ThinkProgress: D.C. police officers sued for attempting to intimidate family of young man killed in…
The new court complaint draws fresh scrutiny to the city's roving Gun Recovery Unit.
WAMU: Former DCPS Teacher Says The District Still Owes Him A Decade Of Back Pay
Last year, an arbitrator ruled that former D.C. teacher Jeff Canady was wrongfully terminated by District of Columbia Public Schools. But a decade after his firing, and nine months after the arbitrator’s ruling, Canady has not received his!-->…
City Paper: DC Housing Authority Seeks Co-Developer for Greenleaf Gardens
DCHA previously labeled the Ward 6 complex as a property most in need of repair.
WAMU: 4,026 Straws Were Collected In One River Cleanup. Now, They’re Art!
Wendy Sittner first saw the straws on Instagram. More than 4,000 of them, separated by color.
UrbanTurf: 18-Unit Residential Development Planned For Site of Former Cobalt Bar in Dupont Circle
An 18-unit residential project will be constructed on the site of the recently-shuttered gay bar Cobalt in Dupont Circle. Plans for the new development at 1637-1641 R Street NW (map) were recently filed with the Board of Zoning Adjustment.!-->…
Curbed: Public meeting about New Jersey Avenue NW safety improvements set for May 2
Construction on the multimodal project is anticipated to start this year
Bisnow: General Assembly Coding School Moves To New Chinatown Space
General Assembly, a center for learning technology skills, has moved into a new D.C. space at 509 Seventh St. NW, where it began offering classes Monday.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: ‘It’s scary’: Why we flinch when white nationalists stage a protest at a…
A small group of white nationalists marched into a sacred place in Washington over the weekend.
DCist: Taylor Gourmet Owner Opening Up A New Sandwich Shop On The Wharf
The menu for the new Italian hoagie spot coming to The Wharf might give you some deja vu.
DCist: This Metrobus, Along With The Rest Of The Known Universe, Belongs To Arya Now
There’s no room on the bus for whining about lighting or the minimal number of major character deaths. It’s Arya Day, and this Metrobus knows it.
WTOP: ‘Prosperity in Peril’: DC region bus study recommends significant changes
The D.C. region could be suffocated by even more traffic if major improvements to the region’s bus system do not come soon, a draft report obtained by WTOP finds.
Ed Lazere on the DC Fiscal Policy Institute blog: Reversing School Budget Cuts in Wards 7 and 8…
The proposed fiscal year (FY) 2020 budget shortchanges all DCPS schools, but particularly schools in Wards 7 and 8, which have the largest concentration of low-income students of color. In a city with both growing prosperity and deepening!-->…
Mayor Bowser Honors District Centenarians
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 29, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Karen Dorbin (DCOA)
Mayor Bowser Honors District Centenarians
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser recognized 61 District!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Norton Introduces Bills to Remove Halfway House Subsistence Fees and Co-pays for Federal Inmates…
April 29, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
Norton Introduces Bills to Remove Halfway House Subsistence Fees and Co-pays for Federal Inmates During Second Chance Month
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of Second Chance Month, which is in!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
DCist: White Nationalists Interrupt Book Talk At Politics And Prose
A group of white nationalists interrupted a book talk at Politics and Prose on Saturday with a megaphone and chants of “this land is our land.”
Washington Business Journal: Taylor Gourmet co-founder Casey Patten opening new sandwich spot at The…
Taylor Gourmet co-founder Casey Patten is launching a new restaurant at The Wharf — in the same prominent space where a location of his former restaurant chain served sandwiches before its abrupt closing and subsequent Chapter 7 filing!-->…
UrbanTurf: The DC Neighborhoods Where White Homebuyers’ Income is Double That of Existing Residents
Earlier this month, UrbanTurf reported on a study which examined how DC and its neighborhoods changed demographically since 2000. Now, a new analysis has joined the fray, offering a more detailed look at how new homebuyers since 2012 have!-->…
Curbed: Over 50 D.C. embassies will be open to the public Saturday
The annual Around the World Embassy Tour is taking place for six hours
Bloomberg: D.C. Is First to Plan to Remove, Retrofit Flood-Prone Buildings
Washington is announcing a goal of retrofitting or removing all of its flood-prone buildings by 2050, the first major U.S. city to set such a policy.
Georgetown Metropolitan: Former ANC Commissioner Wages Fight Against Bus Shelters
A former ANC commissioner is attempting to wage a war against the installation of a bus shelter in Georgetown.