Theresa Vargas in The Post: A roomful of cops asked if it’s better to ‘do nothing’ sometimes. Why…
Humiliated. That’s how Stephen Benson felt as a teenager standing in Union Station, wondering how he ended up in handcuffs.
Washington Post: Drenched city: 2018 is now Washington’s wettest year ever recorded.
An unprecedented series of drenching rain storms, culminating in this weekend’s soaking, has catapulted 2018 to the wettest year on record in Washington. This year’s rainfall tally shoves aside the previous top mark which stood for nearly…
WTOP: It’s official: 2018 is DC’s wettest year on record
WASHINGTON — 2018 will officially go down as D.C.’s wettest calendar year on record.
Eater DC: Ben’s Chili Bowl Inspires D.C.’s Black Business Owners to Invest in Themselves
How the D.C. institution serves as a blueprint for young entrepreneurs
Washington Post: In last-ditch effort, D.C. sues to try to keep Providence Hospital open
The District government filed suit Friday against management of Providence Hospital, saying its move to shutter most of its operations has violated the terms of its hospital license.
Colbert King in The Post: Daniel Snyder belongs on the NFL’s Hall of Shame. D.C. shouldn’t indulge…
It’s hard to not get worked up about a new stadium possibly getting built on the existing RFK site, especially with Washington’s football team owner Daniel Snyder in the picture. “Think your NFL owner is bad? Dan Snyder’s always worse” was…
Mayor Bowser Appoints Terrie Rouse-Rosario as Acting Executive Director of the Commission on the…
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Mayor Bowser Appoints Terrie Rouse-Rosario as Acting Executive Director of the Commission on the Arts and Humanities
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser…
Curbed: D.C.-born residents predominantly live on the eastern end of the city, analysis shows
A new analysis of U.S. Census data by the D.C. Policy Center (DCPC), a local think tank, underscores big demographic differences between the east and west sides of the District.
David Osborne and Emily Langhorne in The Post: Who is Lewis Ferebee, D.C.’s new chancellor?
After 11 years of centralization, Lewis D. Ferebee, the choice of D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to be the next D.C. schools chancellor (subject to confirmation by the D.C. Council), will bring a fresh perspective to D.C. Public Schools.…
Adele Robey in The Post: Nothing will change until bad drivers have to pay
Pedestrian deaths seems to be on the upswing this year, despite a promise from the District to make walking and bicycling in the city safer.
Washingtonian: There’s a New Retail Strategy at the Shay. Will it Work?
Around this time last year, things weren’t looking good for the Shay—JBG Smith’s splashy mixed-use development at 8th and Florida avenues, Northwest. Shops Chrome Industries, Kit and Ace, Steven Alan, Frank and Oak, and Bucketfeet had all…
Washingtonian: A Fried Chicken and Oyster Restaurant is Coming to Shaw
Arlington bar owner Scott Parker will debut his first DC venture—a full-service restaurant called Roy Boys—in the former Tasty Burger space in Shaw’s Atlantic Plumbing development. Parker, a co-owner, says Roy Boys should open by…
Bisnow: D.C. Council Fails To Take Up Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Pushes Issue To 2019
The hundreds of people who testified to the D.C. Council in March on the District's long-term development plan were not enough to sway the council to prioritize the issue and move forward with it this year.
WTOP: Rustic Mediterranean restaurant Olivia is coming to Penn Quarter
WASHINGTON — Longtime Washington restaurateur Ashok Bajaj, whose restaurants include Bombay Club, Oval Room and Rasika, is changing the name and the menu at his 5-year-old NoPa Kitchen+Bar in Penn Quarter.
Washington Business Journal: Exclusive: The Wharf lands prominent anchor tenant to kick off phase 2
Williams & Connolly LLP has signed on as an anchor office tenant in the second phase of The Wharf, a major win for developer Hoffman-Madison Waterfront as it prepares to break ground on the next installment of its Southwest waterfront…
Douglas Fruehling in the Washington Business Journal: Football at RFK stadium? Yes, it’s the…
It’s not often I give Dan Snyder kudos for anything, but he deserves a pat on the back for trying to locate his new football stadium at the RFK Stadium site in Northeast D.C. It is, hands down, the best location for a stadium in the region.
Washington Revels celebrate Yuletide on stage with fun romp in Elizabethan England
The Washington Revels’ annual holiday production returns to Lisner Auditorium this weekend to welcome Yule with a romping production of Elizabethan music and dance that celebrates the group’s 35 years in the District.
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Fox 5: Pay It Forward: DC woman turns grief from son’s murder into opportunity to give to…
WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - A DC woman is turning her grief from her son's murder into an opportunity to give to the homeless.
Washington Post: He used to sell drugs on D.C. streets. Now he’s paid to make them safer.
The boys, barely in their teens, were angry. A young man they knew had been shot dead.
WAMU: Bowser To Sue Providence Hospital Over Closure
Mayor Muriel Bowser is taking Providence Hospital to court, according to a D.C. official familiar with the matter.