WTOP: Bowser: DC could begin phased reopening next Friday
D.C. could begin a phased reopening May 29, if data continues to show improvements, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday.
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2020
Bisnow: D.C. Advisory Group Lays Out 4-Phase Plan For Reopening
The advisory group Mayor Muriel Bowser convened to recommend how to reopen the city has released a four-phase approach that could take effect before the end of this month.
Washington Post: D.C. reaches $125,000 settlement with Greyhound over Union Station bus idling
D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine said Thursday that the city had reached a $125,000 settlement with Greyhound Lines after suing the bus company over vehicles idling at Union Station.
DCist: Bowser Says D.C. Could Start Reopening May 29. Here’s What That Would Look Like
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday presented highly anticipated recommendations from a task force she commissioned to figure out how best to reopen the city amid the coronavirus crisis. Barring any major peaks in the number of COVID-19…
Washington Business Journal: Bowser’s advisers pitch multiphase plan to reopen D.C., which…
A group of advisers convened by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is suggesting a conservative four-phase process for reopening the city as the coronavirus outbreak becomes less severe — and that could begin as soon as May 29.
DCist: Greyhound Will Pay D.C. $125,000 To Settle Illegal Idling Suit
Under D.C. law, buses and other commercial vehicles aren’t allowed to idle for longer than 3 minutes. But according to a lawsuit filed in December by D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine, Greyhound routinely ignores the anti-idling law and…
Bisnow: Brookfield Closes On Land For Chemonics HQ, Begins Vertical Construction
The first office building at The Yards has reached the vertical phase of construction, and the developer has closed on its acquisition of the land.
Washington Business Journal: Santander’s subprime auto loan arm agrees to $550M settlement,…
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, the subprime auto lending arm of the Spanish banking giant, said Tuesday that it agreed to change its underwriting practices as part of a $550 million settlement with 33 states, including Maryland and…
Press Release: AG Racine Leads 52 Attorneys General Urging Congress to Pass the Safeguarding…
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Bipartisan Legislation Would Help Families of Officers and First Responders Lost to COVID-19 Receive Federal Benefits
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General…
Press Release: AG Racine Announces Greyhound to Adopt National Anti-Idling Policies and Pay $125K…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 21, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications
Settlement Resolves OAG Lawsuit Against Greyhound for Excessive Bus Idling at Union Station
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jonetta rose barras: Mayor Bowser’s budget is an example of pragmatic politics
Soon after Washington Teachers’ Union president Elizabeth Davis learned there was a 3% increase in the per-pupil spending for public education in the proposed fiscal year 2021 budget and financial plan, she called DC Mayor Muriel Bowser at…
Yael Smiley and Kimberly Perry: Family, medical and caregiving leave are essential for all of us
The COVID-19 crisis reinforces the need for inclusive, accessible programs for public health and public benefits. Fortunately, the District is almost ready to launch a new program that will help.
DC’s new Universal Paid Leave Program…
Linda Elam: Working together we will meet the needs of our communities
We are living through a shared experience that marks our days and affects our world in profound, pervasive and lasting ways. The COVID-19 pandemic will be a personal and historical point of reference, and we are grappling with effects that…
WAMU: Stretched D.C.-Area Hospital Workers Say They Need More Protective Gear — And Hazard Pay
As coronavirus cases near 83,000 across D.C., Maryland and Virginia, hospital workers say they’re facing hazardous conditions at work and are calling for increased pay and more personal protective gear while they take on the pandemic.
WTOP: Children’s National Hospital: 23 kids with syndrome related to COVID-19
Children’s National Hospital has 23 pediatric patients being treating for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, an illness related to the novel coronavirus, the hospital confirmed to WTOP.
City Paper: Delivering Food in D.C. Has Always Been a Tough Job. Then Came a Pandemic.
Uber Eats, DoorDash, Caviar, and Postmates couriers talk tipping, protective gear, and racing the clock.
City Paper: In Closing
Photographer Darrow Montgomery captures a different-looking D.C. in the midst of a pandemic.
Street Sense: 2020 Primary Voter Guide: 5 Questions on Poverty
Candidates for DC Council respond to questions about housing, homelessness, health care, jobs, and maintaining the city's safety net during the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Washington Informer: Boone Principal Fired for Opposing Militaristic Practices, Backers Say
For the students, teachers and parents of Boone Elementary School, the end of the academic year has been bittersweet, not only because the coronavirus pandemic relegating young people to their homes, but because Carolyn Jackson-King,…
Washington Informer: Parents of DYRS Youth Detainees Demand COVID-19 Response
More than a month after a District juvenile corrections officer lost his life to the novel coronavirus, a group of parents and advocates have coalesced around efforts to ensure the safety of youth detainees at the Department of Youth…