The Line Hotel: The Line hotel missed local hiring benchmarks, may still receive $46M tax break

Two members of the D.C. Council are calling foul on a city department's approval of a $46 million tax abatement for the Line D.C. hotel - despite the fact that the project did not meet some of the legal requirements to receive that tax break. Councilwomen Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1) and Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) wrote to Attorney General Karl Racine Monday to determine whether the city's Department of Employment Services had the authority to approve a payment in lieu of meeting some of...