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DCist: DC Attorney General Moves To Cut Off Casa Ruby Founder From Organization’s Funds

Editor Aug 1, 2022

The Office of the D.C. Attorney General asked a federal court to freeze all the financial accounts of Casa Ruby, a nonprofit that’s provided essential services to LGBTQ residents for the last decade. The organization recently came under…

WTOP: DC Fire and EMS seeks diverse firefighter/EMT recruits

Editor Aug 1, 2022

D.C. is looking to hire firefighter/emergency medical technicians through an application process that’s open for the next 30 days.

WTOP: DC residents can now get free COVID treatment over the phone

Editor Aug 1, 2022

A new partnership between DC Health and a telemedicine company will soon get COVID treatment into the hands of patients much faster.

Washington Post: D.C. attorney general seeks to block access to Casa Ruby bank accounts

Editor Aug 1, 2022

In court filings, the AG’s office said it is investigating ‘the full extent of the misuse’ of the LGBTQ nonprofit’s funds

Homelessness

Despite DC’s heat plan, it’s not easy for unhoused people to cool off

Annemarie Cuccia Aug 1, 2022

The tent Chris Cole lived in was a sauna. It wasn’t even 7 a.m. and she could already feel the sun. Her thin roof offered little protection as the temperature outside climbed to 95 degrees. She could hardly breathe. She had to get indoors.…

Press Release: DC Health Announces Telehealth Antiviral Treatment Program for COVID-19

Press Release Aug 1, 2022

News Release — DC Health For Immediate Release: Monday, August 1, 2022 WASHINGTON, DC — Today, DC Health announced a new partnership with Color Health to offer a free COVID-19 treatment access program via telehealth in the…

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Encourages Residents to Respond to Call and Join #DCsBravest

Press Release Aug 1, 2022

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2022 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Jennifer Donelan (DC Fire and EMS) …

Washington Post: Metro Red Line service resumes from Van Ness to Farragut North

Editor Aug 1, 2022

Red Line train service was restored Monday morning on a section in Northwest D.C. that had been shut down since Saturday night, when a low-voltage electrical fire sparked at Dupont Station.

DCist: Metro Red Line Service Restored After Smoke Incident Near Dupont Saturday

Editor Aug 1, 2022

Service on Metro’s Red Line was fully restored, the transit agency announced. Trains had been shut down between Farragut North and Van Ness stations all day Sunday and during the Monday morning commute, as crews continued repairs after an…

WTOP: Metro Red Line rail service restored between Van Ness and Farragut North

Editor Aug 1, 2022

Rail service on Metro’s Red Line has been restored Monday morning between the Van Ness and Farragut North stations after it was suspended for a cable incident that happened on Saturday.

Washington Post: D.C. schools expand covid vaccine mandate, unlike most other districts

Editor Aug 1, 2022

D.C. students who are 12 and older must be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend school this upcoming academic year.

WUSA9: Woman says she is facing homelessness after her DC unemployment account was hacked

Editor Jul 31, 2022

Christina Paul says she has not received unemployment benefits in four weeks, and a Department of Employment Services employee told her to seek a homeless shelter.

WTOP: Red Line service suspended from Van Ness to Farragut North for repairs

Editor Jul 31, 2022

Following reports of smoke and fire Saturday night, rail service between the Van Ness and Farragut North Red Line stations has been suspended as Metro crews attempt to make repairs.

WTOP: DC public schools prepping learners with pre-K family toolkit

Editor Jul 31, 2022

To help families prepare their young ones for the start of the school year, D.C. Public Schools has come out with a new guide.

WTOP: DC bill would ban right turns on red for cars, introduce ‘Idaho Stop’ for cyclists

Editor Jul 30, 2022

The D.C. Council is considering a bill that would ban cars from turning right during red lights while also letting cyclists maintain a more consistent pace on the District’s roads.

Washington Post: D.C.-area health officials urge precautions as coronavirus cases rise

Editor Jul 30, 2022

With coronavirus cases in the D.C. region on a gradual incline and vaccine immunity waning, some public health officials recommend residents consider wearing high-quality masks, but have no plans to reinstate mandates as people learn to…

Washington Business Journal: Former Whittle School teachers and students scramble for answers after…

Editor Jul 30, 2022

Three weeks after for-profit, independent education company Whittle School & Studios closed its D.C. campus, citing a lack of funds to continue operations, teachers are still waiting on paychecks, according to multiple interviews and…

Washington Post Editorial Board: A new chief at Metro, facing a financial cliff

Editor Jul 30, 2022

Fairly or not, the mayorship of New York is often called the biggest dead-end job in American politics because so many occupants of that office have floundered. Lately, managing D.C.’s transit system is starting to get the same rap — for…

Washington Post: D.C. may end right-on-red for cars, let cyclists yield at stop signs

Editor Jul 30, 2022

While biking around D.C., Sam O’Brien and Naomi Field check for cross-traffic at stop signs, then often roll through without coming to the stop required by law.

District Links: Bowser seeks National Guard help for ‘growing humanitarian crisis’; 911…

Chris Kain Jul 29, 2022

Mayor Muriel Bowser has requested deployment of the National Guard to help with "a growing humanitarian crisis" as migrants seeking asylum arrive in DC on buses sent by the Republican governors of Texas and Arizona.

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This month, the DC Council voted to reverse most of the mayor's proposed cuts to early childhood programs, adding roughly $60 million to the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund and nearly $50…

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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson today released the text of the revised fiscal year 2026 budget legislation slated for consideration tomorrow, as well as an amended version of the FY 2027 Local Budget…

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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…

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