Good Friday to you, Washington. Are you getting psyched for the weekend already? No? Did we mention how nice the weather’s going to be yet? Predictions are for mostly sunny skies and low humidity levels on Saturday with below-normal high temperatures in the low 80s and overnight lows sinking down to, get this, the low 60s. It’s like Christmas in August! District Plagued By Lead Concerns: It’s sure starting to feel like we’re having…

Terror Threat Lowered: We aren’t in an orange mood any more. The Department of Homeland Security has lowered the terror threat to financial institutions in Washington, New York and northern New Jersey. Of course, that doesn’t mean that the terror threat has gone away, the Department of Homeland Security reminds us. That move has let the Capitol Police to dismantle security checkpoints on roadways leading to Capitol Hill. Also, the AP, via WTOP, reports that…

Didn’t we say there were going to be more sparks on the horizon? D.C. Council Chairman Linda Cropp used her power as chairman to postpone consideration of the proposal to publicly finance a new baseball stadium for two weeks, meaning that at all the drama in the run-up to today’s vote will be dragged out for the better part of the remainder of November. Cropp says she is cooking up an alternative to Mayor Anthony…

Just a few days after the chairman of the D.C. City Council, Linda Cropp, introduced a new plan to build a new baseball stadium adjacent to RFK Stadium, it appears that her plan is dead in the water as she doesn’t have the votes to push the measure through, the Post reports. But she says that Mayor Anthony William’s plan to build a new stadium on South Capitol Street lacks critical votes as well. With…