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Press Release: OSSE’s Virtual Adult College Completion Fair will take place on April 17 to Connect…

Press Release Apr 15, 2021

News Release — DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 15 Contact: Lida Alikhani (Washington, DC) – The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) will host…

Press Release: Norton Thanks Carper for Securing Most D.C. Statehood Bill Cosponsors in Senate Ever

Press Release Apr 15, 2021

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton April 15, 2021 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) for his work in securing this…

City Paper: Homebound D.C. Residents Are Still Waiting To Get Vaccinated

Editor Apr 15, 2021

DC Health is delaying its initiative to get homebound residents vaccinated because of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause.

WTOP: Emancipation Day 2021: What’s open, what’s closed in DC

Editor Apr 15, 2021

D.C. will mark Emancipation Day on Friday, April 16, commemorating an 1862 act signed by Abraham Lincoln which abolished slavery in the District, freeing over 3,000 people eight months before the Emancipation Proclamation.

Washington Business Journal: Two D.C. universities mandate Covid-19 vaccines for students

Editor Apr 15, 2021

American University and Georgetown University will require their students to get a Covid-19 vaccine before attending the fall semester. The D.C. universities made their announcements Wednesday, joining a growing number of schools across…

Associated Press: US Capitol Police watchdog to testify on Jan. 6 failures

Editor Apr 15, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top watchdog for the U.S. Capitol Police will testify for the first time on Thursday about the department’s broad failures before and during the Jan. 6 insurrection, including missed intelligence predicting a “war”…

Stasha Rhodes in The Post: Celebrating emancipation as we fight for representation

Editor Apr 15, 2021

I’m the proud granddaughter of two courageous sugarcane farmer workers from south Louisiana. In 1972, Gustave Rhodes and a fellow worker filed a class-action lawsuit against the then-secretary of Agriculture for wages owed by Louisiana’s…

Washington Post: $19 million in stimulus going to fight D.C. homelessness

Editor Apr 15, 2021

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Wednesday announced the District will be receiving four times the usual amount of federal funding to combat homelessness because of the Biden administration’s recent stimulus bill.

Washington Post: 17 requests for backup in 78 minutes

Editor Apr 15, 2021

A reconstruction shows how failures of planning and preparation left police at the Capitol severely disadvantaged on Jan. 6

Washington Post: D.C. Guard misused helicopters in low-flying confrontation with George Floyd…

Editor Apr 15, 2021

The D.C. National Guard’s deployment of helicopters to quell racial justice demonstrations in Washington last summer, a chilling scene in which two aircraft hovered extremely low over clusters of protesters, was a misuse of military…

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: DC Republicans step into the political fray

jonetta rose barras Apr 15, 2021

Patrick Mara seems determined that the DC Republican Party and its members will be part of the local political mix this election cycle. “We’ve cast a wide net. We have a dozen persons interested in running for office,” he told me last week…

District Links: DC statehood bill advances in House; DC to get $19M from feds for homelessness via…

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Apr 15, 2021

DC statehood legislation is on its way to approval in the U.S. House after a committee advanced it on Wednesday.

New York Times: What the Fight for D.C. Statehood Means

Editor Apr 14, 2021

Democrats embark on a new long-shot mission to give 700,000 Americans voting representation in Congress.

DCist: DC Health To Open 10 Walk-Up Vaccination Sites For Residents 65 And Older

Editor Apr 14, 2021

District residents 65 years and older can get vaccinated at one of 10 walk-up sites across the city starting next week, the city announced on Wednesday.

Washington Post: D.C. announces 10 new walk-up vaccine clinics for seniors

Editor Apr 14, 2021

The District will offer walk-up coronavirus vaccination clinics for seniors starting Monday, furthering its efforts to reach residents who have not yet signed up through the city’s preregistration portal.

DCist: D.C. Statehood Bill Is Going To The House Floor Next Week

Editor Apr 14, 2021

The bill to make D.C. a state is headed to the House floor for a vote next week, after the House Committee on Oversight and Reform passed the measure on party lines during Wednesday’s markup.

WTOP: DC to open walk-in COVID-19 vaccine sites for seniors

Editor Apr 14, 2021

Starting Monday, D.C. residents 65 and older can get COVID-19 vaccines at walk-up sites across the District without making an appointment in advance.

City Paper: Mendelson Will Schedule Weekly Hearings After Bowser Cancels Conference Calls

Editor Apr 14, 2021

The chairman is going to do this the hard way.

WTOP: DC Brau Brewing Company turns 10 (and was a DC first)

Editor Apr 14, 2021

DC Brau Brewing Co., the first packaging brewery to open inside D.C. since the Christian Heurich Brewery closed in 1956, marks its 10th anniversary this week.

DCist: Army Investigation Finds ‘Shortcomings’ In D.C. National Guard Helicopter Use During June…

Editor Apr 14, 2021

An investigation by the U.S. Army faults the D.C. National Guard’s use of helicopters during the city’s June 2020 protests that followed the murder of George Floyd, finding that one helicopter hovered as low as 100 feet above protesters.

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District Links: Zoning board resumes operations after DC Council confirms two nominees; council votes to halt…

Jun 3, 2026 8

With yesterday's unanimous DC Council confirmation of two mayoral appointees to the DC Board of Zoning Adjustment, the panel is meeting today for the first time since March, when the absence of a…

District Links: Council gives initial OK to extending open meetings changes; National Guard didn’t drive down…

Jun 2, 2026 25

The DC Council voted this afternoon to advance permanent legislation that incorporates the temporary changes to the District's open meetings law in effect over the past year that have allowed private…

District Links: Ward 5’s Parker backs Lewis George in mayor’s race; emergency curfew bill still lacks the…

Jun 1, 2026 8

Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker this morning endorsed Janeese Lewis George in her mayoral bid, becoming the fourth sitting councilmember to back their Ward 4 colleague.

District Links: McDuffie wins backing of DC Chamber affiliate; Bowser talks up DPW composting program; MPD adds weekend…

May 29, 2026 24

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Department of Public Works are touting the expansion of the city's composting program, with the collection of more than 11 million pounds of food waste since 2017 and…

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