DC-DECODER

Is this the year for the Wizards? Plus: Virginia is for ❤️ or servers?

A data center happy hour, a protest on stage, and what Montgomery County parents can count on

Your DC rent wasn't set by the market. It was set by an algorithm.

JBG Smith and MAA just paid $9.3 million to settle it. Also this week: the Kennedy Center votes to close itself again as its finances near insolvency, and the Commanders finally show off the new stadium.

The best way to meet someone in DC is at 7am in a parking lot

They say it is about the cardio. Then people start getting married. Plus 63,000 federal jobs, gone.

San Francisco, New York, Austin... or DC?

A $22 billion Dulles rebuild, DC's best tech quarter in years, and Congress reaching for the city's tax code

Delivery robots in, Guard staying till 2029

Coco's delivery bots roll into Logan Circle as the Guard's stay stretches to 2029.

Is DC the hardest place in America to open a business?

The data got loud this week: worst business survival rate, record closings, worst air

Why the fireworks won't actually start until 11?

850,000 fireworks, 101 degrees, one wild Fourth

What happened to the Reflecting Pool?

Green water, dead ducks, a handcuffed Olympian

Are you ready for robotaxis in the DMV?

DC says sure, Waymo, but tip the city on your way. Plus a new mayor (almost), a top-ranked bar, and three new tables worth a reservation.

The best places in DC don't have signs

Seven hidden rooms, two new tables, and everything else moving the District this week

DC didn't get the World Cup matches. It's getting something bigger.

Fan zones, watch parties, 15+ bars, and the full schedule. Plus early voting starts Sunday and the housing numbers got worse

DC's mayoral race just got real

A 5-point lead, ranked-choice voting in play, and three weeks left. Plus housing, the federal Tidal Basin sale, and a school bus driver who won $5M

DC is the only mid-Atlantic market losing housing value.

Downtown DC is back. Its weekday economy isn’t

Tuesday through Thursday looks recovered. The rest of the week, 2021. Plus Ben's Chili Bowl, Auterion's $130M, and Dunford → CSIS.