Pepco has faced increasing scrutiny over expensive customer bills in recent months. A new ruling could have a lasting impact on how the utility calculates its rates.
This newsletter is coming to you from my front porch because porch season is here! Okay, okay, it's almost here. I can feel it.
And so can the cherry blossoms, apparently: Mark your calendars for March 29 – April 1 because peak bloom projections are here! Extremely cold or extremely warm temperatures could change that though (which somehow we'll have both of this week?).
We've got lots of good stuff for you in this newsletter:
An update from the Wilson Building: moves toward accountability for federal agents, foie gras bans, and a tax on disposable wipes.
Finally, the campaign to expand our newsroom ends next week and we’re 68% of the way to our goal! It’s ambitious, we know, but it’s also possible: if about 7% of our free subscribers became paying members we’d hit that goal today. Imagine what we’ll be able to accomplish if we can triple our reporting capacity.
And, bonus: memberships and donations are tax deductible and can be tripled this week thanks to matches from major donors.
Here are some stories you may have missed this week:
Selling off parts of a university to build a data center — what a sign of the times. Amazon paid $427 million for George Washington University's Virginia campus. [GW Hatchet]
Disturbing follow-up reporting on allegations of abuse at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington, where the majority of the city's involuntary commitments are sent. [Washingtonian]
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