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Washington Post: Mayor Bowser denies breaking newly reimposed mask mandate

Editor Aug 1, 2021
Hours after the District’s reimposed mask mandate went into effect Saturday, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) officiated an outdoor wedding with an indoor reception, raising questions over whether she had violated her own order.

WTOP: With time running out, DC residents face struggles getting rent relief

Editor Aug 1, 2021
The national eviction moratorium expired Saturday and on July 25, the District’s local ban on evictions, tied to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s public health emergency declaration, also expired, leaving thousands of D.C. residents on the edge of…

WTOP: Mayor’s office responds to reports Bowser went maskless indoors, defying new mandate

Editor Aug 1, 2021
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office is pushing back against claims made by conservative media outlets that she went maskless indoors in defiance of her own indoor mask mandate, which was reinstated 5 a.m. Saturday.

Washington Post: D.C. wants to take back parole from the feds. But it’s taken almost no action as…

Editor Aug 1, 2021
By his third appearance in front of the U.S. Parole Commission, James Dunn had all but given up.

WTOP: ‘It’s really scary’: DC yoga studio says mask mandate could slow business

Editor Aug 1, 2021
Many small businesses across DC are reopening with cautious optimism, despite concerns about the national spike in COVID-19 cases.

Washington Post: Workers, advocates push for D.C. to include additional $165 million in city budget…

Editor Aug 1, 2021
Protesters waved signs and shouted, ‘No me excluyas,’ during a protest Saturday in Northwest Washington

Washington Post: New indoor masking policy in D.C. has quiet start, stirs old fears over virus

Editor Aug 1, 2021
The first normal day had arrived in mid-June.

WTOP: Families receive free clothes, school supplies at back-to-school event in DC’s Ward 8

Editor Jul 31, 2021
Families gathered at the Gateway Pavilion in Southeast D.C. for a free back-to-school event. People who attended the event received free clothing, school supplies, healthy food and were able to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

DCist: D.C. Is Opening Clinics To Help Tenants Apply For Rent Assistance

Editor Jul 31, 2021
Tenants struggling to complete an application for D.C.’s official rent and utility assistance program will soon be able to visit a clinic to get help.

WTOP: Metro Board member weighs possibility of fare increase for long-distance riders

Editor Jul 31, 2021
Metrorail fares for long-distance passengers may be going up in the near future.

Theresa Vargas in The Post: D.C. has the widest wage gap for Black women. This 72-year-old doesn’t…

Editor Jul 31, 2021
Venorica Tucker laughs when asked when she hopes to retire.

Washington Post: How an education spending law may help keep this pool closed to the public

Editor Jul 31, 2021
Everyone’s ready for Roosevelt High School’s indoor pool in Northwest Washington to open to the public — senior citizens in the Petworth neighborhood for aquatic exercise classes, young families for their toddlers to take swimming lessons,…

Washington Post: Top D.C. Superior Court judges rebut Bowser’s complaints about case backlogs

Editor Jul 31, 2021
Amid a spike in gunfire on D.C. streets this year, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has been peppered with urgent questions about what her administration is doing to protect public safety. And again and again, she has cited a litany of…

WTOP: ‘Not going to have 2020 happen again’: DC businesses ready for start of new indoor mask…

Editor Jul 31, 2021
The line to enter Pitchers in D.C. on Friday night might be longer than usual, owner Dave Perruzza said, and the music will be a little bit lower.

Washington Post: As D.C. prepares to mask up, council members ask how long it’ll last

Editor Jul 30, 2021
Some D.C. Council members on Friday asked officials in Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s administration when the new masking mandate could safely be lifted, a day after Bowser announced masks would be required indoors Saturday to combat the spread…

City Paper: The D.C. Cafes, Bars, and Restaurants Requiring Proof of Vaccination

Editor Jul 30, 2021
Fine dining restaurants and dive bars are instituting vaccination policies, largely for indoor dining only.

WTOP: Feds send $1M in emergency funds to DC for repairs of collapsed pedestrian bridge

Editor Jul 30, 2021
Federal emergency funding is being sent to D.C. to repair the Lane Place Bridge over D.C. 295 that collapsed last month after being hit by a truck.

DCist: These D.C. Bars And Restaurants Are Requiring Vaccination Cards To Enter

Editor Jul 30, 2021
Following a rise in coronavirus case rates across the region and the increasing threat of the highly contagious delta variant, as well as new CDC guidance, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a new mask mandate that takes effect Saturday, July…

Colbert King in The Post: Bowser wants more police. She’ll need to make the case for how they will…

Editor Jul 30, 2021
As I settled in Wednesday evening to review D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s (D) much-ballyhooed Public Safety Update, I received a Fourth District police alert regarding a robbery committed around 11 p.m. in Ward 4 by two men armed with…

City Paper: D.C. Statehood Activists Join Sharpton, King Family to Fight for Voting Rights

Editor Jul 30, 2021
"We're just going to keep on working, keep on struggling, and we gonna win this fight one day."
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