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WTOP: DC unemployment benefits system to be audited after complaints system failed

Editor May 6, 2021
The District of Columbia’s Inspector General will audit D.C.’s Department of Employment Services, in response to complaints of technical glitches and poor communication, resulting in struggling unemployed workers going weeks or months…

Washington Business Journal: D.C., J&J Innovation launch competition to address health care…

Editor May 6, 2021
The District is partnering with Johnson & Johnson Innovation to provide grants to startups working to address chronic health care challenges faced in underserved D.C. communities — and then give them a home to make their idea a…

WTOP: DC launches $2.5 million tourism marketing campaign

Editor May 6, 2021
Destination DC, the tourism marketing arm of the District, has shed light on just how much damage the pandemic has caused to D.C.’s tourism industry, and what they plan to do to bring tourists back this year.

Washington Informer: Pending D.C. Council Legislation Reinforces MPD’s ‘No-Chase’ Policy

Editor May 6, 2021
For several weeks toward the end of last year, protesters repeatedly converged on the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Fourth District police station in the aftermath of a police chase that led to Karon Hylton-Brown’s fatal collision…

WTOP: DC ban on dancing at weddings sends couples and venues scrambling

Editor May 5, 2021
May is peak wedding season in D.C. but a new coronavirus order released by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser makes it hard for the happy couple to celebrate. As of May 1, dancing is not allowed at any wedding in the District.

Washington Post: D.C. police officer who fought Capitol rioters pens letter to officials: ‘The time…

Editor May 5, 2021
A D.C. police officer injured battling pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 is seeking more recognition for those on the front lines and says he is angered by people who “continue to downplay the events of that day.”

Washington Post: D.C. ban on wedding dancing gets chilly reception from couples

Editor May 5, 2021
After rescheduling their nuptials twice, Tory Waltrip and her new husband were looking forward to celebrating their union at a June reception in D.C.

Washington Business Journal: D.C.’s comp plan update is almost done, prompting the inevitable…

Editor May 5, 2021
District lawmakers are finally nearing the end of what has turned into a five-year process of amending the city’s chief land-use document, the D.C. Comprehensive Plan. So now there’s another question they need to consider: When will they…

WTOP: DC mayor now a member of Democratic Governors Association

Editor May 5, 2021
The Democratic Governors Association is adding D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to its ranks in a symbolic push for D.C. statehood.

DCist: Democratic Governors Association Adds D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser To Its Ranks

Editor May 5, 2021
Amid the District’s ongoing push for statehood, Democratic state governors are embracing D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser as one of their own. New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced today that Bowser has been invited to be a member…

DCist: D.C. Humane Rescue Alliance Waives Adoption Fee For Pups Over 40 Pounds Through Sunday

Editor May 5, 2021
You can’t buy happiness but you can take a little piece of it home at no charge this week. Well, a pretty big piece, actually.

Washington Blade: Activists concerned over removal of D.C. AIDS office executive

Editor May 5, 2021
Dept. of Health declines to explain abrupt replacement of Kharfen

Washington Post: In nod to statehood bid, Bowser admitted to Democratic Governors Association

Editor May 5, 2021
The Democratic Governors Association on Tuesday welcomed D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser into its ranks, marking the latest effort by Democratic leaders to support making the District the nation’s 51st state.

City Paper: Robert Contee Confirmed as Chief of Metropolitan Police Department

Editor May 5, 2021
The native Washingtonian and three-decade veteran of the force is charged with addressing a rise in murders and calls for reform.

City Paper: The Mount Pleasant Uprising, 30 Years Later

Editor May 5, 2021
Days of unrest followed the shooting of a Salvadoran man at 17th and Lamont streets NW on May 5, 1991.

DCist: President Biden Visits D.C. Taqueria To Get Lunch And Distribute Huge Relief Grant

Editor May 5, 2021
President Joe Biden continued his patronage of local D.C businesses on Wednesday by popping into Las Gemelas, a taqueria in the Latin American food hall La Cosecha.

Washington Business Journal: Destination D.C. kicks off $2.5M ad campaign to bring visitors back to…

Editor May 5, 2021
The District's tourism marketing organization is gearing up to launch a $2.5 million ad campaign aimed at getting word out that D.C. is open for business after it suspended most promotional efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic.

DCist: Less Than Two Thirds Of D.C.’s Police Force Has Gotten The COVID-19 Vaccine, Despite Being…

Editor May 5, 2021
Months after D.C.’s police force became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, officials are looking at ways to increase immunization rates among its officers.

DCist: Is D.C. Ready To Bring Back Tourists? Officials Think So

Editor May 5, 2021
Last spring, as D.C. and the world struggled to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the 2.3 million sq. ft. Walter E. Washington Convention Center lay empty — no industry conferences, no auto show. Instead, the convention center’s Hall A was…

UrbanTurf: The 3,000 Units in the Anacostia and Skyland Pipelines

Editor May 5, 2021
The Anacostia area is one of those east of the River neighborhoods in DC where development is being hastened by the relocation of city agencies and investments in public infrastructure. The second phase of MLK Gateway is an example of the…
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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…

District Links: DC unveils draft master plan for mixed-use redevelopment of RFK campus; July 4 will feature added…

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The DC Office of Planning today released a draft master plan outlining a framework for redevelopment of the RFK campus, anchored by a new Washington Commanders stadium but also incorporating up to…

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In a Sunday afternoon post on social media, President Donald Trump blasted Democratic mayoral nominee Janeese Lewis George as a "Communist adherent" and vowed to derail any efforts to "resist…
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