Greater Greater Washington: A few 7000-series trains are back — but there could be more
Metro has been running fewer of its newest 7000-series railcars than allowed, according to data analyzed by Greater Greater Washington. The agency received permission to run up to eight of the trains per day in service, but averaged just…
DCist: Park Service Wants To Ban Commuting Cars From Beach Drive, But Only During Summer Months
The National Park Service says the upper portion of Beach Drive should be closed to traffic and open to recreation in the summer, in addition to weekends and holidays throughout the year.
Washington Business Journal: Amazon eyes Navy Yard for new grocery store
Amazon.com Inc. wants to open a new grocery store in Navy Yard, according to public documents.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. funds affordable housing project in Shepherd Park
An affordable housing redevelopment project in Northwest D.C.'s Ward 4 is poised to get off the ground with financing from the D.C. Housing Finance Agency.
DCist: D.C. Could Allow Residents With Unpaid Debts To Get Driver’s Licenses. Traffic Safety…
A D.C. resident is not able to get a driver’s license or renew an existing one if they owe more than $100 to the local government. A bill introduced by Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie would amend the city’s “Clean Hands” law, so…
WTOP: Homebound DC residents can get in-home COVID-19 testing
Those in D.C. who are homebound now have access to in-home COVID-19 testing services with a registered nurse.
DCist: How A Collective Of Black Ballet Teachers Has Been Quietly Training D.C.’s Up-And-Coming…
It’s a Tuesday evening in May, and three rows of Black girls ages 11 through 17 are lined up on the second floor of the Dance Loft on 14. The girls are students of the Jones-Haywood Dance School in Petworth — a historic dance school that…
Washington Business Journal: Temporary retail village planned for St. Elizabeths East campus
A development team including Redbrick LMD and Emerson Collective broke ground Monday on a temporary retail village set to spring up on part of the St. Elizabeths East campus in Southeast D.C., a placeholder use for the 4.2-acre site.
Press Release: Councilmember Christina Henderson Introduces Legislation to Create Compensation…
News Release — At-large DC Council member Christina Henderson
For Immediate Release
July 11, 2022
Contact: Mike Shaffer
Washington DC – Today, Councilmember Christina Henderson introduced the Commission…
Press Release: DCHFA’s Investment Expands Affordable Housing in Ward 4
News Release — DC Housing Finance Agency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 11, 2022
Contacts: Yolanda McCutchen
Susan Ortiz
66 New Affordable Apartments are coming to Shepherd Park
Washington, D.C. – The District of…
District Links: Metro eyes options for forthcoming budget crunch; still no new contract for DCPS…
As development continues on the St. Elizabeths East campus in Congress Heights, city officials and developers broke ground today on a temporary retail and food center envisioned as an incubator for entrepreneurs, artists and restaurateurs…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Breaks Ground on Sycamore & Oak, a New Community Space Designed by…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 11, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Natalia Vanegas (DMPED)
…
Press Release: AG Racine Leads Coalition of 20 Attorneys General Backing Important New Federal Rule…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 11, 2022
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Amicus Brief Continues AG Racine’s Efforts to Support Commonsense Gun Regulations and Improve…
jonetta rose barras: DC’s Medicaid managed care mess ad nauseam
Mayor Muriel Bowser and members of her team, including Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage, appear to be misdirecting the city’s procurement process — yet again. Equally troubling, they are preparing to squeeze the DC…
DCist: Facing A $350 Million Budget Gap, Metro May Look To Service Cuts And Fare Increases
Think back to November 2020, when Metro faced a $500 million pandemic-induced budget deficit. Metro officials proposed drastic cuts including shuttering 19 stations, eliminating weekend service, laying off 2,400 workers, and trains every…
WTOP: Mayor Bowser welcomes Wegmans grocery store to DC’s Ward 3
With her 4-year-old daughter Miranda in the shopping cart child seat, the mayor buzzed the aisles of the new Wegmans.
Washington Post: New Black-led group will battle injustice in the D.C. court system
Volunteer-based courtroom accountability group is spun out of Prince George’s County branch
Washington Business Journal: D.C. launched scholarships aimed at key workforce areas. But their…
The District has kick-started a new $12 million scholarship program to support residents pursuing degrees at three of its universities in industries that are desperate for talent. But funding could run out not long after the program…
Washington Business Journal: Whittle School & Studios is closing its D.C. campus
After just three years of educating pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students in Van Ness, the Whittle School & Studios abruptly shut down its D.C. campus operations, effective Friday evening, according to a memo its top executive…
Washington Post: ATV rider arrests in D.C. are down. The irritation with them is not.
Police say they are vexed by the riders — who some view as a public nuisance, and others see as a part of the city’s culture