A new player has entered the race to become the squarest local resident to bring a regulated recreational marijuana market to the District. D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson introduced legislation today that would impose a 13 percent!-->…
Metro is bringing back in-person pickup for missing items found in the D.C. transit system, although anyone looking for something other than a wallet or electronics might be out of luck.
Organic mattress maker Avocado Green Mattress has opened its first retail store in D.C. in Georgetown, which is only its fifth brick-and-mortar store in the U.S.
A Texas-scale power blackout or water crisis is unlikely in the Washington region, but neither is impossible given the increasing severity of storms, freezes and other weather events owing to climate change.
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 1, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
20 AGs Argue Trump-era Plans Should Not Move Forward
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Press Release — DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday March 1, 2021
CONTACT: Lindsey Walton
WASHINGTON, DC – Today DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson – along with Councilmembers Kenyan McDuffie,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
After tech issues have challenged D.C. residents attempting to make COVID-19 vaccine appointments, a council member is calling for a review of what happened as the city gears up for the next group of available appointments.
D.C. residents who are 16 or 17 years old and have a qualifying medical condition can preregister for a coronavirus vaccination with Children’s National Hospital, District officials said Sunday.
When Principal Victorie Thomas emailed a survey to families at W.B. Patterson Elementary School in the fall asking if they would want to return to the school building when it opened in February, just 2 percent responded. Most said no.
It was a modest plea from D.C. residents to the Capitol Police during a virtual town hall: If they couldn’t take down the seven-foot fence surrounding the Capitol, could they at least remove the razor wire?
American University is exploring the idea of building two underground parking garages that could add hundreds of new spaces — and, some neighbors fear, potentially more traffic — but said it's too early in the process to determine whether!-->…
Coronavirus testing is down by at least a third from its peak during the winter holidays in the greater Washington region, sparking concern among public health experts who worry that lower testing numbers mean officials could be late to!-->…
News Release — At-large DC Council member Christina Henderson
For Immediate Release
February 28, 2021
Contact:
Mike Shaffer
Washington, D.C.—The following is a statement from At-Large Councilmember Christina Henderson!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
After a month of in-person learning for about 20 percent of D.C. public school students, demand is growing for expanded access to classroom instruction for the fourth term of the academic year, which begins in late April.
The D.C. government’s online portal for registering for coronavirus vaccinations got bogged down again Saturday morning within minutes of offering thousands of slots to residents eager to turn the page on the coronavirus pandemic.