City Paper: Expecting Parents and Pregnancy Experts Adjust to the Coronavirus Pandemic
New parents still welcome babies, and doctors, midwives, and doulas find ways to provide essential care.
Yearly Archives
2020
City Paper: Tenants Ask Landlords to Cancel Rent Payments Amid D.C. Coronavirus Pandemic
But the Council and mayor don't seem into the idea.
WTOP: DC’s Call Your Mother deli expands during coronavirus pandemic
While most businesses have shut down during the coronavirus pandemic, there’s one in the D.C. that is actually expanding.
jonetta rose barras: Is voter depression/suppression coming to DC for the June 2 election? Maybe.
The DC Council mandated last week in its COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Act of 2020 that the DC Board of Elections mail a ballot request form to every eligible voter for the June 2 primary and the June 16 Ward 2 special election.…
WTOP: Lawsuit alleges DC Jail confinement measures are unconstitutional
A federal judge weighing a lawsuit against the District over conditions at the DC Jail has been told by independent inspectors that there are substantial challenges at the jail due to the coronavirus and staff shortages.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: A health care worker chose to quarantine with a disabled man who has…
Right now, in the nation’s capital, a man with intellectual disabilities is in a house, fighting covid-19, with the help of a person who chose to quarantine with him.
Washington Business Journal: So Others Might Eat names first new CEO in 42 years
So Others Might Eat, a D.C. nonprofit that has grown from a small soup kitchen to a major community service provider with a $35 million annual budget, has made its first CEO change in 42 years.
Washington Post: Business shutdowns extended into May around the Washington region amid signs that…
The shutdown of nonessential businesses will extend until May 15 in the District of Columbia and May 8 in Virginia, as leaders warned against letting up on efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Washington Post: D.C. jail inmates with coronavirus barred from access to lawyers, family, showers…
Staff shortages prevent the D.C. jail from keeping inmates six feet apart to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, with one guard monitoring up to 45 prisoners, court-appointed inspectors told a U.S. judge Wednesday.
Washington Post: Former counselor at D.C. shelter is accused of sexually abusing teenager
A former counselor at a D.C. nonprofit group that helps neglected and homeless youths has been charged with sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl at its shelter in Northeast Washington, according to police and court documents.
Washington Business Journal: Trump Hotel files layoff notices for D.C. property
The Trump International Hotel in downtown D.C. has filed a layoff notice affecting 237 employees.
Washington Post: Most St. Elizabeths patients under quarantine after four coronavirus deaths
A member of the nursing staff at St. Elizabeths Hospital began coughing on March 20. He thought it was his chronic bronchitis flaring up, so he took his medication and took off work to recover. Over the next two days, his health…
Anna Kahoe in The Post: No one could call my shop ‘essential,’ but shuttering it still feels like a…
The pandemic has pared life down to bare necessities, forcing us to close our doors
DCist: For Some Locals With Canceled Concert Or Event Tickets, Getting A Refund Has Been Complicated
As an avid NPR listener, Emilie Fairbanks was excited to see This American Life host Ira Glass give a talk at the Kennedy Center this month. But with coronavirus concerns forcing many D.C. venues and arts organizations to shut down, the…
Washingtonian: WUSA Says It Shouldn’t Have Reported There Were More Than a Dozen Coronavirus Cases…
“More than one dozen workers” at Whole Foods Market’s P Street, Northwest, store “have #coronavirus,” WUSA journalist Michael Quander reported on Twitter Wednesday morning. The tweet thread, now deleted, linked to WUSA’s digital story…
Press Release: Guidance on Mayor’s Order for Residents and Businesses
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
April 15, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser issued Mayor’s Order 2020-063 to extend the state of emergency and public health…
District Links: Bowser extends stay-at-home order until May 15; region begins to acquire rapid test…
Good Wednesday afternoon. May 15 is the new April 24. Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced a three-week extension of the District's stay-at-home order and associated closings as coronavirus cases and deaths continue to rise.
UrbanTurf: Almost 1,800 Units Next to Union Market: New Designs for JBG SMITH’s Plans at Gallaudet
New designs are emerging for JBG SMITH's massive development plans at Gallaudet University nearly four years after the project received zoning approval, and a year following dismissal of an appeal.
WAMU: Local Medical Students Team Up To Provide Child Care For Health Workers
Libby Wetterer was used to the lifestyle of a busy medical student. In her fourth year at Georgetown Medical School, Wetterer was rotating at the ICU at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital — that is, until the coronavirus began to…
Bisnow: Walter Reed Development Team Closes Deal For Next Phase, Plans May Groundbreaking
A global pandemic and economic crisis is not slowing down the Parks at Walter Reed development team, which is planning to begin construction on a new mixed-use building next month.