DCist: D.C. To Lift Indoor Mask Mandate Next Week
Starting next Monday, D.C. will no longer require mask-wearing in most business settings, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Health director LaQuandra Nesbitt announced Tuesday.
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2021
Washington Post: D.C. will no longer require masks in many public settings, Bowser announces
Washington’s local mask mandate, one of the strictest in the nation since late July, will relax greatly beginning Monday, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Tuesday.
WTOP: New protected bike lanes added to ‘Dave Thomas Circle’ revamp project
Additional protected bicycle lanes have been added to the final plans for the massive reconfiguration project of one of D.C.’s most convoluted intersections.
Press Release: D.C. Voting During COVID: Confusion, Frustration, and Unprecedented Challenges
News Release — Office of the DC Auditor
For immediate release
Contact: Diane Shinn
Auditor’s report says improvements needed to improve mail-in voting, registration, and communication with voters
November 16, 2021…
Press Release: Norton Honors Leahy on Retirement
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
November 16, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement today upon learning that Senator Patrick Leahy…
District Links: Bowser eases indoor mask requirements as of Monday; study shows pandemic’s…
The District is dropping the mask mandate in most indoor settings as of Monday, saying that the third wave of COVID-19 infections peaked locally in mid-September and has declined since then despite a recent plateau.
DCist: A New Report Shows How Drastically The Pandemic Affected Learning In D.C.
Elementary and middle school students in D.C. showed academic progress last school year despite remote learning — but growth rates were still far lower than before the pandemic, according to a study released Tuesday.
Axios: Study: Air pollution plagues D.C. residents of color
D.C. neighborhoods historically populated by residents of color have higher amounts of fine particle pollution and higher rates of disease, according to a recent NASA Earth Observatory study.
Axios: Anacostia sees hope in new developments
Anacostia’s transformation is bringing new sit-down restaurants, businesses, and development to a historic and underserved community.
WTOP: DC’s Southeast gets a business boost with new mixed-use development
A new mixed-use development has opened on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Good Hope Road in Southeast, D.C., and the city hopes it will turn into a gateway for business opportunity and job growth.
NBC4: DC Police Recovered More Than 1,900 Guns Already in 2021
The District reached a grim milestone Monday, matching the homicide count from 2020 with another month and a half still left in 2021. The News4 I-Team has been tracking gun violence across the District, on pace to have the highest number…
Christina Jackson: Pandemic exposes DC government’s failure to distribute unemployment benefits to…
The COVID-19 pandemic caused many DC residents to lose their jobs and erased years of employment progress. In February 2020, just before the pandemic began, the District’s unemployment rate had fallen to a five-year low of 4.9%. Two months…
UrbanTurf: The Final Designs Are in For Transforming Dave Thomas Circle
A final design has been presented for one of DC's most famous and dangerous intersections.
DCist: D.C., Montgomery County Activating Hypothermia Alerts Tonight
With temps dropping into the low 30s overnight, the District and Montgomery Country are activating their respective hypothermia alerts for the first time this winter. The National Weather Service says wind speeds could reach 18 mph.
City Paper: As You Are Bar, an Inclusive Queer Space, Is Bound for Barracks Row
Founders Jo McDaniel and Rach Pike just signed a lease for the former District Soul Food and Banana Cafe space.
Washington Post: When a veteran struggled with homelessness, Friendship Place offered help
Alan Banks thought that if he kept moving, people wouldn’t know he didn’t have any place to go.
DCist: Goodbye Trump Hotel, Hello Waldorf Astoria D.C.
The tallest building in downtown Washington, besides the Washington Monument, is a monument to another president: Donald J. Trump. Now, the gold letters on the Trump International Hotel could be removed for good: the Trump Organization is…
WTOP: Howard University’s student-led protest comes to an end
Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick and student protestors announced a conclusion to more than a month of protests outside of the Blackburn University Center.
DCist: Howard University Students End One Of The Longest Protests In School’s History
Howard University students ended a protest that lasted just over a month on Monday after coming to an agreement with university administrators. This follows several weeks of negotiations.
WTOP: Chemist discovers new opioid in DC, alerts first responders using Narcan for overdoses
A chemist in D.C.’s crime lab has discovered a new synthetic opioid being used on the streets of the District. The lab immediately alerted first responders about the possibility the drug could be resistant to the lifesaving antidote…