WTOP: At least 105 monkeypox cases have been detected in DC
An outbreak of monkeypox in D.C. has the health department contact tracing to help control the number of people who are exposed.
Yearly Archives
2022
DCist: D.C. Joins Nationwide Launch Of New 988 Number For Suicide Prevention
Staring Saturday, July 16, D.C. residents experiencing a mental health crisis can call 988, the new nationwide hotline for suicide prevention.
Washington Post Editorial Board: This D.C. Council decision makes city streets unsafe
Six months into 2022, there have been 1,528 traffic crashes involving injuries in D.C. Nineteen people have been killed. The deaths follow a year in which the city saw the most traffic fatalities since 2007, including the death of a…
District Links: DCPS works to fill vacancies amid rise in teacher resignations; Norton asks Biden to…
After prevailing in a key House vote, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is calling on President Joe Biden to endorse shifting control of the DC National Guard from the president to the mayor.
Washington Post: D.C.-area schools see spike in teacher resignations
Teachers in parts of the D.C. area resigned in unusually high numbers at the end of the most recent school year, according to data obtained from school districts and analyzed by The Washington Post.
DCist: This New Boring Machine Will Help Keep 120 Million Gallons Of Sewage Out Of The Potomac
What’s 14 feet tall, weighs 380 tons, lives more than a hundred feet underground, and moves 1/4 mile per hour at its fastest? Alexandria’s new tunnel boring machine, of course!
Washington Post: Biden nominates three new judges to D.C. courts
The D.C. Superior Court and D.C. Court of Appeals had been confronting a record number of empty seats
Washington Post: An early look at plans for new rail, pedestrian bridges over the Potomac
The $2 billion rail project between D.C., Virginia is on track to double capacity over the Potomac River by 2030
Washington Post: Planners break ground on Desert Storm memorial, aiming to open in 2024
Officials say they have sufficient funds to complete the project and hope to begin construction next year
Petula Dvorak in The Post: The migrant buses sent to D.C. are a cruel, political stunt
It’s happening just about every night now, in sight of the U.S. Capitol dome.
Washington Post: D.C. offers active-shooter training to nightlife and church workers
As fear of indiscriminate violence escalates nationwide, city officials said they wanted to help educate those who could be vulnerable
Washington Post: Internal Metro probe into lapses finds disregard of training process
The findings troubled board members who have fielded criticism in recent months over concerns about lax management
Washington Post: Planners break ground on Desert Storm memorial, aiming to open in 2024
Officials say they have sufficient funds to complete the project and hope to begin construction next year
WTOP: Ground is broken on new memorial for fallen DC cops
The current memorial for fallen D.C. police officers is about 80 years old, but for the retired cops who find it especially meaningful, it looks even worse than that.
DCist: D.C. Will Open Its First Homeless Shelter For LGBTQ+ Adults This Summer
D.C. will have its first homeless shelter serving LGBTQ+ adults in August when a 40-bed emergency shelter intended for queer people 25 years and older opens at 400 50th St. SE.
WTOP: Bill would allow DC mayor to deploy National Guard
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved an amendment to a major defense bill that would give D.C.’s mayor the power to deploy the National Guard during an emergency.
DCist: Dupont Residents Push To Dedicate Swann Street After William Dorsey Swann, The First…
For some D.C. residents, Dupont’s Swann Street might be associated with the iconic gingko trees, who simultaneously shed their leaves in one dramatic drop each year, blanketing the sidewalk and road.
Press Release: Three Bills Introduced Before Summer Recess
News Release — Ward 3 DC Council member Mary Cheh
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 14, 2022
Communications Director: Abigail McLean
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, July 14th, Councilmember Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) introduced three key…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Cuts Ribbon on District’s First LGBTQ+ Shelter for Adults
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Department of Human Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 14, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Kevin Valentine, Jr. (DHS)
(Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor…
Press Release: Norton Vows to Defeat Anti-Home-Rule Amendments Filed on D.C. Appropriations Bill
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 14, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today vowed to defeat each amendment filed by Republicans at the…