Washington Post Editorial Board: A new Metro chief faces a daunting future
Memo to Randy Clarke, the newly named chief of D.C.’s transit system: Metro is in trouble. Please rescue it.
DCist: It’s The End For D.C.’s Trump International Hotel
The family of former President Donald Trump has sold the lease to the building that was home to Trump International Hotel, clearing the way for an investment company to convert the hotel into a Waldorf Astoria.
DCist: D.C. Elections Roundup: The Ballots Are Coming!
If the growing number of campaign signs, candidate mailers, and chatty canvassers weren’t enough of a hint, it’s clear that D.C.’s June 21 primary election is drawing near. And from now until then, we’ll be collecting all of the political…
WTOP: DC 911 call taker on leave after crews sent to wrong address
A D.C. 911 call taker is on administrative leave after they incorrectly entered an address, contributing to a delayed emergency response to a call in which a woman was found dead.
City Paper: Schwalb, Spiva Jockey for Progressive Support in the Upended Attorney General Race
With Kenyan McDuffie off the ballot, the race has gotten a lot more complicated.
City Paper: Lewis George Endorses Parker for Ward 5 Council Seat
With the Post editorial board’s endorsement of Faith Gibson Hubbard, the race is starting to come into focus.
Associated Press: Trump sells Washington hotel to Miami-based investor group
NEW YORK (AP) — The lease to the Washington, D.C., hotel run by Donald Trump’s family company while he was president, a symbol of his power to GOP politicians who gathered there and of corruption to his critics, has been sold by his family…
Washington Post: Inside the race to find the gunman raining bullets on a D.C. school
When the first booms ripped along the line of bumper-to-bumper cars waiting for students leaving the Edmund Burke School for the day, William James Peterson thought construction scaffolding had collapsed.
Washingtonian: Inside the Effort to Revamp the DC Archives
A vital resource is getting a new home.
Axios: Ward 5 candidate Zachary Parker endorsed by council member
Ward 4 council member Janeese Lewis George is endorsing Ward 5 candidate Zachary Parker, the second lawmaker to back a hopeful in the hotly contested race.
Washington Post: Janeese Lewis George endorses Zachary Parker for Ward 5 council seat
Two years after winning election to the D.C. Council as a left-leaning advocate for supporting middle-class residents and reducing reliance on police, Ward 4 council member Janeese Lewis George announced her endorsement Thursday in the…
Washington Post: D.C. 911 call taker put on leave after flagging wrong address for call
A D.C. 911 operator has been put on leave after sending help to the wrong address on Monday, delaying an emergency response to a call in which a woman was found dead, according to District officials.
District Links: Ward 4’s Lewis George endorses Parker as ‘people-first’ candidate…
Ward 4 Council member Janeese Lewis George is wading into the politics of the adjoining Ward 5 — and making a splash with her endorsement this morning of fellow progressive Zachary Parker, currently the Ward 5 member of the State Board of…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. Housing Authority selects new HQ, sale of longtime home…
The D.C. Housing Authority has picked a new headquarters, setting the stage for the sale and redevelopment of its longtime home on North Capitol Street NE.
Washington Post: Trump sells D.C. hotel lease to Miami investment group
Record-setting price will allow Trump to pay off $170 million loan to Deutsche Bank. The property will become a Waldorf Astoria hotel.
WTOP: DC region registers drop in homelessness
A count of people living in shelters and on the streets from Northern Virginia to the District to suburban Maryland reveals that the region has made some progress against the problem of homelessness.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: The American Latino museum should get a place on the National Mall
On Cinco de Mayo, President Biden missed an opportunity to call for that to happen.
DCist: D.C. Hasn’t Explained Why COVID Data Wasn’t Sent To The CDC For Two Weeks
After the Washington Post reported earlier this week that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was missing nearly two weeks’ worth of coronavirus data from the city (including case numbers, testing, and death counts), DC Health…
Washington Post: D.C. campaign spending ramps up as Election Day nears
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has amassed the largest war chest going into the final weeks of the campaign for the Democratic nomination for mayor, campaign finance records submitted this week show, while one of her challengers — council…
WTOP: Union Station project could reduce parking, move it underground
Proposed plans to expand D.C.’s Union Station now involve cutting the number of parking spots in about half, moving those spaces underground and rearranging the bus facility so it aligns with the new train hall.