City Paper: Logan Circle ANC Chair John Fanning Is Embattled Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans’…
As allegations of Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans' unethical behavior continue to reverberate around the District, a third candidate is jumping into the 2020 Democratic primary race.
A Connecticut Avenue apartment complex shows effects of a legal loophole and cracks in city housing…
In recent months, one Connecticut Avenue apartment building has become a focal point for criticism of the city’s subsidized housing programs, with problems reaching the attention of the police and DC Council and spawning debates over how…
Deborah Simmons in The Washington Times: The D.C. statehood vote that counts
They are happy and making merry like it’s Christmas — “they” referring to people who support making the District of Columbia the 51st state.
Washington Post: D.C. statehood to receive first House hearing in 25 years, wins Hoyer’s support
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said Thursday that he wants to see the District become the 51st state, reversing his long-held opposition to D.C. statehood.
WUSA9: 43% of DC public housing units in ‘urgent’ condition
The DCHA director is calling for a 'sea change' in how his agency does business as residents fear gentrification through redevelopment.
Andrew Lightman in the Hill Rag: To Eastern Market, With Love — Slow Shopping And The Value of…
It is 7 a.m. on a steel-hued morning in April 2007. Walking up the street from the metro, camera on my back, the smell of ashes and suet wafting in the breeze, I glimpse the devastation. The Eastern Market is a smoldering wreck.
Silverman Presses for Transparency in Housing Production Trust Fund Dollars, Highlighting Concerns…
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Silverman Presses for Transparency in Housing Production Trust Fund Dollars,…
ABC7: Children sickened at D.C. school a year after parents raised concerns about conditions
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Parents at Maury Elementary School are asking questions after reports of several children getting sick during a gym class at the school.
Washington Post: Audit: Bowser administration awarded millions to developers with low-ranking…
The administration of D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) awarded tens of millions of dollars to affordable housing developers even though evaluators scored their proposals poorly, according to an audit released Thursday.
Curbed: Congress to hold first hearing on D.C. statehood since 1993
On July 24, District voting rights (or the lack thereof) will get the national spotlight
Washington Post: ‘Spinning its wheels’: Lots of money, few bold initiatives in 2020 D.C. budget
It was not immediately clear who emerged as the winner from the bitter infighting among D.C. elected officials over the $15.5 billion budget approved this week.
DCist: Olde City Farm And Garden Closes Up Its Shaw Nursery
Olde City Farm And Garden is packing in its plants and garden tools—at least for the time being.
Washington Post: D.C. seeks feedback on proposed early release of drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III
The District’s attorney general on Thursday unveiled a website, a telephone number and dates of community meetings aimed at soliciting input from current and former city residents about whether 1980s crack cocaine kingpin Rayful Edmond III…
WTOP: DC the 51st state? Congress edges closer to first vote in decades
A legislative push to make D.C. the nation’s 51st state has moved a bit closer to a possible vote in the House — something that hasn’t happened in more than 25 years.
Washington Business Journal: Tidal Basin listed as one of the nation’s most endangered…
D.C.'s Tidal Basin has been identified as one of the 11 most endangered historical places for 2019, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's annual list.
WAMU: D.C. Increases Funding For Early Childhood Education — But By Less Than What Advocates Hoped
An ambitious plan to lower the cost and improve the quality of child care and early childhood education in D.C. got its first significant commitment of funding from the D.C. Council this week. But it’s only half as much as advocates had…
WTOP: DC attorney general wants input on possible early release for drug lord Rayful Edmond
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Thursday that his office has been appointed by a federal court to represent the views of District residents in the resentencing of Rayful Edmond — the drug kingpin who ran a major cocaine ring in…
Washington Post: This year’s Capital Pride is more inclusive than ever, embracing an LGBTQ scene…
For more than 10 sultry summers, the arrival of Capital Pride brought a formidable line to Town Danceboutique.
WAMU: Kennedy Center’s New Expansion To Open With Massive Free Festival
Three white sloping buildings emerge out of the landscape near the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the banks of the Potomac River. Inside one, a string quartet comprised of National Symphony Orchestra musicians played to a crowd…
WAMU: D.C. Gave Money To Low-Ranked Affordable Housing Projects, Says D.C. Auditor
It’s one of the biggest pots of money in D.C. — $100 million a year to help build and preserve affordable housing in an increasingly expensive city. But a new report is asking if some of that money is going to projects that might not…