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Mayor Muriel Bowser will today announce the completion of a deal that the District has struck with the Washington Wizards to build the team a $55 million practice facility at St. Elizabeths in Ward 8. The catch? Taxes will fund 90 percent of it.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

  • The mayor presents a $23 million supplemental budget to the D.C. Council today, focused on crime. [Post]
  • Another disruption Pope Francis’ visit to D.C. next week will cause: missing blue post boxes. [City Desk]
  • As of this week, it’s illegal to use e-cigarettes on certain areas of National Park Service land. [City Desk]
  • Sidwell Friends School will buy a care-services property, displacing elderly residents. [Fox5DC, WUSA9]
  • D.C. restaurant Fig & Olive reopens today at 4 p.m., after a recent salmonella scare. [NBC Washington]

RECENT CITY PAPER STORIES TO HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF YOUR DAY:

  • It’s a Race!: Former congressional staffer Robert White will run for an at-large D.C. Council seat again.
  • Yoga, but with Cats: Georgetown’s Crumbs & Whiskers cat café will host feline-filled yoga on Sept. 22.
  • More D.C. Animal News: Giant panda Mei Xiang’s surviving cub now weighs 1.9 pounds and looks cute.

LOOSE LIPS LINKS, by Will Sommer (tips? wsommer@washingtoncitypaper.com)

  • Report: the District should turn low-performing schools into charters. [Post]
  • Muriel Bowser, Ted Leonsis set to release Wizards practice facility deal this morning. [LL, Post, Times, WBJ, Bullets Forever]
  • Bowser announces new $23 million supplemental budget proposal. [Post]
  • Robert White will enter the at-large race. [LL]
  • Say goodbye to your postal box. Thanks a lot, pope! [City Desk]
  • Bowser spokesman gets into it with ex-WCPer over Wizards practice site. [Twitter]
  • Number of black teachers drops in District school system. [Post]