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Chartwells, the controversial company with the DCPS food contract, bails. [City Desk, WAMUPost, DCist]

Jack Evans has a plan to stop the District’s johns. [LL]

Muriel Bowser meets with regional muckity-mucks to pressure Metro. [WAMU]

Anita Bonds bill would give students convicted of sexual assault a “scarlet letter.” [Post]

Hillary Clinton supports statehood—or so says Eleanor Holmes Norton. [City Desk]

The District figures out how to cover up lack of progress at St. Elizabeths. [WBJ]

D.C. area retail figures don’t track with the rest of the country’s. [WBJ]

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