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Press Release: DDOT Suspends Late Night Weekend Service on DC Circulator

Press Release Mar 27, 2020

News Release — District Department of Transportation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 27, 2020 Media Contacts Lauren Stephens (Washington, DC) – The District of Columbia Government has modified its operations in order to mitigate the…

Press Release: Commission Launches Resource to Assist Utility Consumers Impacted by the COVID-19…

Press Release Mar 27, 2020

News Release — DC Public Service Commission For Immediate Release: March 27, 2020 Contact: Kellie Didigu Utility disconnections prohibited and late fees waived by emergency legislation Washington, D.C. —The Public Service…

District Links: DC encouraging vote by mail for June; Bowser admin staffer dies of the new…

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Mar 27, 2020

TGIF! DC is urging voters to request an absentee ballot for the June 2 primary so they won't need to crowd the polls on the day of the election.

Washingtonian: These Georgetown Medical Students Are Organizing Hospital Supply Donations Around the…

Editor Mar 27, 2020

The volunteer network spans 37 states and the United Kingdom.

DCist: A Dozen D.C. Firefighters Have Tested Positive For Coronavirus. Here’s What That Means For…

Editor Mar 27, 2020

The number of D.C. firefighters who have confirmed cases of COVID-19 reached 12 on Thursday, and, as of Friday morning, 108 additional firefighters are in quarantine to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

DCist: With D.C. Jail’s First Confirmed Coronavirus Case, Advocates Fear ‘The Crisis Is Now’

Editor Mar 27, 2020

The D.C. Jail has confirmed its first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. A 20-year-old man being held in the Correctional Treatment Facility tested positive for the virus on March 25, prompting his isolation in…

Greg Boyd in District Dig: The Billion Dollar Fail — D.C.’s financial management is like water down…

Editor Mar 27, 2020

An old saying among gamblers is that if you don’t know who the weakest player at the table is then it’s probably you.

Press Release: Norton Calls on Federal Bureau of Prisons to Ensure Hope Village Halfway House…

Press Release Mar 27, 2020

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton March 27, 2020 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director…

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Requests Federal Disaster Declaration for DC to Assist with COVID-19…

Press Release Mar 27, 2020

Press Release: Executive Office of the Mayor March 27, 2020 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser requested that President Trump issue a Major Disaster Declaration for the District of…

City Paper: Sex Moans, Fart Noises, and Chirping Bird Sounds Interrupt Ward 7 Virtual ANC Meeting

Editor Mar 27, 2020

None of that was enough to stop an announcement from Pepco.

PBS NewsHour: D.C. to cut back in-person primary voting, encourage mail-in ballots amid coronavirus…

Editor Mar 27, 2020

As the United States grapples with the novel coronavirus pandemic, the nation’s capital plans to pare down in-person voting and encourage mail-in voting for the District of Columbia’s June 2 primary elections.

WTOP: DC encourages mail-in voting for June primary, special election

Editor Mar 27, 2020

The D.C. Board of Elections is encouraging residents to request mail ballots for the June 2 primary and the June 16 special election in Ward 2, calling it the safest choice in light of the social distancing measures provoked by the…

Washington Business Journal: Here’s the plan for that former GSA site in Southwest D.C.

Editor Mar 27, 2020

Nearly a year after it acquired the site from the General Services Administration, we now know what Pacific Star Capital wants to do with a pie-shaped piece of land by C and 12th streets SW in the District.

Washingtonian: Delivery Robots Come to DC’s Broad Branch Market

Editor Mar 27, 2020

If you live nearby, you can now get supplies ferried by a driverless vehicle

Washingtonian: What’s It Like to Live in a DC Group House During Covid-19?

Editor Mar 27, 2020

It sounds like the opening chapter of a DC-based dystopian novel: There’s a pandemic afoot, everyone’s sheltering-in-place and hoarding masks and battling an invisible virus. But then you realize one of the people living in your…

WAMU: A Deputy Director In D.C. Mayor’s Office Has Died Of COVID-19

Editor Mar 27, 2020

An official in D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration died from COVID-19 on Friday.

DCist: American University Student Partners With Data Scientist To Launch Coronavirus Resource App

Editor Mar 27, 2020

When American University junior Ryann Ashley flew across the country from her college campus in Northwest Washington back to her home in Los Angeles, she felt like the world around her was falling apart.

DCist: Which Businesses Are Essential? It Depends Whether You’re In D.C., Maryland, Or Virginia

Editor Mar 27, 2020

D.C., Maryland, and Virginia all released executive orders this week that called for the closure of “nonessential businesses” in an attempt to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Washington Post: D.C. planted nearly 80 trees a day to reach a canopy target. It’s running out of…

Editor Mar 27, 2020

A District arborist parked his truck alongside a tidy row of goose cherry trees on a recent afternoon, logging their conditions into a tablet. They are in good health one year after planting, he said, but the redbuds across the street —…

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The DC Lineup for this weekend: helping health care workers and stay-at-home options

Jennifer Anne Mitchell Mar 27, 2020

Community service tops our Lineup for the third straight weekend, this time to help health care workers who are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual entertainment continues as the public is encouraged to stay home: dance…

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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson may not seem a Yoda doppelganger: He lacks pointy ears; he is also considerably taller and much younger than the Star Wars Jedi Master. What’s more, compared to the…

District Links: McDuffie concedes mayoral race to Lewis George; Silverman set for council return; old machines…

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Mayoral hopeful Kenyan McDuffie this morning conceded the Democratic primary to Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, who has 52.87% of the vote in the updated tally released this afternoon by…

District Links: Lewis George holds large lead in mayoral primary as White dominates in delegate race; Bowser picks…

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Initial results released last night by the DC Board of Elections show Janeese Lewis George, a self-described democratic socialist, with a strong lead in the mayor's race and Robert White with an even…

District Links: DC residents head to polls for primary without several longtime incumbents; House panel scrutinizes DC…

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DC's Democrats will decide today on their party's nominees to succeed three-term Mayor Muriel Bowser and 18-term DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, as well as two councilmembers who opted not to seek…

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