WTOP: Over DC objection, vote set to keep current Metro hours
WASHINGTON — The Metro Board is moving toward extending current rail service hours for at least another year, over the District’s objections to continued service cuts.
Washington Post: District neighborhood commissioner faces felony charges over alleged threats
Cases will proceed against a Southeast Washington advisory neighborhood commissioner accused of threatening to shoot a rival commissioner and separately threatening to kill the mother of his child.
Curbed: Hoping for improvements, lawmakers consider restructuring D.C.’s public housing authority
Two proposals would give the District more control over the independent agency than it has now
WTOP: Law enforcement agencies to hold training exercises inside Kennedy Center
WASHINGTON — Several law enforcement agencies based in the D.C. region will be running training drills inside the Kennedy Center on Tuesday, and the public could see an unusual amount of police activity in the area as a result.
DCist: A Prominent Black Lives Matter Leader Is Suing D.C. Police To Prove She’s Been Under…
Almost every other night for a span of weeks in 2015, April Goggans says, a D.C. police cruiser parked in an alley across from her home, directly facing her bedroom window.
WTOP: New DC signs banning right turns on red to go up starting Feb. 19
WASHINGTON — “No right turn on red” signs will start going up in dozens of new D.C. locations starting Feb. 19, as long as weather permits.
DCist: As The Nature Of Obituaries Evolve, These (Very Alive) Washingtonians Tried Their Hands At…
On an evening in early December, 11 Washingtonians gathered in the Rhizome community art space in Takoma to write their own obituaries. Those who sat in the chilly living room were not unfamiliar with death. Some had worked as hospice…
City Paper: Forum to Be Held on Changing the Name of D.C. School Named After President Woodrow…
As the racist past continues to bring down monuments dedicated to American historical figures, a growing number of District residents say that Woodrow Wilson High School should not be named after the 28th U.S. President, who lead the…
WTOP: DC-area aerospace engineer, CEO inspires youth to reach for the stars
Aisha Bowe has enjoyed a meteoric rise from mediocre student to her dream job at NASA to CEO of a successful business. The D.C. resident's long, winding road there is the stuff of black history.
DCist: An Exhaustive Investigation Into Mayor Bowser’s Apparent Pizza Preferences
The last time Mayor Muriel Bowser took the time to share her opinions on food—to inexplicably disparage D.C.’s iconic condiment, mumbo sauce—she earned outrage and a national news cycle. But that didn’t stop her from using National Pizza…
Nationwide campaign to #EndGunViolenceTogether spreads message to DC with two new murals
When the architects of a nationwide anti-gun violence campaign deliver some 720,000 postcards to Capitol Hill on Tuesday morning urging universal background checks for gun buyers, it will mark the culmination of a monthslong effort that…
Norton Blasts Meadows for Reintroducing Bill to Radically Alter D.C.’s Local Education System
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February 11, 2019
Norton Blasts Meadows for Reintroducing Bill to Radically Alter D.C.’s Local Education System
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted…
Mayor Bowser Announces Next Steps in the Transformation of St. Elizabeths East, Bringing Jobs,…
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Mayor Bowser Announces Next Steps in the Transformation of St. Elizabeths East, Bringing Jobs, Affordable Housing, and Retail…
UrbanTurf: New Plans for Ivy City’s Crummell School Include Invisible Fish and More Public Space
Two years ago, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) awarded development rights for the historic Crummell School in Ivy City. Since then, the community has been lamenting the redevelopment plan as a…
NBC4: A Look Back at DC’s ‘Black Broadway’
Long before gentrification and the uprising in 1968, the U Street Corridor was known as "Black Broadway."
District Links: Lewis Ferebee visits lots of schools; opinions on Bowser’s willingness to take…
Good Monday morning. WaPo’s Perry Stein has been following acting DC Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee’s visits to schools in advance of the DC Council's last hearing on his nomination tomorrow afternoon.
DCist: New Boutique Tribute Opens Off U Street With Emphasis On Sustainable Fashion From Around The…
Joelle Firzli, Jacklyn Laryea, Michelle Cloud, and Kathleen Diab have collectively lived on every continent except Australia. When the four friends found themselves all living in D.C., the idea to create a brand focused on sustainable…
New child care center creates 10-year pathway at Anacostia’s Ketcham Elementary
Families in Anacostia will now have convenient access to early education programs for children ages 6 weeks to 3 years, thanks to a new child development center at Ketcham Elementary School, the recipient of multiple awards and honors in…
New institute will explore impact of local DC history on wider political milieu
Amid a roomful of local political and education luminaries, Mayor Muriel Bowser and former Mayor Sharon Pratt recently kicked off the Institute of Politics Policy and History (IPPH), a new scholarly endeavor to be housed at the University…
Washington Post: It began as a D.C. fender bender and escalated into a shooting that wounded 5
All afternoon, Diane Offutt sat in Courtroom C-10 of D.C. Superior Court, where newly charged defendants are processed into the system and a judge decides about bail. Thursday was like most afternoons in C-10, with dozens of handcuffed…