City Paper: Washington Teachers’ Union Excluded From New ReOpen Committee for Schools
The education committee is also without any current K-12 teachers or principals.
Yearly Archives
2020
Washington Business Journal: Baltimore Greek restaurant Souvlaki expands to D.C.
Souvlaki, a tiny Greek restaurant in Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood, added a new location in Adams Morgan at a rather inopportune time.
Washingtonian: Washington Sports Club Will No Longer Charge Its Members During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The group Town Sports International, which operates the Washington Sports Club line, will no longer charge its clients membership fees during the pandemic, the DC Office of the Attorney General announced today in a press release. All…
WAMU: Local Officials Offer Housing For Inmates Transferred Out Of D.C. Halfway House
The Federal Bureau of Prisons says it has transferred upwards of 180 people out of D.C.’s largest halfway house ahead of the facility’s closure later this week.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser and First Lady Obama Encourage Residents with COVID-19 Symptoms to Get…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 27, 2020
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
Recording Featuring First Lady Obama Going Out to District Residents Over Next Two Weeks
(WASHINGTON, DC) –…
Press Release: Norton Urges Federal Bureau of Prisons Not to Relocate 30-40 Hope Village Residents…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
April 27, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After learning that 30-40 District of Columbia at Hope Village, the men’s halfway house in the District of…
Press Release: AG Racine Announces Washington Sports Club Will Stop Charging Members During COVID-19…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 27, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications
Gym Chain Automatically Freezing Memberships, Crediting Accounts for Dues Charged During Gym Closures,…
District Links: Bowser picks high-profile nat’l figures to lead group to reopen city; District…
Happy Monday. Mayor Muriel Bowser has tapped two national figures — Susan Rice, former national security adviser, and Michael Chertoff, former secretary of homeland security — to lead the advisory group that will offer recommendations on…
Washington Post: Bowser taps Michelle Obama, José Andrés, Adrian Fenty to help advise on reopening
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has enlisted high-profile national figures — including Michelle Obama and celebrity chef José Andrés — to aid the city’s coronavirus response.
DCist: Local WaPo Columnist Advises Readers To Take A ‘Vacation’ In Their Guest Rooms. It Goes…
The Washington Post Local section is on the receiving end of a truly striking Twitter ratio after publishing a column on Sunday suggesting that Washingtonians “escape lockdown” by taking a pretend vacation in their spare bedrooms.
City Paper: Bowser Taps Only Two Restaurateurs to Serve on New Committee to Save Restaurants
José Andrés and Andy Shallal are joined by artists, builders, nonprofit leaders, and city workers on the ReOpen DC committee on restaurants and food retailers.
Bisnow: Construction Continues In D.C. During Stay-At-Home Order
The development boom D.C. has experienced over the last several years is continuing during the pandemic, with dozens of under-construction projects still moving forward.
WAMU: After Six Decades, Ben’s Chili Bowl Faces Its Greatest Challenge Yet: Coronavirus
Ben’s Chili Bowl has accomplished a lot in the last 60-plus years. It’s fed everyone from leaders of the civil rights movement to entertainment superstars to busloads of hungry tourists. Its owners have launched a charitable foundation,…
Washington Post: Riding the bus in a pandemic
In the middle of a pandemic, mostly low-income Washingtonians are riding the bus. It is a lifeline through poorer areas of the nation’s capital where food and services can be hard to reach. And it tells the story of a crisis that existed…
Washington Post: Antibody testing suggests virus hit D.C. weeks earlier than estimated
On March 7, the rector of a Georgetown church became patient zero, the first known coronavirus case in the District, causing a flurry of concern for people who had been in recent contact with him.
WTOP: Children’s National sees kids in intensive care for coronavirus
In China and on the West Coast, data showed that kids mostly stayed out of the hospital if they got the new coronavirus. But it’s a different story in the D.C. area.
Ralph Anwan “Big G” Glover and Ronald “Moe” Moten in The Post: D.C. should act now to save the lives…
Over the past few weeks, our phones have been ringing off the hook with desperate calls from the families of our incarcerated friends in the D.C. Jail and Hope Village. No toilet paper. No running water. No cleaning supplies.
DCist: Michelle Obama Recorded Coronavirus Robocalls And Radio Ads For D.C. Residents
Michelle Obama is the latest D.C. resident to urge Washingtonians to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Awards $25 Million to Hospitals for COVID-19 Medical Surge
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 27, 2020
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that the Department of Health Care Finance has awarded…
UrbanTurf: Office of Planning Report Recommends Introducing Gentle Density Changes to DC’s…
Along with submitting the final draft of amendments to the Comprehensive Plan to the DC Council, the Office of Planning (OP) has also submitted a report on how the city's single-family zones can accommodate more density and the resulting…