In Ward 3, Cheh’s bid for fourth term faces challenge from independent Dimtchev
Education and quality of life took center stage at a recent forum with the two candidates vying for Ward 3’s seat on the DC Council: Democratic incumbent Mary Cheh and independent challenger Petar Dimtchev.
With the Nov. 6 election…
Curbed: How Amazon HQ2 would squeeze the D.C. region’s already tight housing market
Here’s a timely lesson about supply and demand, courtesy of the District-based Urban Institute: If regional housing production remains sluggish, and tens of thousands of new residents arrive in the area within a short period due to the…
Washington Times: Homeless advocates: D.C.’s winter shelter plan falls short for families,…
Homeless advocates told a D.C. Council hearing Tuesday that city’s winter shelter plan has “gaping holes” in it. Advocates and homeless people testified that the plan lacks low-barrier shelters for families, coed shelters for couples and…
DCist: Dolcezza Lowered Its Baristas’ Wages. Here’s Why, And What It Says About…
When Blaine Smith arrived for work as a barista at the CityCenter Dolcezza last Wednesday, he learned that his hourly wage was changing from $13.25 an hour plus tips to $10.50 plus tips, effective that day. The shift is emblematic of a…
DCist: WaPo Editorial Board Endorsed Local Candidates. How Often Do People Listen To Them?
On Friday evening, the Washington Post editorial board published its local endorsements for the 2018 general election. Per usual, local politicos either cheered the newspaper's picks or expressed utter disgust with them—including some…
Washington Post: A mini-tour of Washington sights you’ve probably never noticed
Soapstone Market doesn’t appear in “111 Places in Washington That You Must Not Miss,” but Andréa Seiger treats the grocery as if it were No. 112. Waiting to place her order, she points out several noteworthy features of the Van Ness…
Washington Business Journal: Wells Fargo unveils D.C. initiative to triple charitable giving, boost…
San Francisco banking giant Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) will be boosting its business and charitable giving in Washington, D.C., to a total of $1.6 billion over the next five years, the bank said in an announcement.
Keshini Ladduwahetty: Competing worldviews shaped the polarized debate over Initiative 77
Months of contentious debate over One Fair Wage will end soon with the mayor’s expected signature on the DC Council bill repealing Initiative 77, which DC voters passed overwhelmingly in June. The controversy, which has raged since the…
Washington Post: D.C. Mayor Bowser unveils reset of her Vision Zero campaign as traffic deaths…
An increase in traffic fatalities in the District is prompting Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and police to consider several new enforcement strategies, including restricting right turns on red and limiting left turns at some intersections to make…
WAMU: As Traffic Deaths Creep Up, D.C. Plans Slower Speeds, More Bike Lanes
D.C. is looking at both fast fixes and longer-term policy changes to combat the recent uptick in traffic, bike and pedestrian fatalities in the District. Representatives from more than a dozen city agencies met for two hours Monday to talk…
DCist: The Country’s First Signing Starbucks Opens On H Street NE
On 6th Street and H Street NE, across the street from Whole Foods, a new kind of Starbucks opened Tuesday where Deaf and hearing employees alike primarily communicate in American Sign Language. As Matthew Gilsbach, the store’s Deaf manager…
WTOP: Metro proposes temporary solution to crumbling DC bus garage
WASHINGTON — A Metrobus garage has areas that are in danger of collapse, which drove Metro to spend $150,000 a month to park 20 buses on the street each morning and at other garages overnight, taking limited street parking away from…
jonetta rose barras: Undemocratic campaign reform in DC
When Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen took over as chair of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety nearly two years ago, he pledged to push through campaign finance reform, consolidating and advancing a host of legislative…
Washington Post: D.C. attorney general opens probe into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in…
D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine said Tuesday that his office has launched an investigation into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in the archdiocese of Washington, the latest in a string of state-level law enforcement officials now…
WAMU: Why Are There Hundreds Of Bees On The Zoo’s Ape House?
If you’ve gone to visit the extremely cute baby gorilla at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the past few weeks, you may have noticed a man on a ladder using tiny brushes to slowly, painstakingly paint hundreds of giant bees around the…
Local chef, a former data consultant, primed to take flight in Dupont Circle
It is a sweltering Thursday afternoon in the city 45 minutes before The Caged Bird will open for its happy hour. Amid the final preparations for the evening’s operations at this new restaurant/lounge/meeting spot in Dupont Circle, co-owner…
Bisnow: Owner Of Brightwood Building With Tenants On Rent Strike Retains Broker To Sell Property
The owner of a controversial Brightwood apartment building where tenants have organized a rent strike in recent weeks is looking to sell the property. Michael Lesesne retained Marcus & Millichap's Marty Zupancic and Christian Barreiro…
Washington Business Journal: D.C.’s Soupergirl didn’t get a ‘Shark Tank’ deal. Then a shark had…
The founders of Soupergirl took their shot on the latest episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank” Sunday night but failed to convince the show’s investors that their D.C. soup company was valued at $5 million. Then Matt Higgins, one of the show's…
Washington Post: Man shot by security guard in lobby of Fox 5 TV station
A man who kicked his way through two plexiglass doors at the Fox 5 television station in Northwest Washington was shot and wounded by a security guard Monday afternoon, D.C. police said. Police identified the man as George Odemns, 38, and…
Washington Post: As Ford makes driverless push in city, District seeks standards on safety,…
District officials are pushing Ford to meet new standards on cybersecurity, safety and pollution as the Big Three automaker works to open driverless transportation and delivery businesses in the nation’s capital in 2021.