Posts about District of Columbia
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I’m an employer, and I support DC’s family leave bill
Employees who work in DC could soon be entitled to 16 weeks of paid time off for the birth of a child, to care for a sick family member, or recover from illness, under a bill introduced this week. As someone who runs a small nonprofit that will soon employ three people, I think this is a great idea. As someone who writes about the forces that affect where people live, I also think it’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Takeover danger
Whose rail line is it anyway?; Bowser deals with Exelon; Paying off Safeway; So long, paper farecard; Stop building!; Bike priority areas; Viva White Oak; Breaking ground; And…. Keep reading…
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Apartments on Pennsylvania Avenue? The FBI building’s replacement may be more than offices
When the FBI decamps from its Pennsylvania Avenue headquarters and moves to a new building in Maryland or Virginia, its existing building will probably be torn down and replaced. Last week, officials took the first baby step to make that happen, opening the door to a mixed-use development on the site. Keep reading…
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Capital Bikeshare will add 99 DC stations over 3 years. Your neighborhood will probably benefit.
Almost every neighborhood in DC will see new Capital Bikeshare stations in the next three years. A new expansion plan charts out the locations for 99 new DC stations. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better leave
Plans for more paid leave; Admitting is the first step, Metro; Corralling papal crowds; Fair funding for schools; Policing bikes; A new GWU. Keep reading…
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Five bus lines everyone in DC should know, love, and use
Metrorail’s six lines are so easy to remember that most Washingtonians have memorized them. Here are five convenient bus lines that everyone in town should know just as well. Keep reading…
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DC Council chairman Phil Mendelson is blocking Mayor Bowser’s zoning board nominee
Mayor Muriel Bowser has nominated David Franco, a local developer, to sit on the DC Zoning Commission, but DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is blocking the nomination. I spoke with Franco about work, his vision for DC, and his views on the need to build more housing. Franco would replace Marcie Cohen, a former affordable housing and community development professional. Cohen… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Half full, half empty
No rush cuts; No Metro for you; Revenue woes; On a silver platter; Let them in; Arlington, do it my way; Protesting PP; Tunnel and terminal; And…. Keep reading…
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This building is way too short
Along Florida Avenue between U Street and California, at the southern edge of Adams Morgan, there’s a block-long strip of retail containing Pleasant Pops, Mint, and until recently, Hans Pedr’ Kaffe. It’s also missing something big: housing on top. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who can save Metro?
Riders leaving; Needed: a leader; Prince George’s growing; Gen Y renters’ blues; The return of Gray?; Cuccinelli too; Mayor talks merger; DC’s Official Frivolous NEPA Pretext; And…. Keep reading…