Colleen Grablick
- Rapper Wale has pulled out of the annual Broccoli City Festival, but claims it has nothing to do with the fact that he’s not a headliner. [Complex]
- A chicken was captured wandering around near the Pentagon. [WJLA]
- The pandemic remains a challenge for mayoral candidates Robert White and Trayon White as they try to unseat Muriel Bowser. [Post]
- Metro is offering new bus drivers a $2,500 bonus amid a staffing shortage. [Post]
- D.C.’s Black Pride celebration will return this May, after missing the past two years due to COVID. [Blade]
- The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that would stop future minimum wage increases. [WTOP]
- Columbia Room is closing permanently on Feb. 11. [Washingtonian]
- Fact-checking Councilmember Mary Cheh’s rant about crime last week. [WCP]
- Another — yes, another — Call Your Mother location is opening, this time near Logan Circle. [DC Eater]
- It’ll be partly cloudy and mild today. [CWG]
- ICYMI: D.C. residents pursuing a degree in certain “high-demand” career fields are now eligible for $8,000 in tuition assistance.
- ICYMI: The D.C. Council approved a contract to upgrade the city’s streetlights, marking D.C.’s first public-private partnership.
- This Day in DCist: Former first lady Melania Trump moved to D.C.
