DCist: DCision 2018: Your General Election Voting Guide
The November 6 election day is fast approaching, and in D.C., you can cast a ballot even sooner than that—early voting begins on October 22 at these locations and lasts through November 2. Remember: D.C. has same-day voter registration. You…
Kevin Smith in The Post: More broken promises on returning citizens
On July 12, 2016, the D.C. Council passed the Incarceration to Incorporation Entrepreneurship Program Act to provide business planning and related training, college courses in entrepreneurship, apprenticeship training, leadership and…
Ian Jacobs in The Post: D.C. shrugs at slugging’s benefits
It’s no secret: Commuting in the District is a nightmare under the best of conditions. A combination of too many cars and too few public transportation options has left commuters with among the longest average commute times in the nation —…
Philip Kennicott in The Post: How the Park Service plans to help Trump keep protesters off his lawn
The first big lie of the Trump administration had to do with crowds and public space. The day after his Jan. 20, 2017 inauguration, Trump’s official spokesman cited incorrect numbers to back up the president’s claim that “like a million,…
Washington Post: Duke Ellington School of the Arts teacher is accused of sexual misconduct, placed…
D.C. police are investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against a department chair at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Principal Sandi Logan informed parents Wednesday in a letter that the teacher was placed on leave while the…
Washington Blade: GLAA awards high scores to Reeder, Silverman
Lesbian businesswoman Dionne Reeder, who’s running as an independent for an at-large D.C. Council seat, received a rating of +7 from the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, the same rating that GLAA gave to Mayor Muriel Bowser.
WTOP: Car registrations go digital with new DC app
WASHINGTON — D.C. residents can now access their vehicle registration card on their phones thanks to a new app. The D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles rolled out the app and Digital Vehicle Registration Card and Sticker this week, which…
jonetta rose barras: Health care rescue
What took them so long?
DC Council members finally got serious this week about disrupting the plan to close Providence Hospital in Ward 5. They unanimously passed the Clarification of Hospital Procedure Emergency Amendment Act of 2018.…
Another summer comes and goes with no events on Carter Barron stage
The 1960s were the heyday of Rock Creek Park’s Carter Barron Amphitheatre. Diana Ross & the Supremes, Stevie Wonder and Ella Fitzgerald were among the musical acts highlighted in a May 12, 1968, article in The Washington Post previewing…
Washington City Paper: Ward 3 Will Get Its Homeless Shelter After All
After more than a year of legal challenges, the DC Court of Appeals ruled Thursday to uphold a local zoning board's approval of a plan to develop a homeless shelter in Ward 3. The decision paves the way for D.C.'s Department of General…
Norton Community Meeting Will Give Residents First Opportunity to Provide Direct Feedback on…
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October 19, 2018
Norton Community Meeting Will Give Residents First Opportunity to Provide Direct Feedback on Louisiana Avenue Bike Lane Project, Wednesday
DDOT to Host Open House Beforehand to Allow Residents…
Curbed DC: D.C. looks for groups to transform vacant land into urban farms at two locations
The District is searching for organizations to create and run urban farms at two locations in Kingman Park and Brightwood Park. Totaling more than 20,000 square feet, the parcels are currently vacant. Once redeveloped, they would be managed…
The DC Lineup for this weekend: tricks and treats for all ages
The city is gearing up for pre-Halloween activities this weekend, Oct. 19 to 21, with varied events involving costumes, pumpkins, apple cider, autumn leaves and kids’ trick-or-treating. Adults can visit homes not for trick-or-treating but…
Capital Projections: ‘I’m listening’ 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.
THE GUILTY
Asger (Jakob Cedergren) is a Copenhagen police officer demoted…
Washingtonian: Whole Foods Opens in Navy Yard with Self-Serve Wine and Build-Your-Own Avocado Toast
Washington’s roster of Whole Foods expanded from four to five this morning, as the Amazon-owned grocer opened a new location in Navy Yard—its first-ever in Southeast DC. More than a grocery, the market hopes to draw in neighborhood business…
Bisnow: ‘Glass Box Fatigue’: How Architects Are Flipping The Script On D.C. Office…
D.C. developers have spent years churning out homogeneous office buildings, maximizing the height under the city's zoning limit and creating all-glass exteriors to bring in light, but the latest projects have begun to differentiate…
WAMU: What Data On The Racial Divide In Schools Says About The Washington Region
There is a pattern of racial disparity in educational opportunity, attainment and school discipline practices in the Washington region, according to 2015-16 school year data recently released by the U.S. Department of Education and…
WTOP: Did Trump keep FBI in DC? Emails show president played bigger role than first thought
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was more deeply involved than the White House has indicated in a decision to keep the FBI headquarters in D.C., according to new documents released Thursday by Democratic members of a House oversight…
DCist: Evidence Piles Up That The President Was Involved In Keeping FBI Building Across From Trump…
Yet more evidence has emerged that President Donald Trump was involved in the FBI's decision to scrap its original plan to find a different home for its new agency headquarters, instead opting to raze the crumbling, "functionally obsolete"…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: A National Park Service move that’s completely un-American and…
Try saying it — the Doritos March on Washington for Freedom. The Red Bull Rally for Refugee Rights! How about the Stayfree Protest for Women? All wrong. But that’s where we’re headed if yet another piece of the American experiment goes to…