changes that could overhaul the way trains on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines run throughout the system. It could also prove to…
Bisnow: Gilbane, Dantes Plan 152-Unit Senior Housing Project In Southeast D.C.
The site of a shuttered Chinese carry-out spot on the D.C.-Maryland border could soon welcome a host of new senior residents.
Courtland Milloy in The Post: D.C. Witness aims to give voice to every homicide victim in the…
Since 2015, a group of aspiring young journalists has chronicled every homicide in the District on the site D.C. Witness. No killing goes unnoticed. Every victim gets a story, usually accompanied by a photo. Every arrest. Every courtroom…
UrbanTurf: 24 Net-Zero Affordable Apartments Inch Forward on Florida Avenue
Over a year ago, DC's Department of Housing and Community Development awarded the development rights to deliver an all-affordable development on city-owned land in the Truxton Circle area. Now, those plans are moving forward.
Norton, Van Hollen Urge Appropriations Committees to Provide Supplemental Funding for D.C’s…
June 18, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller (Norton) – 202-225-8050
Francesca Amodeo (Van Hollen) – 202-224-4654
Norton, Van Hollen Urge Appropriations Committees to Provide Supplemental Funding for D.C’s Emergency Planning and Security…
GU student and ANC member reaches deal with New Jersey, insurance provider for care she needs to…
Anna Landre — Georgetown University student, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E member and disability rights activist — will be coming back to DC in the fall, after all.
Landre reached an agreement Friday with her insurance provider…
WAMU: New Palestinian Museum In D.C. Favors The Personal Over The Political
When visitors walk into the newly-opened Museum of the Palestinian People in Washington, D.C., the first object they will see is a green water jug. It’s made of glass from Hebron, a city in the West Bank known for its glass blowing…
UrbanTurf: A Historic Carriage House Conversion in Dupont Circle
Another accessory building-to-accessory dwelling conversion is in the pipeline for DC.
Curbed: Metro to study Blue, Orange, and Silver lines for potential improvements
The study is expected to last for two years
Petula Dvorak in The Post: The murder of black transgender women is becoming a crisis
“They’re just getting so blunt,” Ruby Corado said. “It’s just out there. It used to be more isolated.”