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District Links: Bowser’s decision to drop mask, vaccine mandates draws flak; Alex Rodriguez…

Chris Kain Feb 15, 2022
In place for a month, the District's vaccination mandate for admission to restaurants, bars, sports and entertainment venues, health clubs and certain other places is no longer in effect, though businesses may continue to require proof of…

District Links: Bowser drops vaccine mandate as of Tuesday, mask mandate as of March 1; emergency…

Chris Kain Feb 14, 2022
With COVID-19 cases in the District down by about 90% from their peak in late December and early January, Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced an end to the indoor mask mandate as of March 1. She also is dropping the vaccination requirement…

District Links: Ward 3’s Mary Cheh says she won’t seek a fifth term after all; questions…

Chris Kain Feb 11, 2022
Joining what's been called the Great Resignation, Ward 3's Mary Cheh has announced that she won't seek a fifth term on the DC Council after all.

District Links: DC risks removal from national group that helps update voter rolls; most COVID-19…

Chris Kain Feb 10, 2022
The upcoming budget season is coinciding with a mayoral campaign and public safety concerns stemming from a rise in homicides and carjackings in recent years.

Street Sense: Local organizations call for use of surplus funds to address eviction crisis

Chris Kain Feb 9, 2022
A group of non-profit organizations have signed a letter calling for Mayor Muriel Bowser to direct more city funds to stop evictions in the District.

District Links: Shell found at Fort Totten was WWI chemical munition, WTOP reports; Senate eases…

Chris Kain Feb 9, 2022
An unexploded shell found in 2020 on National Park Service land near the Fort Totten Metro station may be linked to the World War I-era chemical weapons testing facilities that many decades later forced a prolonged cleanup in Spring…

District Links: DC reports mixed results in battle against HIV amid coronavirus pandemic; DC gets…

Chris Kain Feb 8, 2022
Pierre L'Enfant is headed to the U.S. Capitol later this month — an arrival at least two decades in the making.

District Links: Mayor announces 5.9% rise in per pupil funding for FY 2023; Bezos suggests Toni…

Chris Kain Feb 7, 2022
Mayor Muriel Bowser won't present her proposed fiscal year 2023 budget until mid-March, but she announced today that it will include a 5.9% increase to the Uniform Per Student Funding Formula as well as a $36 million "recovery fund" to…

District Links: Chief Contee says MPD doesn’t have an FOIA ‘watchlist’; name…

Chris Kain Feb 4, 2022
The branding debut of the Washington Commanders may have drawn mixed reviews in recent days, but it is helping the long-standing debate over a new stadium in DC command attention once again.

District Links: Lawsuit says MPD slowed FOIA responses to its critics; Senate eases DC Courts’…

Chris Kain Feb 3, 2022
A new lawsuit claims that the Metropolitan Police Department has slowed its response to Freedom of Information Act requests from reporters, attorneys and community leaders deemed to have embarrassed or criticized the department.

District Links: Council votes to send $10K+ in supplemental pay to DC child care workers; CFO…

Chris Kain Feb 2, 2022
DC's budget season is getting underway with yesterday's release of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.

District Links: DC Health updates ‘test-to-stay’ guidance; Howard, UDC among HBCUs…

Chris Kain Feb 1, 2022
DC Health issued new guidance yesterday on "test-to-stay" programs at schools, as well as amended protocols for ending isolation after a positive COVID-19 test result.

District Links: Vote to name Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library’s auditorium after Jeff…

Chris Kain Jan 31, 2022
Broadly hailed for the renovation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library downtown, the DC Public Library system is drawing flak for a plan to rename one of the facility's upgraded spaces in recognition of Amazon co-founder,…

District Links: Bowser admin seeks eminent domain for new Ward 7 grocery at site leased to Walmart;…

Chris Kain Jan 28, 2022
Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking to use eminent domain to revive a long-dormant mixed-use project along East Capitol Street in Ward 7 and ensure it includes a full-service grocery store.

Washington Business Journal: D.C. finds Walmart replacement for stalled Capitol Gateway project

Chris Kain Jan 27, 2022
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing to use eminent domain to forcibly advance the stalled Capitol Gateway Marketplace project in Ward 7, a development dealt a near lethal blow six years ago when Walmart backed out of a deal to open…

District Links: Bowser extends indoor mask mandate; H Street’s Big Board faces license…

Chris Kain Jan 27, 2022
Mayor Muriel Bowser has extended the District's indoor mask mandate through Feb. 28, in part to coincide with cold winter temperatures likely to facilitate the spread of COVID-19 by keeping people inside.

District Links: Student protest at Banneker urges stronger COVID-19 safety measures; DMV expands…

Chris Kain Jan 26, 2022
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.

District Links: Substitute teachers push for better treatment from DCPS; two ex-students allege…

Chris Kain Jan 25, 2022
Substitute teachers in DC are pushing for better working conditions and a pay raise, with some calling the city's announcement last week of a $1.80 per hour wage increase an insult.

District Links: New men’s shelter opens on St. Elizabeths campus; DC Retirement Board under…

Chris Kain Jan 24, 2022
Mayor Muriel Bowser today celebrated the opening of the brand-new 801 East Men's Shelter on the St. Elizabeths campus in Ward 8 — a milestone in the District's efforts to overhaul services for individuals experiencing homelessness.

District Links: Senate poised to act on ‘vacancy crisis’ in DC’s courts; interest…

Chris Kain Jan 21, 2022
The Senate is gearing up to address the "vacancy crisis" highlighted by the DC Courts and local officials as hampering the interests of public safety and justice.
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Next week, the DC Council is expected to take the first of two votes on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed $21.2 billion Fiscal Year 2027 Budget and Financial Plan. Don’t expect a smooth landing. …

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DC Water as well as regional officials are urging customers to conserve water in the wake of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' declaration of a Drought Watch.

District Links: Zoning board resumes operations after DC Council confirms two nominees; council votes to halt…

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With yesterday's unanimous DC Council confirmation of two mayoral appointees to the DC Board of Zoning Adjustment, the panel is meeting today for the first time since March, when the absence of a…
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