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UrbanTurf: DC Office of Planning Proposes By-Right Conversions to Residential

Editor Jan 4, 2022
Last month, the DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development began soliciting feedback from downtown office owners about the barriers to converting their buildings into residences. Now, the city's Office of Planning…

Axios: D.C. snow day cuts power and delays re-openings

Editor Jan 4, 2022
The biggest snowstorm in about three years blanketed the Washington region Monday, upending delicate plans to reopen schools and leaving some motorists stranded.

Axios: D.C. hits new peak for COVID-19 hospitalizations

Editor Jan 4, 2022
The District hit a new peak of 580 coronavirus hospitalizations reported yesterday, with 9,201 new confirmed coronavirus cases over the last four days. Seven new deaths were reported.

Washington Post: As Jan. 6 anniversary approaches, fear, disbelief and anger still felt in Capitol…

Editor Jan 4, 2022
The eight-foot-high black metal fence topped with razor wire that surrounded the U.S. Capitol following the Jan. 6 insurrection has been gone since July. The more than 30,000 heavily armed National Guard troops who arrived from all 50…

Associated Press: Insurrection prompts year of change for US Capitol Police

Editor Jan 4, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after thousands of violent pro-Trump rioters overwhelmed police officers at the U.S. Capitol — severely injuring dozens in the process — the force dedicated to protecting the premier symbol of American democracy…

Washington Post: D.C.-area parents and teachers split over return-to-school plans

Editor Jan 3, 2022
With coronavirus cases surging as winter break ends, some parents and educators in the Washington region are calling for a temporary switch to virtual learning or more immediate testing to avert classroom outbreaks and further spread of…

Washington Business Journal: NASA’s D.C. headquarters building hits the market again

Editor Jan 3, 2022
NASA's headquarters building is on the market, again.

Washington Post: At Miriam’s Kitchen, housing advocates lead the charge for change

Editor Jan 3, 2022
Tony Burns thought he knew Washington. He grew up here, went to school here, worked here. It was here that he learned he was HIV-positive, that he was diagnosed with cancer, that he came close to losing his home. It was in Washington that…

Washingtonian: Smithsonian Temporarily Closes Air and Space Museum and Reduces Schedules of Other…

Editor Jan 3, 2022
The institution anticipates "unprecedented staff shortages in the coming weeks" due to DC's Omicron surge.

DCist: So It Snowed. Here’s How Long You Have To Shovel Your Sidewalk

Editor Jan 3, 2022
Snow is like that fickle teenage style you once swore by: it was awesome for a while, but eventually it just had to go.

Washington Post: Smithsonian reduces hours at zoo and most museums because of covid-related staff…

Editor Jan 3, 2022
Faced with ongoing staff shortages connected to the recent covid surge, the Smithsonian Institution will temporarily reduce public hours at most of its Washington museums and the National Zoo and close the National Air and Space Museum and…

WTOP: DC doctor backs FDA’s OK of booster shots for 12- to 15-year-olds

Editor Jan 3, 2022
On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of Pfizer’s COVID booster shot for kids 12 to 15 years old.

DCist: New Comedy Club To Open In Former Songbyrd Location In Adams Morgan

Editor Jan 3, 2022
Hotbed, a new comedy club, is planned to open in early 2022 at the old Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe location in Adams Morgan. The club will be the new home of Underground Comedy, the company behind comedy shows at The Big Hunt,…

WTOP: Politics and Prose is now DC’s 1st unionized bookstore

Editor Jan 3, 2022
Employees at D.C.’s Politics and Prose bookstore are now officially unionized under a collective bargaining agreement with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400, which represents about half of the bookstore’s employees at its…

Washington Post: Politics & Prose becomes first unionized bookstore in D.C.

Editor Jan 3, 2022
Longtime D.C. institution Politics & Prose became the first unionized bookstore in Washington after the union and owners announced Monday they reached an agreement to voluntarily recognize the union.

Associated Press: School, work, travel can wait as snow blankets U.S. capital

Editor Jan 3, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — A winter storm packing heavy snow blew into the nation’s capital Monday, closing government offices and schools and grounding the president’s helicopter as 6 to 11 inches (15 to 28 centimeters) of snow ringed the area…

Washington Post: Metro suspends bus service, citing dangerous road conditions

Editor Jan 3, 2022
The agency said trains are running and remain an alternative

DCist: D.C.’s First Snow Of 2022 Closes Schools, Government Buildings, COVID-19 Testing Sites

Editor Jan 3, 2022
Schools, offices, and governments, both federal and local collectively, looked out the window this morning and said, “Man, it’s really coming down out there.” As a result of the overnight snowfall, the D.C. region is snowed in with…

Washington Post: D.C.’s biggest snow since pandemic snarls traffic, cuts power, shutters covid…

Editor Jan 3, 2022
As the federal government closed and outages spread, children ventured outside to sled for the first time in years.

UrbanTurf: Fewer Units, More Quality of Life? The New Plans for DC’s Cotton Annex Conversion

Editor Jan 3, 2022
A year after a zoning application was filed to convert the Cotton Annex in Southwest DC into a residential development, the developer is looking to make some tweaks.
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District Links: Council unanimously approves key FY 2027 budget legislation; White House criticism of Smithsonian…

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The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to approve a revised version of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Support Act after incorporating a series of amendments offered by councilmembers.

District Links: DC Council set for final vote tomorrow on FY 2027 budget legislation; Trump administration renews…

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DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson this morning distributed the latest version of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Support Act, which is slated for final consideration at an additional legislative meeting…

District Links: DC touts two-year-old FEMS transfusion program as lifesaving success; record fireworks show brings air…

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The DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is hailing the success of its two-year-old program that enables paramedics to administer whole blood to critically injured and medically unstable…

Kathy Patterson: The mayor and council are killing a key commission created after 9/11

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The DC Council created an expert advisory panel in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This year the mayor and council have agreed to kill the District’s Homeland Security Commission despite…
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