Photo by Ted Eytan.

Photo by Ted Eytan.

  • New elected officials—including mayor-elect Muriel Bowser, new Councilmembers, and D.C.’s first elected attorney general—will be sworn in today. [WAMU]
  • Homicide Watch D.C. ends with a post of how those convicted of murder in the District are sentenced. [Homicide Watch]
  • The D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development announces partnership with BET. [Release]
  • The biggest Virginia stories of 2014. [WAMU]
  • Gray leaves office with plans left behind for incoming administration. [Post]
  • Will we have a snowless winter? [CWG]
  • What we could be seeing for local musicians in 2015. [Arts Desk]
  • Mary Timony talks about her “understated swagger” on All Things Considered. [NPR]
  • Local kids want mayor-elect Bowser to build more parks. [Post]
  • This Day in DCist: Budget autonomy went into effect (but it didn’t last long).