City Paper: D.C. Could Join Other Cities in Capping Food Delivery Commission Fees During COVID-19…
San Francisco and Seattle have enacted such legislation, and Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles are considering it.
Yearly Archives
2020
Washington Business Journal: D.C. restaurant files class-action suit against its insurance company…
A D.C. grilled cheese restaurant has filed a class-action lawsuit against its insurance provider saying the insurer refused to pay out claims for business interruption losses as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
DCist: Bowser’s ReOpen D.C. Advisory Group Includes Allies And Lobbyists
A crop of well-connected allies and lobbyists have been named to serve on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s ReOpen D.C. Advisory Group — but D.C. Public School parents and owners of local bars and restaurants say they are underrepresented on the…
Courtland Milloy in The Post: Inequities helped covid-19 ravage the black community. But there are…
Tracye Lynn McQuirter, a D.C.-based public health nutritionist, knows about racial disparities in health outcomes. She understands how centuries of systemic racism created and sustain the inequities. And she realizes that remedying the…
District Links: Mayor expands testing for grocery workers; House won’t reconvene next week due…
Happy Tuesday. Grocery store workers in DC will now be able to obtain a COVID-19 test if they have had contact with someone who has tested positive. Their union praised the change as a step toward their goal of making free testing…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Opens The Brooks, Ward 3’s Short-Term Family Housing Program
Press Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2020
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser opened The Brooks, the Short-Term Family Housing site in Ward…
Washingtonian: ShutDownDC Had a Bike Protest and a Go-Go Band to Support Essential Workers
The workers were appreciative, but the social distancing was lacking
UrbanTurf: 170-Unit Development at Takoma Metro Poised For Key Approval
A residential development that will span the block across the street from the Takoma Metro appears poised to move forward.
Bisnow: Scores Of Restaurants Are Likely To Close For Good, Reshaping The Retail Market
The restaurant industry is preparing for a long, uphill battle.
Washington Post: U.S. House drops plans to reconvene in D.C. as local covid-19 cases have yet to…
The U.S. House on Tuesday abruptly abandoned plans to reconvene in Washington next week, with officials citing the rising number of coronavirus cases in the District and its surrounding suburbs.
Washington Post: At 105, D.C.’s oldest coronavirus victim was a woman of faith who lived alone until…
Edna Adams defied expectations her entire life.
DCist: Amid Recent Tough Times, Local Rats Might Turn To Cannibalism
Amanda Becker was about to head out on a run when she saw the rat in her toilet.
WTOP: Washington Sports Club bows to pressure, won’t charge fees during coronavirus crisis
Washington Sports Club will stop charging membership fees while gyms are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Monday.
Washington Post: They got married in the middle of the friendliest street in town — and the…
About an hour before she was to marry her fiance in the middle of the street Saturday, Amanda Mason walked out of her house on Walter Street SE in a white lace jumpsuit and peach tulle skirt to find big, bubbly hearts drawn in chalk all…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Launches Online Survey for ReOpenDC
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2020
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
Residents, Workers & Employers Can Also Provide Feedback at a Virtual Town Hall on Wednesday at 5 pm
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Brandi Thompson-Summers in Next City: Authenticity and “Post-Chocolate” Cool in a Rapidly…
How the marketing of blackness as a prized aesthetic often leaves the city’s Black residents behind.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Expands Coronavirus Testing for Essential Workers
News Release —Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2020
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
Under New Guidance, Asymptomatic Grocery Store Workers and Other Critical Infrastructure Workers with a Known COVID-19…
WTOP: Bowser expands coronavirus testing for DC grocery store workers
D.C. is expanding how it prioritizes coronavirus testing to include critical infrastructure workers who have been exposed but are asymptomatic, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Tuesday.
Washington Business Journal: Muriel Bowser recruits Michelle Obama, José Andrés, former mayors to…
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has recruited a long list of public figures to assist with strategies to reopen the District, while also enlisting former first lady Michelle Obama for public service announcements related to the coronavirus…
WTOP: What DC can learn from the 1918 flu epidemic
Ever since the novel coronavirus began infecting millions globally and having an unavoidable impact on American life, a lot of people have been reminded about a public health crisis from more than a century ago.