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WTOP: Metro considering COVID-19-related service cuts, but no changes yet

Editor Mar 12, 2020

Metro is cleaning trains and buses daily now, and is planning for the potential of service cuts if there is a spike in employee sick days, illnesses or other regional disruption.

District Links: Bowser declares health emergency over coronavirus; Mendelson unveils relief bill;…

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Mar 12, 2020

Happy Thursday. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a state of emergency yesterday and urged cancellation of gatherings of 1,000 people or more this month, all part of a push to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus amid a growing number of…

Washingtonian: President Kennedy Wanted to Improve Pennsylvania Avenue. Will a Revamped Newseum…

Editor Mar 12, 2020

A critic digs into Johns Hopkins’s plans for the former museum.

City Paper: Signature Gatherer Offers Cash for Jack Evans and Robert White Petition Signatures

Editor Mar 12, 2020

A grainy video posted to Twitter last week shows a woman offering $5 in exchange for signatures on nominating petitions for Ward 2 candidate Jack Evans and At-Large Councilmember Robert White. Evans and a representative from White's…

WAMU: The LGBT Community Is Hard To Count, But One D.C. Organization Is Ensuring They’re Included In…

Editor Mar 12, 2020

Since 2012, Casa Ruby, a bilingual LGBTQ organization based in Shepherd Park, has worked to provide health care, immigration services and even shelter for homeless clients in the District.

City Paper: Membership-Based Primary Care Attracts D.C. Residents

Editor Mar 12, 2020

But the purchase doesn’t come without moral conflict.

City Paper: How Much Scandal Can D.C. Handle?

Editor Mar 12, 2020

Jack Evans attempts to get back on the Council and his disgraced former colleague Harry Thomas Jr. also returns to public life.

Washington Post: Sidwell Friends plans to close and move to remote learning amid coronavirus threat

Editor Mar 12, 2020

Sidwell Friends School announced Wednesday it would shut its campuses and transition to remote learning through at least April 10.

Washington Post: National Cathedral and hundreds of churches in Maryland, D.C., Virginia to close…

Editor Mar 12, 2020

Episcopal churches in the District and the Maryland and Virginia suburbs — including Washington National Cathedral — are suspending worship services and limiting use of their buildings for two weeks because of the coronavirus, church…

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Directs $5 Million to District’s Coronavirus Response

Press Release Mar 12, 2020

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 12, 2020 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) (WASHINGTON, DC) – Mayor Muriel Bowser has directed an additional $5,000,000 of the District’s Contingency…

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jonetta rose barras: Chasing money with Kent Cooper

jonetta rose barras Mar 12, 2020

Kent Cooper may look like some mild-mannered bureaucrat. However, he is the epitome of that oft-provided counsel to those interested in understanding the inner workings of government and politics: Follow the money. The co-developer of…

Press Release: Library to Transition Interim Locations, Shift Schedule for Martin Luther King Jr.…

Press Release Mar 11, 2020

News Release — DC Public Library March 11, 2020 Media Contact: George Williams, Media Relations Manager (Washington, D.C.) - In preparation for the reopening of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in the fall, today the…

Press Release: Coronavirus (COVID-19): Know Your Rights

Press Release Mar 11, 2020

News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General March 11, 2020 MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is closely monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19)…

Washington Times: Caps games, concerts to continue at Capital One Arena despite D.C. Health’s…

Editor Mar 11, 2020

Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards home games during the month of March will go on as scheduled and remain open to fans, Monumental Sports and Entertainment said Wednesday.

Theresa Vargas in The Post: Facing coronavirus uncertainties, Washington-area nonprofits consider…

Editor Mar 11, 2020

Sara Gibson stood in a room filled with nonprofit leaders from the Washington region and let them know they needed a plan.

Washington Post: D.C. mayor signs law banning ‘ghost gun’ kits from District

Editor Mar 11, 2020

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Wednesday signed emergency legislation banning kits used to make untraceable “ghost guns” after the number of home-built firearms seized by police in the city spiked last year.

WAMU: Coronavirus Is Of Particular Concern For D.C.’s Large Homeless Shelters

Editor Mar 11, 2020

The fourth bullet on D.C.’s official coronavirus web page encourages people to “stay home when feeling sick.” But what if you don’t have a private place to call home?

Washington Business Journal: National Cherry Blossom Festival cancels some events in response to…

Editor Mar 11, 2020

The National Cherry Blossom Festival has canceled its first four signature events due to the spread of the novel coronavirus in the D.C. region, festival organizers said Wednesday.

Washington Post: Cherry blossom festival events canceled as coronavirus concerns mount in Washington

Editor Mar 11, 2020

The National Cherry Blossom Festival will cancel several events this month in light of a District recommendation that large gatherings of people be nixed in response to mounting coronavirus concerns.

WAMU: D.C. Declares State Of Emergency In Response To Coronavirus

Editor Mar 11, 2020

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has declared a state of emergency and public health emergency in the District in response to coronavirus.

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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…

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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…

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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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