On any given day, the Critical Response Team at D.C. Public Schools can field up to 300 calls from parents worrying about everything from Pre-K enrollment to a decades-old homecoming award never given.
With many of Washington, D.C.’s most iconic sites shuttered by the partial federal government shutdown, tourism officials say that visitors are canceling trips and an extended impasse could have a negative impact on the city’s economy.
It's been 50 years since streetcars rolled through D.C., and as we hear in our regular transportation segment, building a new streetcar line is proving to be a tricky process.
The streetcar tracks have been in place for years, but workers are now rushing to finish off the infrastructure needed to run streetcars up a 2.5-mile stretch of H Street and Benning Road NE.