Washington Post: D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine endorses Kamala Harris for president
D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) is backing California Sen. Kamala D. Harris in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.
WTOP: Letter asks council member Evans to resign from DC Democratic Party position
At least 24 members of the D.C. Democratic State Committee have signed a letter asking D.C. Council member Jack Evans to resign from his elected position as National Committeeman.
WTOP: After 20-year-run, beloved 14th Street store closes
Serving platters, tea kettles and kitchen towels line the perimeter of the 14th Street shop Home Rule. A quirky sink display overflows with glittery gold sponges, and shower curtains hang from the ceiling.
Norton Applauds Leader Schumer’s New Push for D.C. Statehood
March 7, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
Norton Applauds Leader Schumer’s New Push for D.C. Statehood
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) applauded Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) new push for D.C.…
District Links: Evans to end his outside employment by letting consulting firm license expire;…
Happy Thursday. Jack Evans says he will “allow the license for his corporation to expire — therefore, he’ll no longer have outside employment effective April 1, 2019,” jonetta rose barras writes in The DC Line.
UrbanTurf: Palisades Safeway Will Not Receive Landmark Designation
In recent years, various DC communities have preemptively sought to have certain properties designated as historic landmarks in order to preclude larger development on those sites. Today, however, one property owner has succeeded in…
WTOP: Who let the animals in? More fences, gates within National Zoo proposed
Good fences make good neighbors, and Smithsonian’s National Zoo is hoping to continue making the place a neighborly place to visit by adding more fences throughout the zoo to increase visitor safety.
Washington Post: Lane closures, parking restrictions coming to Rhode Island Avenue NW next week
Workers need to remove a median to make way for a new tunnel designed to reduce sewage overflows into waterways and backups into basements.
City Paper: The Answers Issue 2019
You asked questions about any aspect of life in D.C. We answered.
Kathy Patterson on the Auditude blog: Budget, Budget, Who’s Got the Budget?
As the District’s legislative auditor, I am already wringing my hands in worry over the rough time that Councilmembers are going to have in fashioning a Fiscal Year 2020 budget later this spring. They’ll be working without a windfall in…
jonetta rose barras: Has Jack Evans provided a lesson in political self-destruction?
Ward 2 DC Council member Jack Evans told me this week he will allow the license for his corporation to expire — therefore, he’ll no longer have outside employment effective April 1, 2019.
That’s a solid act of contrition. Evans may…
For Trinity Washington University’s Pat McGuire, stepping up and taking risks carried her to the…
In so many ways Pat McGuire feels her career has been a series of “well-managed coincidences.” A lawyer by training, she never aspired to be a college president. But, this year, McGuire is celebrating her 30th year as president of Trinity…
Mayor Bowser Announces Key Appointments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 6, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mayor Bowser Announces Key Appointments
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a series of appointments in her Administration:
Lucinda…
Washington Post: D.C.’s only unionized charter school filed another federal labor complaint — this…
Teachers at the District’s only unionized charter filed a federal labor complaint against their bosses Wednesday, six weeks after the charter network announced it would close its middle school campus.
Washington Post: D.C. firefighters perform a high-tower rescue in the cold and wind
D.C. firefighters rescued a worker who was stranded more than 100 feet in the air while working on a D.C. government telecommunications tower in Northwest Washington on Wednesday afternoon.
Washington Business Journal: Monumental buys out Greene Turtle’s lease. Could sports betting be far…
The Greene Turtle at Capital One Arena is closing to make way for a mystery project from venue owner Monumental Sports & Entertainment.
WTOP: The Greene Turtle Sports Bar and Grill will close its Capital One Arena location
The Greene Turtle Sports Bar and Grill’s Capital One Arena location is set to close next month.
Washington Post: D.C. Council member Jack Evans urged to resign from Democratic Party leadership
The political fallout continued Wednesday from the ethics scandal surrounding D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), with some local Democratic officials demanding his resignation from party leadership and progressive groups calling…
DCist: Dept. Of Corrections Says Staffing Levels Partly To Blame For Inmates’ Lack Of Outdoor Time
Weeks after public outcry that inmates in a D.C. facility weren’t being allowed outdoor recreation time, the D.C. Department of Corrections maintains that it did not do anything improper.
Bisnow: Douglas Gets Opportunity Zone Investment, $100M Loan For Buzzard Point Project
An office-to-residential conversion project in D.C.'s Buzzard Point neighborhood has just scored an investment from an opportunity zone fund alongside a construction loan.