Washingtonian: Contrary to Rumors, the Line DC Hotel and Its Restaurants Plan to Reopen
The Adams Morgan property is waiting on a green light from the mayor.
Press Release: AG Racine Releases COVID-19 Consumer Complaint Report
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications
Complaints Doubled During State of Emergency; Price Gouging Complaints in All Eight Wards; Health Clubs…
Commercial Observer: DC’s Art Place Adds Two Tenants
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation has signed both Love and Care Development Center and Rocketship Public School to leases at Art Place, a mixed-use development project in Washington, D.C.’s Fort Totten neighborhood.
Colbert King in The Post: Did Trump’s pick to lead the VOA misuse nonprofit funds? D.C.’s AG is on…
The District of Columbia has been drawn into a clash between a Trump administration that wants to install conservative filmmaker Michael Pack as head of the agency overseeing the Voice of America and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking…
Washington Post Editorial Board: If ever an election needed ranked-choice voting, it’s this one
“VOTE FOR no more than one.” Those are the instructions on the ballot in the District’s upcoming Democratic primary for the Ward 2 seat on the D.C. Council. If ever there were an election that needed ranked-choice voting (which allows…
Washington Post: As stay-at-home order is extended, D.C. police say enforcing social distancing can…
One Friday this month, District authorities saw people congregating while waiting for take-out orders at a Mexican restaurant on the Wharf. Two days later, a group of people outside an apartment building in Brightwood Park refused to…
The DC Lineup for this weekend: black holes, books and papier-mâché bowls
Education, youth engagement and politics are the themes in this edition of The DC Lineup.
Temperatures will be warm over the next few days, May 15 to 17, ranging from 60 to 87 degrees. The weekend will open with mostly sunny skies on…
DCist: Without The Parades And In-Person Parties, Pride Will Look Very Different This Year
Last June, Emily Thompson, a doctoral student in Gallaudet University’s audiology program, went to her first D.C. pride parade. She previously lived in Washington in the early 2010s, but came back last year for school, and the event marked…
Washington Post Editorial Board: Washington needs a new U.S. attorney
IN A few short months , interim U.S. attorney Timothy J. Shea, whom Attorney General William P. Barr installed, has presided over two extraordinary retreats from justice, in both cases to help associates of President Trump, and in both…
Washingtonian: How the Washington Post Is Telling the Stories of the Local Lives Behind Covid-19…
"We realized we had to explain to people what the sacrifice was about," says Local editor Mike Semel
WAMU: D.C.-Area Author Jason Reynolds Talks Distance Learning And Not Letting Young People’s…
Jason Reynolds isn’t a parent or teacher, but he does know how to spark the creativity of young people. The New York Times bestselling author of young adult fiction wants to make sure kids continue to imagine and grow while they’re at home…
Julie Reiff in The Post: Inadequate access east of the Anacostia River creates a cycle of poor…
Ward 8 is home to the District’s most underserved neighborhoods for health care. The only hospital outside of the Northwest quadrant — the whitest and richest — is United Medical Center in Southeast. The hospital is being forced to close…
Washington Business Journal: Survivors: GALA Hispanic Theatre capitalizes on dark house to do much…
Hugo and Rebecca Medrano aren’t strangers to hard times. Hugo, an actor turned producing artistic director of a D.C. theater for Spanish productions, started his career in exile from his native Argentina, after all.
WAMU: With The City Wearing Sweatpants, Dry Cleaners Turn To Making Masks
“Every cleaner I see is selling them,” says Moon Whang, the owner of Georgetown Valet, a local chain of cleaning and alteration shops.
Washington Post: Small businesses in high-rent cities face disaster. If they go under, urban life…
Like hundreds of small-business owners in the nation’s capital, Pixie Windsor knows her vintage furniture and home accessories shop is in peril.
Washington Post: Amid the pandemic, love finds a way as the D.C. court begins virtual weddings
As the sky over Meridian Hill Park darkened and a brisk wind thrust its way in, bride Jameila Roache and her groom, Andre Rambana, watched in fear as the laptop used to link them to the D.C. judge officiating their marriage began to slide…
City Paper: The Commission Fee Cap on Food Delivery Companies Took Effect. Now What?
Here's what to do if you suspect a violation.
Press Release: Norton Amendment Making D.C. Code Offenders in Federal Prison Eligible for Early…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
May 14, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the House Rules Committee today passed her amendment to the…
Press Release: Statement by AG Racine and AG Frosh on Major Court Victory in Emoluments Lawsuit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 14, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications
In 9-6 Decision, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Allows DC and MD’s Case to Proceed
WASHINGTON, D.C. – District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A.…
Washington Business Journal: Metro approves new budget that cuts $1.2B — for now
The $2.7 billion budget the Metro board passed Thursday doesn't look much like the one the authority was looking at in April. And it may need to be revisited again in another month, General Manager Paul Wiedefeld told board members at…