Washington Post: D.C. wants to take back parole from the feds. But it’s taken almost no action as…
By his third appearance in front of the U.S. Parole Commission, James Dunn had all but given up.
Yearly Archives
2021
WTOP: ‘It’s really scary’: DC yoga studio says mask mandate could slow business
Many small businesses across DC are reopening with cautious optimism, despite concerns about the national spike in COVID-19 cases.
Washington Post: Workers, advocates push for D.C. to include additional $165 million in city budget…
Protesters waved signs and shouted, ‘No me excluyas,’ during a protest Saturday in Northwest Washington
Washington Post: New indoor masking policy in D.C. has quiet start, stirs old fears over virus
The first normal day had arrived in mid-June.
WTOP: Families receive free clothes, school supplies at back-to-school event in DC’s Ward 8
Families gathered at the Gateway Pavilion in Southeast D.C. for a free back-to-school event. People who attended the event received free clothing, school supplies, healthy food and were able to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
DCist: D.C. Is Opening Clinics To Help Tenants Apply For Rent Assistance
Tenants struggling to complete an application for D.C.’s official rent and utility assistance program will soon be able to visit a clinic to get help.
WTOP: Metro Board member weighs possibility of fare increase for long-distance riders
Metrorail fares for long-distance passengers may be going up in the near future.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: D.C. has the widest wage gap for Black women. This 72-year-old doesn’t…
Venorica Tucker laughs when asked when she hopes to retire.
Washington Post: How an education spending law may help keep this pool closed to the public
Everyone’s ready for Roosevelt High School’s indoor pool in Northwest Washington to open to the public — senior citizens in the Petworth neighborhood for aquatic exercise classes, young families for their toddlers to take swimming lessons,…
Washington Post: Top D.C. Superior Court judges rebut Bowser’s complaints about case backlogs
Amid a spike in gunfire on D.C. streets this year, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has been peppered with urgent questions about what her administration is doing to protect public safety. And again and again, she has cited a litany of…
WTOP: ‘Not going to have 2020 happen again’: DC businesses ready for start of new indoor mask…
The line to enter Pitchers in D.C. on Friday night might be longer than usual, owner Dave Perruzza said, and the music will be a little bit lower.
Washington Post: As D.C. prepares to mask up, council members ask how long it’ll last
Some D.C. Council members on Friday asked officials in Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s administration when the new masking mandate could safely be lifted, a day after Bowser announced masks would be required indoors Saturday to combat the spread…
City Paper: The D.C. Cafes, Bars, and Restaurants Requiring Proof of Vaccination
Fine dining restaurants and dive bars are instituting vaccination policies, largely for indoor dining only.
WTOP: Feds send $1M in emergency funds to DC for repairs of collapsed pedestrian bridge
Federal emergency funding is being sent to D.C. to repair the Lane Place Bridge over D.C. 295 that collapsed last month after being hit by a truck.
DCist: These D.C. Bars And Restaurants Are Requiring Vaccination Cards To Enter
Following a rise in coronavirus case rates across the region and the increasing threat of the highly contagious delta variant, as well as new CDC guidance, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a new mask mandate that takes effect Saturday, July…
Colbert King in The Post: Bowser wants more police. She’ll need to make the case for how they will…
As I settled in Wednesday evening to review D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s (D) much-ballyhooed Public Safety Update, I received a Fourth District police alert regarding a robbery committed around 11 p.m. in Ward 4 by two men armed with…
City Paper: D.C. Statehood Activists Join Sharpton, King Family to Fight for Voting Rights
"We're just going to keep on working, keep on struggling, and we gonna win this fight one day."
WTOP: DC ‘on track’ to get rent money out
D.C. says it’s “on track” to get money to those who need it through the Stay DC plan.
Washington Business Journal: Blackstone acquires Navy Yard hotel
An affiliate of New York-based asset management firm Blackstone Group has bought the Courtyard by Marriott Washington Capitol Hill/Navy Yard hotel for $52.6 million, according to D.C. land records.
DCist: What You Need To Know About Reimposed Mask Mandates In The D.C. Region
COVID-19 cases in the D.C. region are steadily rising once again, driven by pockets of unvaccinated people, the highly contagious new delta variant, and some asymptomatic or mild breakthrough infections in vaccinated people.