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District Links: DC sees record COVID-19 hospitalizations amid winter surge; DC’s child…

Chris Kain Dec 30, 2021

A key aim of the reforms to the District's child welfare system undertaken over the past three decades was preventing future deaths by setting up a system to review the circumstances surrounding all child fatalities in the District. But…

District Links: DCPS announces ‘test to return’ requirement for students, staff next…

Chris Kain Dec 29, 2021

As COVID-19 case counts continue to rise in the District and the region, DC Public Schools will require students and staff to test negative before returning to their classrooms next Wednesday.

DCist: Smithsonian Closes Four Museums Temporarily As Employees Test Positive For COVID-19

Chris Kain Dec 29, 2021

The Smithsonian is closing four of its least-visited museums for at least five days while the region — and Smithsonian employees — experience a surge in COVID-19 infections.

District Links: DC’s COVID-19 cases spike in lead-up to holidays; virus-fueled driver shortage…

Chris Kain Dec 27, 2021

As 2021 winds down, the District is seeing COVID-19 cases reach record highs that have put DC among the worst spots in the country for community transmission.

District Links: Businesses react to city’s new vaccination rules; child welfare investigations…

Chris Kain Dec 23, 2021

The DC Child and Family Services Agency's investigations often aren’t launched in the timely manner required by law — and are frequently closed too quickly and labeled “unfounded” or “unsubstantiated.”

District Links: DC to add vaccine mandate for entry to restaurants, various other venues; council…

Chris Kain Dec 22, 2021

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today that a variety of DC businesses — including restaurants, bars, and indoor cultural and entertainment venues — will soon have to require COVID-19 vaccination for patrons ages 12 and older.

District Links: 32 years later, broken system still fails vulnerable children, investigation finds;…

Chris Kain Dec 21, 2021

Over the summer, the DC government announced it had reached a settlement in the 32-year class-action lawsuit that sought extensive reform of the city’s child welfare system — a case initially known as LaShawn A. v. Marion Barry Jr.

District Links: Bowser restores indoor mask mandate amid rise in cases; little-known panel blocked…

Chris Kain Dec 20, 2021

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today that she'll reinstate DC's indoor mask mandate in public places as of 6 a.m. Tuesday as one of several new measures amid concerns about a winter wave of COVID-19 cases and the spread of the new omicron…

District Links: Recent collisions bring push for enhanced safety for kids; House report faults…

Chris Kain Dec 17, 2021

With high-profile collisions in recent days as well as a memorial event over the weekend for a 5-year-old killed in Brookland while riding her bike, the dangers on city streets for DC children are top of mind this week for many.

District Links: Case numbers prompt DCPS to shift Whittier Elementary to virtual learning; DC plans…

Chris Kain Dec 16, 2021

As concern spreads about the omicron variant gaining a foothold in the United States, a rising number of COVID-19 infections has prompted a shift to virtual instruction at a public DC elementary school as well as changes at area…

District Links: Changes downtown prompt new look at office-to-residential conversions; Metro eyes…

Chris Kain Dec 15, 2021

The inviting idea of "a living downtown" is not new in the District, with the phrase a mantra of long-ago revitalization efforts in Penn Quarter as well as zoning proceedings in the late 1980s and early ’90s. Now the pandemic is helping…

District Links: Crime lab audit urges overhaul, prompts review of past cases; Racine sues Proud…

Chris Kain Dec 14, 2021

A newly released audit of the District's crime lab calls for a sweeping overhaul of the Department of Forensic Sciences.

District Links: Four young adults are DC’s first cases of omicron variant, DC Health says;…

Chris Kain Dec 13, 2021

Days after Maryland and Virginia officials reported the first omicron cases in those jurisdictions, DC Health announced Sunday night that four DC residents have tested positive for the latest coronavirus variant.

District Links: Metro eyes gradual return of 7000-series trains, but no timetable yet; AG seeks ban…

Chris Kain Dec 10, 2021

There's still no timetable for a return to more frequent Metrorail service, but top officials have revealed more about their plans on how to do so.

District Links: AG pushes for release of crime lab audit; Mendelson, challenger Palmer square off at…

Chris Kain Dec 9, 2021

DC Attorney General Karl Racine is pushing for the mayor's office to release a consultant's audit that examined conditions at the District's troubled crime lab, WTOP reports.

District Links: Council delays vote on suspending encampment clearings; Congress doesn’t…

Chris Kain Dec 8, 2021

A divided DC Council put off a vote yesterday on emergency legislation to suspend encampment clearings during hypothermia season, but lawmakers on both sides of the debate said the execution of the mayor's pilot program needs to improve.

District Links: Homeless encampments, redistricting top DC Council agenda; legislators fault DPW…

Chris Kain Dec 7, 2021

The DC Council meets this afternoon and is slated to vote on at least two thorny topics — redistricting and homeless encampments.

District Links: Mendelson revises redistricting map ahead of initial council vote; MPD youth summit…

Chris Kain Dec 6, 2021

The DC Council will vote tomorrow on a final redistricting map designed to readjust the District's eight wards in view of the population growth documented in the 2020 census, but it won't quite be the same one its three-member…

District Links: Nadeau proposes bill to suspend encampment clearings; DC Health issues indoor mask…

Chris Kain Dec 3, 2021

The government's pilot program to clear homeless encampments continues, as do calls from advocates and key DC Council members for at least a temporary halt.

District Links: DC may soon add a digital driver’s license option; ANC commissioner looks to…

Chris Kain Dec 2, 2021

A digital version of your DC driver's license may not be far off — and an advocacy group is hoping to convince DC leaders to let voters cast ballots from their phones.

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