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Washington Informer: D.C. Political Campaigns Adjust to COVID-19

Editor Feb 18, 2022

The District’s primary election season has started and campaigns have adjusted to the ongoing presence of the coronavirus, which has influenced how voters continue to be engaged.

Washington Informer: Ward 8 Residents Share Views on D.C.’s 2022-2023 Budget

Editor Feb 18, 2022

Conversations about the new budget have begun and Ward 8 residents say they’re anxious to see if their needs will be included in the 2022-2023 blueprint.

Washington Informer: In-School Clinicians Explain How They Address Student Trauma

Editor Feb 18, 2022

In the months since students returned to in-person learning, their social and emotional well-being has been an issue of concern in District public and public charter schools, so much so that District officials recently dedicated millions…

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: Surplus jackpot in DC

jonetta rose barras Feb 18, 2022

A few days after the DC Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) released the city’s annual comprehensive financial audit, the agency’s spokesperson sent out a one-page announcement celebrating the fact that the District had received a…

WTOP: DC council member withdraws proposal to reinstate proof of vaccination requirement

Editor Feb 17, 2022

A council member who drafted an emergency bill to reinstate the proof of vaccination requirement at D.C. businesses one day after the mayor lifted it has withdrawn her proposal.

WTOP: The ‘speggulation’ is over: National Arboretum bald eagle lays an egg

Editor Feb 17, 2022

After several years without success, there is finally a bald eagle egg at the National Arboretum in D.C.

Nick Cheolas in Greater Greater Washington: The rise and fall of a safer 8th Street NE

Editor Feb 17, 2022

Last September – after nearly a decade of planning and engagement – plans to improve school traffic safety on a ½ mile unprotected on-street portion of the Metropolitan Branch Trail in Edgewood came to a halt.

WTOP: Ground broken for Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center in DC’s Ward 8

Editor Feb 17, 2022

D.C. and Universal Health Services on Thursday broke ground on the Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center, in Southeast Washington.

Press Release: Councilmember Christina Henderson Introduces Legislation to Enhance Access and…

Press Release Feb 17, 2022

News Release — At-large DC Council member Christina Henderson For Immediate Release February 17, 2022 Contact: Amanda Farnan Washington, DC – Today, Councilmember Henderson introduced the Diaper Affordability and Access Act of…

Washington Business Journal: Ward 7’s Parkside is growing with two new buildings

Editor Feb 17, 2022

Parkside — a Ward 7 megadevelopment — is making progress on one front. But just one.

Washington Post: Judge holds D.C. in contempt for failing to provide education to older students…

Editor Feb 17, 2022

Education services disrupted during the pandemic continue to leave some students without enough support to learn, judge found

DCist: Polluted Rock Creek Tributary To Get Sewer Upgrade, But Neighbors Worry About Impact

Editor Feb 17, 2022

Soapstone Valley, home to one of the most polluted tributaries in Rock Creek Park, is about to get a major sewer upgrade to keep the 100-year-old pipes from leaking into the stream. The upgrade has been in the works for years, and is the…

WTOP: DC attorney general’s suit against Trump inaugural committee gets trial date

Editor Feb 17, 2022

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine’s lawsuit against former President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, the Trump Hotel and the Trump Organization over the alleged misuse of $1.1 million is going to trial in September.

Washington Business Journal: Nike may vacate Georgetown retail store

Editor Feb 17, 2022

Lincoln Property Co. is seeking replacement tenants for Nike Inc.'s Georgetown retail store, more than a decade after the athletic apparel giant inked a deal to fill the gap created by Barnes & Noble.

DCist: D.C. Breaks Ground And Names New Ward 8 Hospital After Frederick Douglass’ Estate

Editor Feb 17, 2022

After years of development, D.C. finally broke ground Thursday on a heavily anticipated Ward 8 hospital. Mayor Muriel Bowser also announced the name of the 136-bed, full-service hospital serving residents east of the Anacostia River: Cedar…

City Paper: The D.C. Housing Authority is Finally Holding New Elections for its Governing Board. A…

Editor Feb 17, 2022

A commissioner accused of abusing his position looks to be on the way out, among other big changes for the troubled board.

Washington Post: Washington Post poll: D.C. Mayor Bowser’s approval rating drops amid rising…

Editor Feb 17, 2022

A majority of D.C. residents approve of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s job performance — although her popularity has dropped from previous years, with residents growing sharply more concerned about crime and the city’s direction overall as she…

District Links: DC breaks ground on newly named Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center in Ward 8; MPD…

Chris Kain Feb 17, 2022

After years of negotiations and sometimes tense debate about a new hospital on the St. Elizabeths East campus, Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials enjoyed a victory lap with a midday groundbreaking celebrating what's been newly…

Press Release: AG Racine Announces Lawsuit Against Presidential Inaugural Committee & Trump…

Press Release Feb 17, 2022

News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 17, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications Earlier this Week, Judge Issued an Order Saying the Lawsuit to Hold Nonprofit Accountable for…

Press Release: Norton Condemns and Vows to Defeat Clyde’s Effort to Return D.C. to Full Colony

Press Release Feb 17, 2022

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton February 17, 2022 Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today condemned Representative Andrew Clyde’s (R-GA) attacks on the…

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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson may not seem a Yoda doppelganger: He lacks pointy ears; he is also considerably taller and much younger than the Star Wars Jedi Master. What’s more, compared to the…

District Links: McDuffie concedes mayoral race to Lewis George; Silverman set for council return; old machines…

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Mayoral hopeful Kenyan McDuffie this morning conceded the Democratic primary to Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, who has 52.87% of the vote in the updated tally released this afternoon by…

District Links: Lewis George holds large lead in mayoral primary as White dominates in delegate race; Bowser picks…

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Initial results released last night by the DC Board of Elections show Janeese Lewis George, a self-described democratic socialist, with a strong lead in the mayor's race and Robert White with an even…

District Links: DC residents head to polls for primary without several longtime incumbents; House panel scrutinizes DC…

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DC's Democrats will decide today on their party's nominees to succeed three-term Mayor Muriel Bowser and 18-term DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, as well as two councilmembers who opted not to seek…

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