Washington Post: FTA threatens to withhold $1.6B from region, including Purple Line funding, if…
The agency believes D.C. officials’ plan raises safety concerns for Metro, which is still catching up on long-ignored maintenance.
WTOP: Showdown over Metro hours set after committee approves status quo into 2020
WASHINGTON — Metro moved closer Thursday to keeping its current hours for at least another year, even as the District threatened to block the plans in two weeks over concerns that the reduced service could remain indefinitely.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. FM station Mix 107.3 to be sold as part of $103.5M deal
Contemporary radio station WRQX, known as Mix 107.3, will be sold to a Christian radio media organization as part of a larger $103.5 million cash deal involving multiple stations.
DCist: D.C. Inmates Weren’t Allowed Outdoors For Months, Advocates Say
On Wednesday and Thursday, inmates at the D.C. Correctional Treatment Facility, a medium security institution for men and women next to the D.C. Jail, were let outdoors for the first time in what advocates say is many months. Outside…
WTOP: ‘Fight for old DC’ taking new meaning as NFL stadium suitors dwindle
WASHINGTON — The Washington Redskins have made no secret they wish to abandon FedEx Field just as soon as they can.
WAMU: With Major Funding Source At Stake, Metro Committee Votes To Keep Current Hours
There are still two weeks left until the final vote on Metro’s operating hours, but a committee vote Thursday pushed back against a proposed return to previous late night service.
James Forman Jr. in The Post: D.C. doubles down on destructive prison-first policies
The movement for a more humane criminal-justice system has been gaining ground in cities, states and even the federal government. From Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) to Suffolk County, Mass., District Attorney Rachael Rollins (D) to D.C.…
Lisa Page in The Post: How Dorothy Butler Gilliam overcame racism and sexism to make her mark on…
If your mother says she loves you, check it out. Every reporter worth his salt knows that adage, and Dorothy Gilliam, no slouch, practically took that quip to heart. As the first African American female reporter ever hired by The…
Norton Celebrates 201st Birthday of Frederick Douglass as Bicentennial Commemoration Continues
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February 14, 2019
Norton Celebrates 201st Birthday of Frederick Douglass as Bicentennial Commemoration Continues
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) urged District of Columbia…
Amid upswing in gun violence, McDuffie proposes a center for firearm research in DC
Can research play a major part in gun violence prevention? One DC Council member aims to find out with his latest bill.
Ward 5’s Kenyan McDuffie, who chairs the Committee on Business and Economic Development, has introduced legislation…
Still testifying — 90-year-old Spencer Taylor Jr. and the Highway QC’s gospel group stay busy live…
The Highway QC’s, a gospel group formed in Chicago in 1945 that once featured soulful vocalist Sam Cooke, is still going strong. The late Cooke is long gone, but the 90-year-old Spencer Taylor Jr., who joined the ensemble in 1956 and moved…
District Links: Brandon Todd asks city to pause building Barnaby Woods rain gardens; tenants worry…
Happy Valentine's Day. Ward 4 Council member Brandon Todd walked up to applause last night in Chevy Chase, where he announced he wanted the city to temporarily halt plans to build rain gardens in Barnaby Woods following a neighborhood…
Norton Gets $40 Million for DCTAG, Prevents New Anti-Home-Rule Riders in Final Spending Bill
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February 13, 2019
Norton Gets $40 Million for DCTAG, Prevents New Anti-Home-Rule Riders in Final Spending Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that…
UrbanTurf: Site of Proposed Georgetown Water Street Condos Hits the Market for $15 Million
Over two years ago, IBG Partners and Wilco Residential applied for concept review of a proposal to add 54 luxury condos to the industrial-retail buildings at 3401 Water Street NW in Georgetown (map). Now, it seems those plans are up in the…
City Paper: Food Entrepreneurs Have Much to Weigh Before Tying Their Fates to Union Kitchen’s…
The accelerator has launched a few big brands, but some entrepreneurs report troubling practices.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. group launches new business program for single mothers
Natalie Cofield ran an entrepreneurship program for millennial moms. She led a financial literacy course for citizens released from incarceration. She launched a bootcamp for startup founders of color.
City Paper: DCHA Says Thousands of Units Are Nearly Uninhabitable. Tenants Want to Know:…
Residents say they're playing a waiting game.
Canaan Merchant of the D.C. Policy Center: How can D.C. make bikesharing family-friendly?
D.C. is still a pioneer in bikesharing, but more must be done for it to be a part of families’ car-free transportation options
jonetta rose barras: When will DC treat community violence like a public health emergency?
When DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice Kevin Donahue, and Attorney General Karl Racine announced earlier this month that they intended to treat the rise in community violence as a public health crisis, I…
Washington Post: D.C. accuses 3 Maryland families of fraudulently enrolling children in city schools
The District sued three Maryland families Wednesday, alleging the parents fraudulently claimed to live in the city so their children could attend D.C.’s public schools.