Washington Post: Bereavement leave bill may be broadened; D.C. Council overrides Bowser vetos
D.C. lawmakers seem determined to offer city employees up to two weeks paid leave when a pregnancy ends or a close family member dies.
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2021
Washington Post: After months of planning, protests and false starts, D.C. students and teachers…
After months of planning — of false starts, teacher protests, arbitration, a court filing and a final snow delay — D.C. public schools opened their doors to teachers and students for in-person learning Tuesday for the first time in nearly…
DCist: As Thousands Of D.C. Students Start Returning To Campuses, Teachers Union Weighs Possible…
Many public schoolchildren in the District returned to classrooms on Tuesday for the first time in nearly a year, while tension between city leaders and the Washington Teachers’ Union intensified after Mayor Muriel Bowser sought a court…
DCist: D.C. Council Easily Overrides Bowser’s Veto Of Bill To Break Up DCRA
The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to override Mayor Muriel Bowser’s veto of a bill that splits up the oft-criticized Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs into two separate agencies, a move that lawmakers will now have…
Washington Post: House members introduce bill to stabilize Metro funding
The Washington region’s congressional delegation is supporting a bill that would stabilize Metro capital funding for a decade, saying it also would strengthen accountability within the transit agency.
City Paper: D.C. Fridge Collective Aims to Provide Fresh Food to Underserved Areas
The volunteer organization mobilized to address hunger in the District that’s only worsening during the pandemic.
Washingtonian: Here Are The Democrats Who Haven’t Co-Sponsored the DC Statehood Bill
Last week, Delaware Senator Tom Carper re-introduced a DC statehood bill to the Senate. The bill is highly unlikely to go anywhere without filibuster reform, as it would need 60 votes to pass and there’s currently no public Senate GOP…
WTOP: DC teachers want school safety walk-throughs, threaten strike
On the first day back to school for about 9,000 D.C. Public Schools students, the Washington Teachers’ Union said some buildings did not meet the safety fixes the District agreed to make — and now teachers are threatening to strike.
UrbanTurf: The 240 Units in the Works in Adams Morgan
Add Adams Morgan to the list of DC neighborhoods where the residential pipeline is trending downward. Besides the affordable housing and temporary housing for returning citizens being constructed on Ontario Road and retrofit into a…
City Paper: Students Return to School as D.C. Files Restraining Order Against Teachers’ Union
D.C. files a restraining order against the Washington Teachers’ Union to prevent them from striking. The WTU president says she is advising teachers to return to school on Tuesday.
WTOP: Thousands of DC Public Schools students return to some classrooms
Tuesday marked D.C. Public Schools’ most significant return to in-person learning since the COVID-19 pandemic first disrupted learning nearly a year ago, with about 9,000 of the District’s 52,000 students back in a classroom.
DCist: Food Delivery Apps Must Stop Listing Restaurants Without Their Consent Under New D.C. Bill
The D.C. Council has unanimously approved a new measure that further tightens restrictions on food delivery apps during the ongoing health emergency.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. lawmakers override Bowser’s veto, vote again to break up…
D.C. lawmakers have voted to override Mayor Muriel Bowser's veto of a bill to break up the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, setting up the reorganization of one of the D.C. government's most important agencies interacting…
DCist: Alpaca Parties, A Bernie Sanders Snowman, And More: How D.C. Residents Are Enjoying The…
The region has been hit with a three-day snow storm, totaling 6 inches in some areas, and marking the heaviest snowfall in the area since 2018.
DCist: How Five Families Decided To Send Their Children Back For In-Person Learning — Or Not
A public health expert who spent two decades studying pandemic preparedness. A mother who makes DoorDash deliveries to scrape together extra money for her son’s learning pod. A single-parent who worries no one can help care for her son if…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Expands DC Main Streets and Clean Team Programs to Support Commercial…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 2, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
James Partlow IV (DSLBD)
Shaw Main Streets Accepting Decommissioned Plywood from Businesses
(WASHINGTON,…
Press Release: Norton Pledges to Defeat Wicker Bill Permanently Banning D.C. From Spending Local…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 2, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today condemned a bill introduced by Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) that…
Education advocates: Mayor must address the digital divide in upcoming budget proposal
The pandemic has highlighted the need to provide equitable technology access for all students as part of a 21st-century education. While DC made some progress last year in expanding computer and internet access, the city still lacks a…
WTOP: DC’s Potomac Phil declares early spring but more political gridlock
As snow flurries descended down onto the Dupont Fountain in D.C.’s Dupont Circle Tuesday, a tradition unlike any other continued in a virtual way.
DCist: Say Goodbye To That Wendy’s At The Hellish Dave Thomas Circle
It’s been called a failure, a hellscape, one of the city’s most dangerous intersections, and an “urban aneurysm.” And now, D.C.’s infamous Dave Thomas Circle is finally getting a rethink.