WUSA9: Eleventh hour move keeps Providence Hospital open for now
D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Doug Buchanan said that a city-wide radio announcement went out Friday afternoon saying that Providence would continue accepting the city's ambulances.
Washington Post: After nine months, D.C. Public Schools likely to get a chancellor soon
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) plans to reconvene the panel advising her on the selection of a schools chancellor this weekend, indicating that a pick to lead the District’s public schools is imminent.
UrbanTurf: The DC Neighborhoods With the Best Price Appreciation in 2018
As the year comes to a close, UrbanTurf is taking its bi-annual look at the neighborhoods across the city that have seen the highest price appreciation in 2018.
Curbed: Developer to break ground on Fannie Mae HQ redevelopment in Northwest on Saturday
D.C.-based Roadside Development and North America Sekisui House (NASH), an arm of a major Japanese building company, on Dec. 1 will break ground on the 10-acre redevelopment of the former Fannie Mae headquarters site at 3900 Wisconsin Ave.…
Washington Post Editorial Board: Rhonda Henderson for D.C. State Board of Education
ELECTION SEASON in D.C. is not over yet. On Tuesday, voters in Ward 4 will go to the polls for a special election to pick their representative to the State Board of Education. The unusual timing — less than a month after November’s general…
Craig Holman in The Post: Ending pay to play in D.C.
Drain the swamp, and the alligators get angry.
WAMU: Providence Hospital’s ER To Remain Open Through April 2019, Officials Say
Earlier this year, Providence Hospital announced it would shut down its acute-care services by December 14. Now the hospital’s emergency room will remain open through April 2019, according to the District of Columbia Hospital Association.
The DC Lineup for this weekend: Festivities celebrate a variety of traditions
The joy of the holiday season continues this weekend, Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, with the notable menorah lighting ceremony at the White House and fun treats such as breakfast with Santa. Tour homes, attend a musical performance at DC’s arts high…
Washington Post: D.C. neighborhood battles one halfway house as prosecutors crack down on escapes…
Northeast Washington residents criticized plans for a halfway house this week as prosecutors cracked down on escapes from an existing halfway house that the new facility would replace.
Washington Post Editorial Board: How did a D.C. agency accuse hundreds of fraud — and get it wrong…
THE DISTRICT’S Office of the State Superintendent of Education announced in May that it had uncovered widespread residency fraud at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. The explosive claim that nearly 30 percent of the student body lived…
NBC4: Groom Has to Convince DC Marriage Clerk That New Mexico Is a State, Is Asked for Passport
A groom encountered a surprising snag when trying to get a marriage license in D.C. last week: A clerk told him his New Mexico identification wasn't acceptable because it was from outside the United States.
Washington Post: Southeast D.C. hospital could come with a catch: New project in Foggy Bottom
Few dispute that D.C. needs a new hospital east of the Anacostia River. But the deal to build that hospital and have George Washington University Hospital run it has attracted critics - including George Washington University.
Fredrick Kunkle in The Post: Sorry, but jumping a turnstile is not like getting a parking ticket
What does it cost to advertise a city’s virtue? We’ll find out next week when the D.C. Council could set the bidding at $25 million or more with a well-intentioned but misguided plan to decriminalize fare evasion on Metro.
DCist: Woman Gives Birth To Her Baby In A Car During Downtown Rush Hour
A woman gave birth to her baby girl in a car Thursday evening shortly before 7 p.m., when she and a male companion were driving to the hospital in the middle of downtown rush hour.
WTOP: Supporters calling for ‘Jamal Khashoggi Way’ will have to wait
WASHINGTON — An effort to rename a portion of the street outside the Saudi Embassy “Jamal Khashoggi Way” has been put on hold after D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson decided not to consider the measure.
jonetta rose barras: Housing discrimination in DC
His name may not be known to me — neither is the color of his hair or eyes. However, this much is indisputable: He was a homeless veteran in the District of Columbia. He died while fighting against a landlord and a management company whose…
Capital Projections: Growing up edition
Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week.
BECOMING ASTRID
Long before Astrid Lindgren wrote Pippi Longstocking, the…
Curbed: D.C. receives twice as many applicants for scooter and dockless bike permits for 2019
D.C. could welcome as many as a dozen operators of electric scooters and dockless bikes next year, up from six who are currently participating in a pilot program that runs until the end of 2018. That means the number of dockless vehicles on…
City Paper: George Washington University Opposes GW Hospital’s New Bed Tower
George Washington University said this week that the university opposes a contentious proposal to build a new 270-bed tower at its affiliated Foggy Bottom hospital, potentially jeopardizing a deal struck between George Washington University…
Afro-American: New Affordable Housing Units Coming to Southeast
On Nov. 27, District of Columbia leaders broke ground on the Residences at St. Elizabeths East, providing high-quality affordable housing units to the Congress Heights neighborhood in Ward 8.