- For those of you who would like a glimpse into the future of DCist, feel free to turn your attention to our sister site Gothamist, who released a public beta of our upcoming site redesign and has a whole bunch of details on why we’re doing what we’re doing. (And above all else, please remember: this is a beta.) We want to hear what you think, too, so email us and we’ll pass it along.
- Pepco bought a full-page ad in today’s Washington Post to “sincerely apologize” for their recent performance. (I’m sure that’ll do it.) Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), meanwhile, wants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to look into the utility’s service.
- Bill Turque has the details on a study which breaks down how D.C.’s high schools get in District funds per student. School Without Walls leads with $10,257 per student; Cardozo is last, getting $7,453 per student.
- In case you hadn’t noticed, D.C.’s public agencies probably could have communicated better during the January 26 thundersnowstorm.
- Disturbing statistics from St. Elisabeth’s: Jason Cherkis reports that 388 physical assaults were reported last year inside the hospital, which houses around 300 patients.
- An absolutely crushing story from Ann Scott Tyson about a D.C. family who lost their four-year-old son during an apartment fire last Friday.
- DCist co-founder Mike Grass walks us through the experience of eating a muskrat.
- The San Francisco Chronicle editorializes on the “‘Perimeter Rule,’ which severely limits nonstop flights beyond 1,250 miles to and from Reagan National Airport.”
- Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh is on Facebook now.
- The first section of Maryland’s Intercounty Connector will open on February 22.
- The American Prospect’s Adam Serwer on Dan Snyder’s lawsuit: “Snyder, on the other hand, has managed to inflate his dismal stature among ordinary Washingtonians for his poor stewardship of their beloved football team into a national issue, providing an opportunity for the rest of America to dislike him as much as D.C. residents do. In the process, he’s also managed to raise the profile of Washington City Paper and turn them into heroes for free speech. Obviously, his spectacular ability to make everything worse applies to more arenas then just professional football.”
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