Washington Post: Report from transit advocates calls for improved, coordinated bus service for D.C.…
The MetroNow coalition is calling for more bus lanes and increased planning between Metro and regional transit agencies
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WTOP: Swastikas, profane messages found at DC’s Union Station
Almost every column and wall at Union Station in D.C. have been vandalized with more than 150 swastikas and profane messages.
DCist: Investigation Underway After Swastikas Found At Union Station
Authorities say they are investigating after swastikas were discovered on the edifice at Union Station.
DCist: National Zoo Will Close Saturday Due To Snow
The National Zoo will close tomorrow due to a bout of snow expected to fall across the region Friday night.
DCist: D.C.’s Biggest Disaster Struck 100 Years Ago At The Knickerbocker Theater
More than two feet of snow had fallen on the District of Columbia, as movie-goers settled into their seats in the warmth of the Knickerbocker Theater on January 28, 1922. The theatre in Adams Morgan was the largest in the city, with…
Axios: Swastikas found outside Union Station in D.C.
Drawings of swastikas appeared etched around the entrance to Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Friday morning.
DCist: NoMa Wants The Public To Help Name Its Next Park
What’s in a name? For a park, a lot: Everything from local history and geography to even a sense of ownership for the neighborhood that surrounds it, especially in one of the District’s rapidly growing and changing NoMa neighborhood.
Washington Post: Swastikas found at Union Station; suspect may have ‘mental health challenges,’…
Authorities said they were investigating after swastikas were found scrawled on columns at Union Station on Friday.
Washington Business Journal: D.C.’s busiest neighborhood library eyes a major facelift
The D.C. Public Library System is seeking approval from local authorities to drastically renovate the nearly 100-year old Southeast Neighborhood Library, the branch near Eastern Market in Capitol Hill.
DCist: D.C. Public Library Trustees Vote To Name Auditorium In MLK Library After Jeff Bezos
The D.C. Public Library’s Board of Trustees voted this week to name the main auditorium in the renovated Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library after Amazon co-founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos.
DCist: National Geographic Museum To Welcome Back Guests In February With Free Admission
Good news, D.C. museumheads: The National Geographic Museum is reopening on Feb. 16 after being closed for nearly two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And for the month of February, the museum will be offering free admission to any…
District Links: Bowser admin seeks eminent domain for new Ward 7 grocery at site leased to Walmart;…
Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking to use eminent domain to revive a long-dormant mixed-use project along East Capitol Street in Ward 7 and ensure it includes a full-service grocery store.
DCist: Three Union Kitchen Stores Seek To Unionize
Employees at three Union Kitchen stores in D.C. filed union petitions with the National Labor Relations Board Thursday, becoming the latest local chain to organize for better working conditions.
DCist: Bowser Plans To Use Eminent Domain To Bring Grocery Store To Long-Vacant Lot East Of The…
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a plan Thursday she says will bring a new grocery store to a long-vacant plot of land on the eastern edge of the city, where few fresh food options currently exist.
Washington Post: A century later, the pain of D.C.’s deadliest disaster still resonates
Washington is well known for its multitude of memorials, a vast portfolio that includes tributes to the likes of Jefferson and Lincoln, veterans of World War II, the passengers who perished on the Titanic and even Sonny Bono.
Washington Post: D.C. conducts annual count of homeless residents
Many cities opted out of the process in 2021. This year’s will be the first to capture the impact of the pandemic on homelessness nationwide.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. finds Walmart replacement for stalled Capitol Gateway project
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing to use eminent domain to forcibly advance the stalled Capitol Gateway Marketplace project in Ward 7, a development dealt a near lethal blow six years ago when Walmart backed out of a deal to open…
Washington Post: D.C., Montgomery County see covid cases drop — but not mask mandates
Mandate extensions should help keep area cases trending downward, experts say
Axios: D.C. likely to suspend The Big Board’s liquor license after ABC vote
An H Street restaurant that has repeatedly violated D.C.'s mask and vaccine mandates may have its liquor license yanked this week.
City Paper: Errant Tweet on Chicago Union Politics Sparks Turmoil In D.C. Democrats
The local party is launching an internal investigation of its communications director as questions swirl about his work with a teachers’ union faction.