Circa: Kindergarten teacher does a Santa Claus impression and delivers gifts to almost 350 kids
WASHINGTON (CIRCA) — December is typically referred to as "the season of giving." It's a term that's become synonymous with being generous, especially to those in need.
Washington Post: Expanding the Long Bridge is key to region’s growing rail needs, officials say
For more than a century, the Long Bridge has carried freight and passenger trains across the Potomac River between Crystal City and the District’s Southwest Waterfront, facilitating rail transportation along the Eastern Seaboard.
WTOP: More — a lot more — dockless vehicles to come to DC in 2019
WASHINGTON — Expect to see more dockless bikes and scooters — a lot more — on D.C. streets in the next year.
WTOP: What’s open, what’s closed during Christmas shutdown?
WASHINGTON — Since lawmakers failed to come to an agreement on a budget deal Friday, the lights get turned off at some key federal agencies. But you can still catch the festive holiday lights at the National Zoo. And take a stroll through…
Washington Post: Nominee to run D.C. schools faces scrutiny over handling of sexual abuse case
In February 2016, a woman told officials at a public school in Indianapolis that she had found sexually explicit text messages between her 17-year-old son and a guidance counselor. In an email that evening, a top aide told Superintendent…
Washington Post: D.C. Council offers muted response to lawmaker’s sign-company controversy
D.C. Council member David Grosso called Friday for the creation of a special committee to investigate ties between fellow lawmaker Jack Evans and a digital-sign company.
Washington Post: Man who harassed black student online must deliver ‘sincere’ apology, renounce…
An Oregon man who unleashed online attacks targeting the first black woman to serve as American University’s student government president has agreed to apologize, renounce white supremacy and confront his bigotry as part of a proposed legal…
Washington Post: The Smithsonian and National Gallery plan to remain open despite shutdown
The city’s wealth of free attractions are a harried Washingtonian’s best friend this time of year, especially for those with visitors: Pack mom and dad off to the Kennedy Center’s singalong “Messiah,” and drag the little cousins to…
Colbert King in The Post: There may be peace on Earth somewhere. But there’s murder in D.C.
There may be peace in some places on Earth this Christmas, but not in some parts of our nation’s capital. The spirit of the season hardly intersects with daily life on the streets, where death seems to carry the day — as shown by the…
Washington Post: Federal budget fight slows Redskins’ path to build new stadium at RFK site
The Washington Redskins’ prospects of building their next stadium on the former RFK Stadium site suffered a setback this week when Congress failed to come to terms on broad spending legislation that could have granted control of the…
Hayden Frye in The Post: The D.C. Council again failed to make some street singing unlawful. Good.
The D.C. Council wisely let a bad bill die this session. And if it wants the District to be a bustling, vibrant place, it should make sure the bill stays dead.
Kathryn Maddux in The Post: The difference one adult can make for foster children in D.C.
The holidays often allow us some downtime to reflect on the important people and things in our lives.
Curbed: Six things D.C. says it’s learned about scooters and dockless bikes since they arrived
As District officials prepare to see more electric scooters and dockless bikes on city streets next year, they are also reflecting on what they have learned since welcoming the vehicles through a pilot program that kicked off last year.…
Freelance Journalist Pete Tucker: Rev. Hagler: “Our Votes Cannot Just Be Simply Overturned”
In June, D.C. voters approved a measure raising tipped workers’ base wages. Four months later the D.C. Council overturned D.C. voters and repealed that initiative – Initiative 77.
DCist: Notes On A Scandal: WTF Is Going On With Ward 2’s Jack Evans?
A blockbuster report in the Washington Post found that Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans’ consulting firm received stock in an electric sign company right before he introduced legislation that would have directly benefited that company.
Washington Post: Planned D.C. halfway house loses lease after resident concerns about housing former…
A corrections company that won a $60 million federal contract to open a 300-bed halfway house in Northeast Washington lost its lease Thursday after neighborhood residents sued to stop it.
Washington Business Journal: SLS Hotel in Mount Vernon Triangle hit with financing delay
D.C.’s planned SLS Hotel project is facing a delay as its developer works to line up financing.
DCist: Advocates Spend The Night Outside To Mourn The Deaths Of 54 Homeless D.C. Residents
The mourners carried white signs bearing the names and ages of the dead. Some held round plastic lights meant to look like candles. They followed in procession behind a group of men carrying an empty casket, all the while being pelted by…
Washington Post: Virginia man accused of paying over $140,000 in bribes to D.C. human resources…
A contractor for a company that worked with the D.C. Department of Human Resources was indicted Friday after allegedly bribing a former D.C. official, prosecutors said.