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Press Release: DC Board of Elections Announces New Early Voting Measures Amid COVID-19 Response

Press Release Mar 27, 2020

News Release — DC Board of Elections March 27, 2020 Contact: LaDawne White Andrew Lee WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, officials from the DC Board of Elections (DCBOE) announced new measures to increase voter access and safety during…

Press Release: DC Board of Elections Launches Major Mail-in Ballot Effort for June 2 & 16…

Press Release Mar 27, 2020

News Release — Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2020 Contact: Erik Salmi Today, the District of Columbia Board of Elections announced a significant effort to encourage District voters to…

City Paper: Whitman-Walker Waits 7 Days To Get Patients’ COVID-19 Test Results Back

Editor Mar 27, 2020

"The messaging we have been getting is that we need to pursue testing through the commercial lab for our patients.”

Washington Business Journal: Stimulus bill classifies D.C. as a territory, shorting it funding…

Editor Mar 27, 2020

A landmark $2 trillion stimulus package to offer the U.S. economic relief from the novel coronavirus pandemic is expected to pass the House on Friday, but it classifies D.C. as a territory instead of a state — leaving the District short…

Simon Godwin in The Post: An unsung masterpiece finds its moment of truth in the District

Editor Mar 27, 2020

Broadway is dark. The West End is closed. Even the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace — that glorious piece of state theater — has been halted. As theaters darken across the globe, where can we find the light?

Keanan McGonigle in The Post: My unfortunate front row on the harms of D.C.’s gun violence

Editor Mar 27, 2020

On a recent Sunday afternoon, I sat in my apartment in Northwest D.C. drinking coffee, when suddenly seven or eight loud cracks rang out. Shortly thereafter, the wail of sirens filled the air around our building, and my fears were…

Washington Post: Domestic violence will increase during coronavirus quarantines and stay-at-home…

Editor Mar 27, 2020

Cassandra Poggi gets anxious in small spaces. She feels trapped when she’s told where she can or cannot go.

Washington Post: In a city where most students don’t attend their neighborhood schools, what drives…

Editor Mar 27, 2020

It’s a tense ritual that unfolds in the nation’s capital every year. About 25,000 families apply to secure a slot at public schools through the competitive school lottery system. Then, they wait for a randomly assigned number to decide…

Washington Post: Crowds kept gathering in D.C. despite orders to stay home. This man took the…

Editor Mar 27, 2020

“This is a public service announcement. Please practice social distancing.”

DC hospitality alliance in Washington Business Journal: Hospitality needs a helping hand from the…

Editor Mar 27, 2020

Travel and tourism is an integral part of the Washington, D.C., economy.

WTOP: Sibley Memorial Hospital nurse quits over ‘lack of protection’

Editor Mar 27, 2020

As the shortage of protective gear worsens at hospitals across the county and in the D.C. region, some health care workers are having to choose between the health of their families and the health of their patients.

Washington Post: After D.C. jail confirms first inmate with covid-19, officials isolate 36 other…

Editor Mar 27, 2020

The D.C. jail has quarantined 36 inmates officials think may have come into contact with a 20-year-old male inmate who tested positive for the novel coronavirus late Wednesday, jail officials said.

WTOP: DC charity helps chronically ill children counter isolation of long-term hospitalizations

Editor Mar 26, 2020

It might be challenging enough being a seriously sick kid stuck in the hospital long term.

WTOP: Local med students become babysitters to support health care workers

Editor Mar 26, 2020

Distance learning may have emptied out college classrooms around the region to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, but that hasn’t stopped medical students from finding other ways to help.

Washington Post: D.C. Council member calls on Federal Bureau of Prisons to address coronavirus…

Editor Mar 26, 2020

D.C. Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) asked the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Thursday to provide residents of Hope Village, the city’s only halfway house for men, with essential supplies and release as many as possible to home…

Washington Post: Rep. Matt Gaetz questions emergency funding for Howard University

Editor Mar 26, 2020

Rep. Matt Gaetz questioned emergency funding being directed to Howard University, suggesting that the allocation does not belong in a $2 trillion relief bill designed to blunt the novel coronavirus pandemic’s effect on the economy.

Washington Post: D.C. police force recovering from retirement surge, but more officers are quitting

Editor Mar 26, 2020

The D.C. police department has largely recovered from a surge of retirements a few years ago that reduced the size of the force to levels that officials at the time said were becoming dangerously low.

Bisnow: D.C.-Area Construction Starts Were Down 50% Before March Began

Editor Mar 26, 2020

The spread of the coronavirus has ground the D.C.-area economy to a halt in recent weeks, but even before the region's first positive case was confirmed, developers were already hitting the brakes on construction.

Press Release: 36 Democrat & Republican Attorneys General Join AG Racine Requesting D.C. Be…

Press Release Mar 26, 2020

News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General March 26, 2020 MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications D.C. To Receive $750 Million Less in Federal Relief Package Than States with Smaller Populations, Exacerbating Public…

Press Release: The Bowser Administration Releasing Results of the My School DC Common Lottery and…

Press Release Mar 26, 2020

News Release — DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education March 26, 2020 CONTACT: Contact: Fred Lewis Extension intended to accommodate schools and families adjusting to distance learning (WASHINGTON, DC) — The…

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