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City Paper: Despite COVID-19 Case Increases in Phase 2, Mayor Declines to Scale Back Any Activities

Editor Aug 19, 2020

The health department says the data does not support calls to suspend indoor dining. So what does that data suggest D.C. do to reverse the trend?

Washington Post: Freshmen waited for their schools to share reopening plans. Then things got…

Editor Aug 19, 2020

They’d be in remote classes for only about two weeks. Soon, they’d be back to cheer on friends playing spring sports, plan graduation parties and shop for prom dresses.

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Highlights DC Access Mobile App for Residents to Apply and Recertify for…

Press Release Aug 19, 2020

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Human Services FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 19, 2020 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Dora Taylor-Lowe (DHS) Residents Who Need to Recertify Benefits Can…

Washingtonian: A Massive Ida B. Wells Mosaic Is Coming to Union Station

Editor Aug 19, 2020

The art installation of the suffragist and anti-lynching activist will be on display for a week.

DCist: Golden Lion Tamarin Izzy Dies Giving Birth At The National Zoo

Editor Aug 19, 2020

Izzy, the Smithsonian National Zoo’s seven-year-old golden lion tamarin, died giving birth to her two offspring earlier this month.

UrbanTurf: Raze Permits Filed for Park Morton for 2021 Groundbreaking

Editor Aug 19, 2020

Between an appeal from neighbors and fears of displacement from residents, it has been a long road for the redevelopment of the Park Morton public housing community. Now, the DC Housing Authority (DCHA) is filing raze permits to prepare…

WTOP: Black Lives Matter criticizes DC Mayor Bowser’s DNC remarks

Editor Aug 19, 2020

The D.C. chapter of Black Lives Matter is criticizing Mayor Muriel Bowser after her remarks during the Democratic National Convention.

Washington Post: Howard Croft, longtime D.C. activist and social justice crusader, dies of covid-19

Editor Aug 19, 2020

He helped Black Mississippi voters register to vote in the 1960s, crusaded against apartheid South Africa in the 1980s and championed same-sex marriage equality before it became the law of the land.

Press Release: Catholic Charities DC to Distribute Food to Hundreds of Families at RFK Stadium on…

Press Release Aug 19, 2020

News Release — Catholic Charities DC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 19, 2020 Media Contact: Alexandra Schauffler WASHINGTON — On Friday, Aug. 21, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington will distribute 500…

Press Release: Memorandum of Understanding Signed for Armed Forces Retirement Home Redevelopment

Press Release Aug 19, 2020

News Release — National Capital Planning Commission, DC Office of Planning and Armed Forces Retirement Home For Immediate Release August 19, 2020 Contact: Stephen Staudigl, National Capital Planning Commission Mekdy Alemayehu,…

Press Release: Statement from Mayor Bowser on the 100th Anniversary of the Ratification of the 19th…

Press Release Aug 18, 2020

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 18, 2020 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the following statement on the…

Associated Press: March on Washington reconfigured to comply with virus rules

Editor Aug 18, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans, a national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington is being reconfigured to comply with coronavirus protocols in the…

Washington Post: Police took man’s bag at Black Lives Matter Plaza, leaving him homeless, lawsuit…

Editor Aug 18, 2020

A D.C. man has filed a federal lawsuit against Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and other city officials, saying he became homeless in June after his belongings were seized by authorities trying to clear Black Lives Matter Plaza of protesters.

City Paper: Do D.C.’s Slow Streets Benefit Everyone?

Editor Aug 18, 2020

The initiative that limits vehicle traffic and lowers speed limits is getting mixed reviews.

DCist: After Mishaps With App, Online Voter Registration Is No Longer Available In D.C.

Editor Aug 18, 2020

When Broadway Jackson III moved to Columbia Heights in July, he knew he’d have to update his voter registration ahead of November’s election. And there was a relatively simple way to do just that: D.C.’s official Vote4DC app, where anyone…

DCist: How Girls In Wards 7 And 8 Are Playing During A Pandemic

Editor Aug 18, 2020

D.C.’s pandemic-related restrictions mean that this summer looks different than in years past: Gatherings are limited to 50 people or less. Spray parks and pools run by the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation are closed. Children older…

Washington Post: New signs suggest giant panda is bearing a healthy fetus, National Zoo says

Editor Aug 18, 2020

New signs emerged Monday suggesting that giant panda Mei Xiang is bearing a healthy fetus, as an ultrasound showed “exciting movements,” according to the National Zoo.

Opinion

Dave Statter: One year after deadly Kennedy Street fire, still lots of problems at DC’s 911 call…

Commentary Aug 18, 2020

The excuses were pitiful. Shameful even. A 911 center's director and staff tried to convince everyone nothing was wrong with dispatchers taking four minutes to process a call for a house fire with people trapped. The director told one…

Press Release: Norton Raises Questions about Deliberate Steps to Undercut Postal Service During…

Press Release Aug 18, 2020

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton August 18, 2020 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a press conference today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Committee on…

Washingtonian: Gypsy Kitchen Opens Soon on 14th Street with Mediterranean Tapas and a Huge Rooftop

Editor Aug 18, 2020

The Atlanta export is helmed by a collection of José Andrés alums.

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The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to approve the fiscal year 2027 local budget, with the addition of a contingency list that leads off with restoration of a local reserve account as…

Allister Chang and Raul Echevarria: The economics underneath DC’s childcare system are breaking down

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This month, the DC Council voted to reverse most of the mayor's proposed cuts to early childhood programs, adding roughly $60 million to the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund and nearly $50…

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