Enter a cocktail contest, listen to live music from your living room, and have a dance party this weekend.
A pair of bills making their way through Congress would force online retailers to charge sales taxes, providing a boon to local government coffers.
Was all the hubbub about the District’s intranet gaming plan a lot of hot air? That’s the impression one might get after reading this report in the Washington Times, in which representatives from the D.C. Lottery say that most people they spoke with during a series of town halls on the matter were “supportive.”
This morning, the D.C. Council launched a shiny, brand new and significantly more user-friendly website.
Residents should take note of some minor changes to the remaining slate of public meetings regarding the District’s online gaming program.
If yesterday’s Ward 5 town hall on the District’s controversial new i-Gaming platform is any indication, it’s not really the idea of online gambling that has residents put off — but rather how the idea came to be and where the money it’s supposed to generate will go.
D.C. residents who are subscribed to the District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles email alert system were reminded Monday that the agency has discontinued in-person vehicle registration renewals. The email, which was sent on the same day the change became effective, explained that from now on, for all vehicle registration renewals, customers must use online or by mail services. And if you missed the message and show up in person to a DMV service…
Recently we caught up with Washington Capitals owner and former Vice Chairman of America Online, Ted Leonsis, over email. Here’s what Ted had to say about his role in the organization, his goals for the team, and his feelings toward the media. Please note that he uses emoticons without shame. DCist: Now that you’re completely retired from AOL, how much fun is it to get up every morning and not have to go to work?…
Well, it’s been several weeks since we got a false report out of Russia saying that Washington Capitals superstar left winger Alexander Ovechkin savagely attacked someone. Therefore it came as no surprise yesterday when we got an apparently false report out of Russia saying that Alexander Ovechkin broke a hockey agent’s jaw in a bar fight. Last time, we had to watch the video to see that nothing happened. This time all we have is…
Allow us to throw out some hearty congratulations to DCist alumna Catherine Andrews, who, like others before her, has broken free of the warm DCist nest to spread her wings and soar through the brilliant skies of Big Time Professional Journalism. Or you know, hooray, DCist Catherine got a cool job at Washingtonian Magazine! Having recently graduated with a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern, Catherine has just begun as a Senior Online Editor at…