D.C. senior citizens are lagging behind other eligible groups in booking coronavirus vaccination appointments through the city’s preregistration system, with 35 percent failing to secure an available slot after getting an invitation from!-->…
When Louis Sawyer Jr.’s family visited him, they took a 14-hour road trip on an overnight bus to get to the federal penitentiary near Jonesville, Va. And that was one of the easier trips during his 25 years in the federal prison system.
Five new restaurants are slated to come to the Skyland Town Center development in Ward 7. And leasing for Skyland’s first residential property is also beginning.
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced a lawsuit March 8 against a home health care provider for defrauding the District’s Medicaid program of more than $3 million from 2012 to 2014, in part by preying on people experiencing!-->…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 25, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the Center for Effective Lawmaking!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 25, 2021
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
James Partlow IV (DSLBD)
The Department!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 25, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she has recommended Jia Cobb to President Biden for the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
D.C. has not qualified for a new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) program that would boost the city’s supply of doses from the federal government and stand up a vaccination site with a capacity ranging from 250 to 6,000!-->…
News Release — Ward 1 DC Council member Brianne Nadeau
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 25, 2021
Contact: Luz Martinez, Communications Director
WASHINGTON, DC — In order to address sound levels in residential neighborhoods while!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
An unusual summer break is poised to follow what has already been an abnormal year for some D.C. students, with the city’s public schools packing extra learning opportunities between July and August.
D.C.’s Office of Unified Communications, which handles 911 and 311 calls, has been much maligned and criticized over the years for the way it handles and dispatches emergency requests.
D.C. officials have struggled for months to narrow the gap in vaccination rates between the city’s most affluent neighborhoods and those hit hardest by the coronavirus — prioritizing certain Zip codes, launching clinics at churches and!-->…
A Maryland resident would be able to ride MARC commuter trains to a job in Northern Virginia, and a Virginia resident could catch the Virginia Railway Express on the weekends, then travel to Baltimore in a one-fare, one-seat trip as part!-->…
The DC Council roundtable held last week to examine the findings and recommendations of the recently released audit on education data — “Measuring What Matters: More and Better Data Needed to Improve DC Public Schools” — was a case of!-->…
DC officials on Wednesday dismissed the idea of seeking one of FEMA’s federally operated vaccination centers because the District’s main focus is acquiring more vaccine doses.
News Release — Ward 2 DC Council member Brooke Pinto
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Contact: Emmanuel Brantley
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, March 24, Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto introduced!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, impoverished and homeless children are in disproportionate need of wellness support. Without access to in-person learning, child development can be stunted, leaving students of color, homeless students, and!-->…
SMYAL, short for Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders, is launching a third Extended Transitional Housing program for LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness that will provide residents with up to six years of shelter, mental!-->…