jonetta rose barras: A child’s suicide and the secret life of charter schools
The conversation with Tomeika Bowden, the spokesperson for the DC Public Charter School Board, has turned intense. I have been trying to understand whether the organization reviewed the management agreement between the SEED Public Charter…
Washington Informer publisher Denise Rolark Barnes strives to carry on her father’s mission
For Denise Rolark Barnes, the publisher of The Washington Informer, operating the newspaper is family business.
When asked if she ever thought she’d be where she is today, she said, “Let’s put it this way — yes, I did. Did I want to be…
Washington Post: Facing recall, D.C. lawmaker Jack Evans says he has ‘fiercely advocated’ for…
D.C. Council member Jack Evans, who is the target of a federal investigation into whether he used his public position for private gain, issued his first response Wednesday to an attempt by some voters to recall him from the office he’s…
Washington Business Journal: Peebles pulling out of Fifth and Eye contract
Peebles Corp. notified the District on Monday that it was terminating its contract to develop the city-owned site at Fifth and Eye streets NW, putting the future of the long-delayed SLS Hotel and condo project in further jeopardy.
Washington Post: D.C. accuses another batch of Maryland families of fraudulently enrolling children…
For the fourth time in the past year, the District is accusing families from the Maryland suburbs of fraudulently claiming to live in the city so their children could attend D.C. public schools. And three of the seven adults named in…
NBC4: DC Plans to Launch Sports Betting in Time for NFL Season
Sports betting won’t be available until the start of the NFL season in September.
Lisa María Mallory in Washington Business Journal: Bowser’s proposed tax hikes wrong for D.C.
In Mayor Muriel Bowser’s second inaugural address in January, she announced an ambitious goal: create 36,000 new housing units in the District of Columbia by 2025. She is the first government official in our region to commit to an…
DCist: Police Supervisor Says He Was Terminated After Defending A Controversial Stop-And-Frisk…
A civilian supervisor and former police sergeant with the Metropolitan Police Department was terminated two weeks ago, shortly after testifying in defense of an officer accused of inappropriate anal and genital searches, FOX 5 reports.
DCist: Trump Appoints Mike Huckabee, Jon Voight To The Kennedy Center Board
In a slew of new political appointments announced Tuesday, President Donald Trump has appointed ten new members of the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees. The most high-profile among them are actor Jon Voight and former Arkansas governor…
Curbed: Report: D.C. is wasting millions of tax dollars on ‘ineffective’ incentive programs
The District should change or scrap certain expenditures for economic development, a local think tank argues
Theresa Vargas in The Post: ‘We did it! Mothra is up on the wall!’ Because of a boy, Washington has…
The nation’s capital has a new monster.
WTOP: Watchdog office: DC police’s use of force is on the rise
Reports of police using force in the nation’s capital are on the upswing.
Bisnow: Ted Leonsis Unveils Plan For Sportsbook In Capital One Arena
Sports bettors will soon be able to place wagers in the same building where D.C.'s professional basketball and hockey teams play their home games.
DCist: Kwame Onwuachi Is Among D.C.’s James Beard Awards Finalists
Five D.C. restaurants and chefs made it onto the James Beard Foundation Awards finalist lists, whittled down from 20 local semifinalists announced last month.
WTOP: Capital One Arena will get sports betting location: Leonsis
Monumental Sports owner Ted Leonsis said Wednesday he hopes there will be a sports betting location on the Capital One Arena grounds.
Washington Business Journal: Vincent Gray pushes for new D.C. hospital to open sooner as UMC ‘is…
A new D.C. hospital scheduled to deliver on the city’s east end in 2023 needs to open earlier, according to Councilman Vincent Gray, D-Ward 7, following the release of the Bowser administration’s 2020 budget proposal.
WTOP: DC’s James Beard Award finalists
The finalists for the biggest awards in the food industry are out, and D.C. is represented on the list of 2019 James Beard Award nominees.
Bisnow: D.C. Unveils New Opportunity Zone Initiatives, Development RFPs
D.C. officials hope the opportunity zone program will benefit the city's underserved areas, so the District is launching three new local initiatives to complement the federal program.
Washington Post: Metro’s ‘Stand right, walk left’ is all wrong, professor says
The best way to move people on escalators is when they stand still, a Mississippi State expert says.
Thousands of volunteers to attend Rock Creek Conservancy’s Extreme Cleanup
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Celebrate Earth Month by Cleaning Up Rock Creek
Thousands of volunteers to attend Rock Creek Conservancy’s Extreme Cleanup
Washington, DC (March 26, 2019) - Spring has officially sprung, and Rock Creek…