DCist: D.C. Synagogues Will Collectively Blast Ram Horns On The Eve Of Rosh Hashanah
At 5 p.m. on September 18, don’t be alarmed if you hear a long, low blast of sound resembling a French horn blaring across the D.C. region.
Yearly Archives
2020
DCist: DC Health Adds New At-home and Walk-in STD Testing Options through GetCheckedDC.org
Faced with a looming, pandemic-induced budget shortfall, Metro says it will continue to operate with reduced service, institute furloughs for non-union workers and possibly lay off other employees in the coming year if the federal…
Press Release: DC Health Adds New At-home and Walk-in STD Testing Options through GetCheckedDC.org
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 9, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Dr. Kimberly Henderson (DC Health)
Free At-home STD Test Kits and Walk-in Testing at LabCorp
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Press Release: AG Racine Sues Seven Real Estate Companies and Professionals to Protect District…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 9, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications
OAG Collaborating with the Office of Human Rights to Enforce Violations of D.C.’s Human Rights Act
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Press Release: AG Racine Leads 18-State Coalition Supporting California’s Ban On…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 9, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications
Coalition Asks Ninth Circuit to Rehear Case Striking Down Gun Safety Law
WASHINGTON,…
WTOP: Federal government approves DC application for additional unemployment benefits
The federal government has approved D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s application for a new unemployment benefits program that will allow the city to offer $300 per week of additional compensation to eligible recipients.
ABC7: ‘No messaging such as Black Lives Matter’: D.C. Board of Elections to poll workers
As early voting quickly approaches next month, election workers are being trained.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. isn’t a state, but it’s a top state to work in during…
A recent report by Oxfam ranked D.C. near the top among the best U.S. states to work in during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Washington Post: Sputtering summer sales, dwindling federal aid cripples D.C.’s small businesses
In a once bustling alley at the center of downtown D.C., Gregg Rozeboom sat alone in his restaurant, again.
DCist: D.C. Residents Receiving Unemployment Can Soon Collect An Additional $300 In Weekly…
D.C. has been approved to issue residents facing financial hardship as a result of the pandemic an additional $300 in weekly unemployment benefits.
Washington Post: Some are concerned that audit shows top Metro managers may be blocking reforms
Fed up with years of deadly incidents and persistent safety lapses at Metro, Congress in 2017 approved the creation of an independent oversight body with the power to force transit officials to make changes.
Washington Post: D.C.’s state superintendent for education, Hanseul Kang, to step down
The District’s longest-serving education appointee announced Tuesday that she would step down from her position, creating a high-profile vacancy in the middle of a pandemic that has entirely changed the way educational services are…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Federal Approval of DC’s Application for Additional…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Employment Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 8, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Diane Watkins (DOES)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today,…
District Links: DC announces new investment in internet access to narrow digital divide;…
Happy Tuesday. The DC government is spending $3.3M on a new "Internet for All" initiative intended to help close the digital divide by providing free internet access for up to 25,000 low-income students attending DC Public Schools and…
Washington Post: As neighborhood public school buildings remain closed, charters begin offering…
It was an unusual sight these days. Twenty children walked into their public school building Thursday after waving to the executive director and principal on the sidewalk.
WTOP: DC’s state superintendent for education leaving post; nationwide search for replacement begins
One of D.C.’s top education officials is leaving her post.
DCist: D.C. To Provide 25,000 Low-Income Households With Free Internet For School
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a new initiative on Tuesday to provide free internet access to up to 25,000 low-income students and families in the District. The move comes one week after online classes began for students in D.C. Public…
WTOP: Matchbox closes its 14th Street restaurant
Local pizza-and-sliders chain Matchbox has closed its large, two-story location on 14th Street in Northwest D.C. Monday was its final day.
Washington Post: D.C. plans to pay the Internet bills for 25,000 low-income families for a year
The D.C. government will cover the monthly Internet bills for about 25,000 low-income families who have students in the city’s traditional public and charter schools, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) administration announced Tuesday.
Washington Post: D.C. adds two states, removes two others from list of places that require…
D.C. health officials on Tuesday added Montana and Ohio to the list of states considered “high-risk” because of the coronavirus pandemic, marking the latest step in the city’s attempt to mitigate transmission of the virus.