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District Links: DC in talks over vaccination mandate for government employees; WaPo’s Colbert…

Chris Kain Aug 9, 2021
The DC government is reportedly close to issuing a vaccine mandate for its employees, with the issue of discipline for unwilling workers among the subjects being discussed in talks with union leaders.

District Links: DC theaters set vaccination requirement for audiences; Time cover story goes deep…

Chris Kain Aug 6, 2021
From Arena Stage to Shakespeare Theatre Company to Woolly Mammoth, the bulk of DC's theaters have joined together to require audience members to provide proof of vaccination to attend indoor performances.

District Links: AG Racine issues vaccine mandate for his employees; boil water advisory in effect in…

Chris Kain Aug 5, 2021
While the attorney general oversees only a small portion of the DC government's workforce, Karl Racine has stepped out in front of Mayor Muriel Bowser on a thorny issue: a vaccination mandate for employees.

District Links: Council scales back mayor’s MPD staffing boost: WaPo’s Fact Checker…

Chris Kain Aug 4, 2021
With the DC Council having already given initial approval to a $17.5 billion budget two weeks ago, the bulk of the discussion on its second vote Tuesday focused on two small segments: an $11 million supplemental request from Mayor Muriel…

District Links: Council, mayor argue over MPD funding as budget vote nears; officials urge tenants…

Chris Kain Aug 3, 2021
The DC Council put the emphasis on legislators supporting "a combination of strategies to reduce violent crime," via a last-minute budget infusion. The mayor's chief of staff offered an alternative headline: "Council cuts proposal for new…

District Links: Dust-up over photo of maskless Bowser; violent summer fuels questions over funding…

Chris Kain Aug 2, 2021
As DC's renewed indoor mask mandate took effect over the weekend, Mayor Muriel Bowser faced criticism over her own masking practices.

George A. Jones in The Post: In D.C., housing should be a human right

Chris Kain May 19, 2021
In 1966, the United Nations identified adequate housing as a fundamental human right as part of its International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. But, even as early as 1944, in his State of the Union address, with the…

WTOP: DC Mayor Bowser canvasses in support of new walk-up vaccine sites

Chris Kain May 1, 2021
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser hit the streets on Saturday to let residents know about walk up COVID-19 vaccinations, the District’s latest effort to get Washingtonians immunized.

WTOP: Meet the DC entrepreneur who’s launched electric picnic boat rentals at The Wharf

Chris Kain Apr 14, 2021
For as little as $150, you can rent an electric-powered Scandinavian-designed picnic boat, large enough for eight passengers, at The Wharf Marina, and no boating license is required.

Press Release: Study shows that DC students have lost 4 months of learning in math and 1 month of…

Chris Kain Dec 17, 2020
News Release — EmpowerK12 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Michelle Lerner The “COVID” learning slide is expanding DC’s achievement gap, putting at-risk students further behind their peers Washington, D.C. — A new study…

Colbert King in The Post: D.C. has always been more than a two-dimensional clash of politics. It’s…

Chris Kain Nov 6, 2020
A narrow view of the city’s electorate has emerged in some of the local reporting on this year’s D.C. elections. The District, as I understand it, has been reduced to a town consisting of longtime Black residents of moderate persuasion…

Press Release: DC Health Releases Updated List of High-Risk States

Chris Kain Aug 24, 2020
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 24, 2020 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, DC Health released an updated list of high-risk states where the seven-day…

DCist: District-Run Coronavirus Testing Sites Closed Monday Due To Heat

Chris Kain Jul 19, 2020
Coronavirus testing at D.C.-run sites will be called off Monday due to high temps, city officials said.

Washington Post: Dining out is the latest sign that life in the D.C. region is slowly returning to…

Chris Kain May 31, 2020
People dined alfresco at il Canale on Saturday, which might scarcely be worth mentioning except that it was the first time the Georgetown pizzeria and other D.C. restaurants have served customers on their premises since the coronavirus…
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Chris Kain Mar 31, 2020

Washington Post: Whose bedroom becomes the infirmary? Group-house living just got a whole lot…

Chris Kain Mar 18, 2020
The best room in the four-dude Bloomingdale group house is also the most isolated — up on the third floor, with pine-tree wall art, big windows and its own bathroom and shower. It belongs to Dutch Seitz. But if our current national…
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Chris Kain Mar 9, 2020

City Paper: All the Ward 2 Primary Candidates as Democratic Presidential Candidates

Chris Kain Mar 5, 2020
Allow us to present them in terms any national campaign watcher can understand.

DCist: Despite Republican Obstacles, D.C. Statehood Is Headed To The House Floor

Chris Kain Feb 11, 2020
The House of Representative’s Committee on Oversight and Reform approved a bill that would make D.C. a state, marking the first time in nearly three decades that federal lawmakers have voted on statehood legislation.

Washington Post Editorial Board: A bill to reduce sentences for violent D.C. felons goes too far

Chris Kain Dec 26, 2019
DESPITE SHARP reductions in crime, the District of Columbia remains among the most dangerous cities in the nation, with a violent crime rate nearly double that of New York. Nevertheless, the D.C. Council is considering subjecting the city…
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District Links: Bowser resubmits PSC nominations fought by environmentalists; group rejects calls to drop White House…

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Mayor Muriel Bowser last week withdrew — and then resubmitted — two controversial nominations for the Public Service Commission that would have otherwise been deemed disapproved at month's end.

District Links: Bowser, Pirro unveil legislation to address rise in domestic violence; Allen bill would enable…

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With domestic violence accounting for a growing share of homicides and assaults with a dangerous weapon in the District, Mayor Muriel Bowser and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro today announced new…

jonetta rose barras: Who among DC’s mayoral candidates can help the city fulfill its potential? (Part 1)

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A diverse crowd of nearly 300 people squeezed into the auditorium at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on Monday evening; it was a standing-room-only setting at the latest DC mayoral forum,…

District Links: Moody’s pulls negative outlook it added last year to DC debt rating; House panel advances bill…

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Moody's Ratings this week removed its negative outlook on DC's debt rating while noting "the District's very strong fiscal governance and prudent budget management."
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