Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. just won a big reward for its comeback
FROM AFFORDABLE housing to Metro to the occasional water-supply glitch, the District has its share of issues and problems. It is our job to hold the city accountable on those subjects but, just now, we’d like to focus on the bigger picture:…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: ‘I don’t wanna die no mo’: The song these D.C. youths hope will stop…
Curiosity led Vernesha Poindexter to walk outside when she heard the gunfire. She didn’t know then that 42 bullets had been fired down a nearby street in Southeast D.C. She didn’t know that at least eight of those bullets had hit a…
A glimmer of hope for the once-iconic Fort Dupont concert series
For decades, the Fort Dupont Park free concert series was legendary for its roster of nationally known R&B and jazz acts, performing all summer long, sometimes on both Fridays and Saturdays. This year’s 46th annual season, with just six…
WTOP: It’s electric! DC Capital Bikeshare bikes to offer pedal assist
WASHINGTON — The District’s bright red fleet of Capital Bikeshare bikes will soon be joined by pedal-assist versions. D.C. Department of Transportation officials won’t comment publicly, but the social media account for the program has been…
Washington Post: People accused of collecting phony signatures in D.C. race say their names appear…
The first red flags seemed obvious: Row after row of signatures written in the same handwriting. Some appeared twice. A few belonged to a rival candidate’s staffers. Now, three of the people listed as signature collectors for S. Kathryn…
DCist: D.C. GOP, Fielding Three Candidates In November, Will Have Sean Spicer Headlining Fundraiser
As the D.C. Republican Party fields three candidates this November, the party announced a fundraiser that will feature Sean Spicer, the former press secretary for President Donald Trump.
DCist: A Restoration Brings 77-Year-Old Murals At The Mexican Cultural Institute To Their Former…
For more than 70 years, a mansion on 16th Street has housed one of D.C.’s lesser-known art gems on its walls. Roberto Cueva del Rio’s Embassy murals line the elaborate staircase and three stories of the Mexican Cultural Institute of D.C.,…
Washington Post: D.C. attorney general sues auto shops, alleging a 10-year ‘pattern of environmental…
The owners and occupants of a property in Northeast D.C. have violated city environmental laws repeatedly by spilling oil into neighborhood streets and threatening local waterways for the past 10 years, according to a lawsuit Attorney…
UrbanTurf: Union Market Expansion Plans Change After Development Partner Drops Out
Last spring, EDENS-affiliate EAJ 1309 5th Street, LLC applied for a two-year extension for plans that would expand and construct a companion building to Union Market. Now, with the exit of development partner Great Gulf, plans may be…
DCist: New NoMa Park Will Be Named For The Woman Who Helped Open First D.C. Schools For Black…
NoMa has a name drawn from a buried piece of D.C.’s African American history for a new large park in the works. The new 2.5-acre park adjacent to the Metropolitan Branch Trail just north of the New York Avenue bridge in NoMa will be called…
Washington City Paper: Mayor Muriel Bowser Wants NFL Team Back in D.C.
"If there was a way to bring the team back to the city, she would find it," says the mayor's spokesperson.
Officials look for all-girls Excel Academy to thrive under DCPS control
The girls at Excel Academy in Anacostia weren’t sure whether they would have to change schools this year. But by the start of the school year last week, students navigated through a small crowd that cheered “Welcome back to school” and…
DC Policy Center: D.C.’s Startup Scene, Part II: Opportunity Costs
Previously, in D.C.’s Startup Scene, I examined employment gains made by District startups across industry sectors. … In this article, I dig deeper by examining one potential barrier that may be in the way of startup employment…
HPTF Financing Will Help Preserve Affordable Housing for Over 140 Residents in Wards 4 and 7
August 29, 2018
HPTF Financing Will Help Preserve Affordable Housing for Over 140 Residents in Wards 4 and 7
Most of the 64 units will be designated for households making at or below $59,000 a year
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Mayors from Across the Country to Join Mayor Bowser for DC’s First Maternal and Infant Health Summit
Mayors from Across the Country to Join Mayor Bowser for DC’s First Maternal and Infant Health Summit
Leaders and Experts from Across the U.S. Will Discuss Strategies to Improve Perinatal Health and Address Racial Disparities in Birth…
AG Racine Sues Automotive Companies for Illegal Oil Spills that Threaten the Anacostia River and…
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‘We will be the change,’ Zion Kelly tells other winners of AG’s Right Direction…
Zion Kelly stood in the same spot his twin brother, Zaire, had stood to receive his Right Direction Award one year earlier. One month after winning the award, Zaire Kelly was shot and killed only 300 feet from his home.
Zion, who…
Norton to Introduce Bill Affording New Way for D.C. to Secure Private Funding for Public…
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August 29, 2018
Norton to Introduce Bill Affording New Way for D.C. to Secure Private Funding for Public Infrastructure Projects
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today…
Mayor Bowser and Events DC Break Ground On Three Multi-Purpose Recreational Fields on the RFK…
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Mayor Bowser and Events DC Break Ground On Three Multi-Purpose Recreational Fields on the RFK Stadium Campus
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Greater Greater Washington: DC’s rivers could be swimmable in the next several years
The reasons why you can’t safely or legally swim in the District’s rivers could be resolved within the next several years — a concrete milestone for clean rivers which until recently seemed difficult to envision. This would open new outdoor…