UrbanTurf: DC Short-Term Rental Registrations Reveal Unexpected Restrictions
After waiting three years to legitimize their short-term residential rentals, some DC hosts are finding that barriers remain.
Yearly Archives
2022
Children at risk: As DC’s child welfare system trends toward destruction and death, will city…
“I'm going to make you two promises in this trial,” DC defense attorney Jonathan Zucker told the jury in his opening statement in the trial of James Embre for the murder of 2-year-old Aceyson Ahmad. “Promise No. 1: A week from now, a month…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Launches New COVID Center in Ward 4
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 26, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Dr. Kimberly Henderson (DC Health)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser and DC Health…
District Links: Student protest at Banneker urges stronger COVID-19 safety measures; DMV expands…
Dozens of DC high school students walked out of class yesterday — most notably at Benjamin Banneker High School — to protest COVID-19 protocols they say are unsafe.
Axios: D.C. explores the future of accessible public space
As the pandemic stretches into a third year, disability advocates are exploring how to best use public space for accessible outdoor dining and social distancing.
Axios: Maryland drivers owe most in unpaid D.C. traffic camera fines
Maryland drivers owe the most in D.C. tickets from speed and traffic enforcement cameras, according to a new report.
WTOP: No timeline, no plan for getting Metro cars back on the tracks
The independent agency that oversees Metrorail safety revealed Tuesday it still had not received a plan from Metro on how it intends to get its suspended 7000-series railcars back on the tracks.
UrbanTurf: A First Look at the 900 Apartments Proposed for DC’s Wardman Marriott Site in Woodley…
The plans for a massive residential project at the site of the former Marriott Wardman Park hotel in DC's Woodley Park are coming into focus.
Washington Post: Metro working on plan to bring suspended cars back into service
Metro hasn’t submitted its latest plan that would return more than half of its fleet to service and end a train shortage, officials from the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission said Tuesday.
WTOP: DC students stage walk out for safer learning amid COVID-19 surge
D.C. public school students walked out of their classrooms and organized a virtual rally Tuesday calling for improved health protocols and a more flexible virtual learning policy amid a COVID-19 surge.
Washington Business Journal: Gourmet market chain Foxtrot nabs space in Northeast D.C. for…
Foxtrot plans to establish a new hub in Northeast D.C. to serve as a distribution point for its growing network of gourmet markets in Greater Washington.
Washington Post: D.C. students walk out to protest ‘not safe’ school covid protocols
Dozens of students from Benjamin Banneker Academic High School walked out Tuesday afternoon in a push for more coronavirus testing and virtual options in D.C. Public Schools. Students in smaller numbers from eight other schools staged a…
WTOP: Postal Service tells Norton: Only temporary workers have been released since holidays
The U.S. Postal Service has responded to a recent letter from D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton regarding recent reductions in its workforce, saying that only holiday workers have been released.
Washington Business Journal: Mastercard grants Howard University $5 million for data science center
Mastercard Inc. (NYSE: MA) has awarded $5 million to Howard University to create a new research initiative on campus that will delve into racial bias within the financial services industry, the university said Tuesday.
Washington Post: Conservatives defend D.C. bar under investigation for violating vaccine rules
D.C.’s liquor board said Tuesday that it will investigate a Northeast Washington bar repeatedly fined for violating the city’s vaccine and mask regulations as conservatives defended the business.
City Paper: DBH Questioned At Oversight About Overcrowding, Access to Treatment, and ‘Chaos’
“The inability to access behavioral health services is a serious obstacle to these children overcoming the traumas they’ve already experienced in their young lives.”
DCist: The Big Board Will Face A D.C. Liquor Board Review After Reportedly Violating Vaccine And…
The D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) has cited local restaurants for nearly 40 violations of the vaccine and indoor mask mandates that went into effect over the past month. But as of Tuesday, only one establishment…
WTOP: By the numbers: Virus variant continues to slow in DC area
The spread of the omicron variant is continuing to slow in the D.C. area, an encouraging sign for a region weary of the pandemic entering its third year.
UrbanTurf: 723 Apartments, Makerspace Proposed Next to Metro Tracks in Brookland
In November, UrbanTurf reported on a development in the works next to the Metrorail tracks in Brookland. Now, a zoning application is shedding more light on the plans for the project.
WTOP: DC DMV expands opportunities for virtual hearings
D.C.’s Department of Motor Vehicles is expanding the kinds of hearings drivers can take online.