Amazon exec: Crystal City HQ2 plans include 25,000 local hires, neighborhood integration - WTOP Morning Headlines - Friday, February 22, 2019

"We hope to hire all 25,000 locally," said Holly Sullivan, Amazon’s head of Worldwide Economic Development, speaking last night at a panel discussion about the company’s plans for a new headquarters in Crystal City. [Logo](#) MORNING HEADLINES - February 22, 2019 [mobile-header-ad]( [alt text here]( [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [Amazon exec: Crystal City HQ2 plans include 25,000 local hires, neighborhood integration]( "We hope to hire all 25,000 locally," said Holly Sullivan, Amazon’s head of Worldwide Economic Development, speaking last night at a panel discussion about the company’s plans for a new headquarters in Crystal City. [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [Click for Kids: Nominate your school]( The Nomination Window for the 2019 Click for Kids Sweepstakes is open from February 11 – 22, 2019. 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Harp will be at the Capital Remodel and Garden Show, which runs Feb. 22-24. [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [Mortgage rates now lower than a year ago]( Mortgage rates continued their downward trajectory this week, with long-term rates now lower than they were a year ago. [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [Oscar predictions: Best Picture remains wide open race]( Which movies should win, could win and will win Sunday at the Oscars? WTOP film critic Jason Fraley makes his predictions. [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [Md. native makes vegan food sexy]( Pinky Cole is on a mission to change the way the world views vegan food — and it’s not with a bowl of quinoa and a slab of tofu. Her fare of choice is more along the lines of a sauce-covered patty, piled high with pickles, shredded lettuce, “cheese” and “bacon,” all sandwiched between a soft Hawaiian bun. [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [With the new AAF, it’s always football season]( Just what is the AAF? It’s the Alliance of American Football, a new professional spring football league that hopes to learn from its predecessors and succeed where they failed. [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [Capital One Arena getting ‘gravity-defying SkyRing display’]( Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which completed a $40 million renovation of Capital One Arena last summer, is investing another $15 million to make the arena more of a digital experience, including the largest center-hung scoreboard in an indoor arena. [mobile-img]( [alt text here]( [Doing the math: More in DC area, US getting advanced degrees]( The number of people in the U.S. with master’s and doctoral degrees has doubled over the past two decades to more than 25 million. In both D.C. and Maryland, the percentage of people with advanced degrees is higher than the national average. 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It may be short on detail]( The exact timing of Mueller’s endgame is unclear. But new Attorney General William Barr, who oversees the investigation, has said he wants to release as much information as he can about the inquiry. FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK [alt text here]( [NASA’s $2.9B end-user contract comes under protest]( NASA awarded 10-year contract to Leidos in early February to manage all personal computing hardware, software and mobile IT services. This email and the accompanying website are not intended for users located within the European Economic Area. 3400 Idaho Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016 Unsubscribe | View this email in your browser If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely [unsubscribe](.