Theresa Vargas in The Post: A trip to the grocery store ended with unexpected coronavirus vaccine…
Before this week, Franck Le Bousse wasn’t sure where he stood in the long line of people waiting, and hoping, to get the coronavirus vaccine.
Yearly Archives
2021
City Paper: D.C. Shuts Down After Violent Insurrectionists’ Attempted Coup
Mayor Bowser issues a 6 p.m. curfew, and Metro will suspend rail and bus service at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., respectively.
Washington Business Journal: Israeli coworking firm Mixer terminates lease for D.C. location, what…
Israel-based shared workspace provider Mixer has abandoned plans to open its first U.S. location inside a downtown D.C. trophy office building, the latest in a string of setbacks for the coworking industry amid the ongoing coronavirus…
Washington Post: Woman dies after shooting in U.S. Capitol; D.C. National Guard activated after mob…
A day that began with thousands of President Trump’s supporters in Washington for demonstrations turned violent as many in attendance saw Wednesday as a last stand for Trump because Congress was set to confirm that President-elect Joe…
WTOP: DC orders citywide curfew after Trump supporters breach Capitol
A woman has died after she was shot in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the building in an attempt to stop the counting of Electoral College votes, and a curfew went into effect in the…
Washington Business Journal: Bowser issues citywide curfew following Capitol invasion
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has instituted a citywide curfew from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday. The announcement came as a mob backing President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud clashed with police and breached the U.S.…
Washington Post: School districts struggle with reopening decisions heading into second semester
School districts in the region are struggling with decisions on reopening as they look toward the academic year’s second semester, with the coronavirus pandemic raging and the timeline for vaccinations still unclear.
DCist: Curfews Imposed In D.C. And Virginia, Metro To Close Three Hours Early
Responding to dramatic incidents of pro-Trump insurrectionists overrunning barriers and breaking into the U.S. Capitol, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a 12-hour curfew would take effect starting at 6 p.m. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam…
City Paper: What the Georgia Results Mean for the D.C. Statehood
The District’s chances of becoming a state might get a lot bigger.
City Paper: The Past, Present, and Future of D.C.’s Panda Gourmet
The famed Chinese restaurant tucked into a Days Inn has plans to expand in 2021.
Washington Business Journal: A Rhode Island Avenue fire station could be redeveloped as big changes…
D.C. is teeing up a mixed-use redevelopment at the site of a firehouse near the Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood Metro station, as some big changes are bound for the entire block in the Edgewood neighborhood.
Press Release: AG Racine Responds to Breach of the U.S. Capitol Building
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 6, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
President Trump Urged to Order Supporters to Cease and Desist, Depart the District Peacefully
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Press Release: Mayor Bowser Orders Citywide Curfew Beginning at 6PM Today
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:January 6, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered a citywide curfew for the District of Columbia from 6:00…
Press Release: Norton Announces Date for Public Hearing with Army Corps of Engineers and Army on…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
January 6, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the…
Press Release: Statement from Mayor Bowser on the Future of DC Statehood
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 6, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser released the following statement on the path forward for making…
Washington Blade: D.C. budget lacks funds to implement part of LGBTQ bill
In a little-noticed development, the D.C. chief financial officer determined in November that there are insufficient funds in the city’s budget to implement an important part of a bill approved by the D.C. Council to strengthen the…
DCist: Thousands Of Trump Supporters Are Flooding Downtown D.C. For Second Day Of Protests
Early on the second day of protests baselessly contesting president-elect Joe Biden’s victory, maskless Trump supporters are gathering in downtown D.C. as Congress prepares to count the Electoral College’s votes.
DCist: How Some Locals Skipped To The Front Of The COVID-19 Vaccine Line
Government contractor Rob Towner, 36, breathed into a surgical mask Monday while a technician jabbed his right arm with a COVID-19 vaccine.
Washington Post: So many pets have been adopted during the pandemic that shelters are running out
Animal shelters in the Washington region are experiencing a unique problem: As the coronavirus pandemic has kept more residents at home, it has created such a high demand for adopting dogs that the supply is increasingly limited.
Washington Business Journal: Protesters clash with police near Black Lives Matter Plaza as D.C.…
Protesters of the presidential election clashed with police near Black Lives Matter Plaza and the Metropolitan Police Department made several arrests Tuesday in advance of what’s expected to be larger protests near the White House and on…