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Press Release: Mayor Bowser and District Education Leaders to Hold Virtual EdFEST on December 12

Press Release Dec 9, 2020

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 9, 2020 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Fred Lewis (OSSE) Public School Lottery…

Press Release: Rehabilitation planned for lower level of Meridian Hill Park

Press Release Dec 9, 2020

News Release — National Park Service For immediate release: December 9, 2020 Contact: Katie Liming (NPS) WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) will start work to improve accessibility and rehabilitate the historic landscape…

Press Release: Norton Applauds House Passage of Bill Decriminalizing Marijuana

Press Release Dec 9, 2020

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton December 9, 2020 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) applauded House passage last week of the Marijuana Opportunity…

UrbanTurf: A Sandlot Planned for Former Gas Station Site in Georgetown

Editor Dec 9, 2020

An outdoor bar is slated for a prominent Georgetown peninsula — and it may look familiar to anyone who has frequented Nationals Park in the past couple of years.

District Links: DC inks deal with second private lab as COVID-19 cases, tests rise; schools…

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Dec 8, 2020

Happy Tuesday. Regional COVID-19 cases show no sign of slowing down yet, days before federal regulators are set to give emergency use authorization for Pfizer's vaccine.

Washington Post: D.C. released data showing outbreaks in schools. It did not show that cases spread…

Editor Dec 8, 2020

D.C. officials released data this week reportedly showing that a significant number of the city’s coronavirus outbreaks are connected to school buildings and day cares, but the data contains many caveats that indicate the cases being…

Press Release: Norton Assures Residents Budget Provision Will Keep D.C. Open if Federal Government…

Press Release Dec 8, 2020

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton December 8, 2020 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C.— As the possibility of a federal government shutdown looms this week, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)…

Press Release: Norton Gets Big Wins for Swimmable, Fishable Anacostia River in House Passage of…

Press Release Dec 8, 2020

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton December 8, 2020 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) heralded House passage today of the final Water Resources Development…

City Paper: Devalued Assets: Strip Club Shut Down Over Repeated COVID-19 Violations

Editor Dec 8, 2020

Inspectors observed maskless customers stuffing wads of money into the staff’s bikinis.

Press Release: DDOT Extends 2020 Visitor Parking Passes into 2021

Press Release Dec 8, 2020

News Release — District Department of Transportation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 8, 2020 Media Contacts: Lauren Stephens Mariam Nabizad (Washington, DC) – Today, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT)…

Washington Business Journal: Marriott gets a win in its lawsuit against Wardman Park hotel owner

Editor Dec 8, 2020

A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge has issued a ruling in favor of Marriott International Inc. in its legal dispute with the owner of the Marriott Wardman Park hotel, directing the owner to provide, likely, millions of dollars to…

Courtland Milloy in The Post: Vincent Reed devoted his life to students. Renaming Wilson High is the…

Editor Dec 8, 2020

It is unfortunate that the requirement for having a public school named after you in D.C. is that you be dead. Students should have the opportunity to know who the people are whose names hang on the buildings they typically spend years in.…

Washington Post: Local governments, still grappling with the pandemic, prepare for winter

Editor Dec 8, 2020

Local and state governments in the D.C. region — still grappling with an already-disruptive pandemic — say they are as ready as they can be for the coming winter season, despite nine months of revenue shortfalls from shutdowns, job losses…

the Wash: Capitol Hill, SW organizations fight to close pandemic’s education gap

Editor Dec 8, 2020

Community organizations in Capitol Hill and Southwest Washington have banded together to help students struggling with distance learning. During a pandemic that has disproportionately targeted low-income students of color, community…

the Wash: Dunbar High School teacher changing lives one bike ride at a time

Editor Dec 8, 2020

A Dunbar high school teacher is changing lives and giving high schoolers in Petworth something to look forward to by helping them stay safe and out of trouble during the pandemic.

UrbanTurf: Design Filed For Danny Meyer-Backed Fast Casual Concept Coming to Prominent Georgetown…

Editor Dec 8, 2020

Plans for a New York-based fast casual eatery in Georgetown are coming into focus.

DCist: The Smithsonian Will Host A Day-Long Program On Friday Collecting Stories About 2020

Editor Dec 8, 2020

The Smithsonian Institution’s museums may be closed, but you can spend a virtual day with some of them this Friday. The arts institution announced that 10 of its museums and cultural centers will come together for a day-long program on…

Maryland Matters: Md. Health Workers With Jobs in D.C. Now Assured Access to Initial Vaccine

Editor Dec 8, 2020

The bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill that Congress is rushing to complete before the end of the year is poised to include a fix for a vaccine allocation mismatch that could affect health care workers from Maryland and Virginia who commute…

DCist: As Students And Staff In The D.C. Region Return To Campus, How Often Should They Get…

Editor Dec 8, 2020

Once a week, staff working in-person at Rocketship Public Schools receive a coronavirus testing kit from the company Curative. School workers swab the inside of their own mouths, sealing the sample in a tube and biohazard bag.

Washington Post: Maryland says 1st vaccines coming Monday; D.C. hires 2nd lab to process coronavirus…

Editor Dec 8, 2020

Maryland unveiled its plans for distributing the vaccine on the same day that the District government announced it has inked a deal with a second private lab to process coronavirus tests. City officials said a surge in testing demand that…

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District Links: New report cites 5.7% drop in DC jobs over past year; OCF investigating claims against Lewis George…

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A new report on DC's economic and revenue trends shows a 5.7% drop in jobs over the last year and an increase in the office vacancy rate to 18.3%.

District Links: Bowser resubmits PSC nominations fought by environmentalists; group rejects calls to drop White House…

Apr 27, 2026 13

Mayor Muriel Bowser last week withdrew — and then resubmitted — two controversial nominations for the Public Service Commission that would have otherwise been deemed disapproved at month's end.

District Links: Bowser, Pirro unveil legislation to address rise in domestic violence; Allen bill would enable…

Apr 24, 2026 11

With domestic violence accounting for a growing share of homicides and assaults with a dangerous weapon in the District, Mayor Muriel Bowser and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro today announced new…

jonetta rose barras: Who among DC’s mayoral candidates can help the city fulfill its potential? (Part 1)

Apr 24, 2026 494

A diverse crowd of nearly 300 people squeezed into the auditorium at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on Monday evening; it was a standing-room-only setting at the latest DC mayoral forum,…

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