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DCist: U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tells Congress ‘No Intelligence’ Suggested A Mob Would Violently…

Editor Feb 25, 2021
Acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman testified before Congress on Thursday, facing questions from lawmakers who argued the U.S. Capitol Police were unprepared and poorly organized for a deadly U.S. Capitol insurrection that…

Washington Blade: SMYAL to open third facility for homeless LGBTQ youth

Editor Feb 25, 2021
The D.C.-based LGBTQ youth advocacy and services group SMYAL announced this week that it plans to open its third transitional housing facility for homeless LGBTQ youth this spring in the city’s Congress Heights neighborhood in Ward 8.

DCist: As The Pandemic Pummels Arts Groups, A New Dance Theater Is Opening In Columbia Heights

Editor Feb 25, 2021
Most theater, dance and artistic organizations in the Washington region have spent the past eleven months weathering pandemic-induced financial challenges. Instead of staging performances, arts leaders apply for local and federal…

DCist: After A Beloved Columbia Heights Street Vendor’s Equipment Was Destroyed, Donations Poured In

Editor Feb 25, 2021
Even in the winter cold, Eliezer Albino was out working on 14th Street NW in Columbia Heights, cooking Puerto Rican dishes from a sidewalk kitchen.

WTOP: Security chief: DC ‘must reimagine safety and security,’ amid evolving domestic terror threat

Editor Feb 25, 2021
The head of D.C.’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency said the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill made something clear: “The District must reimagine safety and security, in the face of the evolving threat of domestic…

Street Sense: An amendment 4 years in the making, with massive implications for affordable housing…

Editor Feb 25, 2021
D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson reintroduced the Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2020 on Jan. 4, making it the first bill of 2021 and Council Period 24.

Street Sense: 6 DC residents died without a home this month

Editor Feb 25, 2021
Another person’s death was recorded in the city’s anonymized Human Services data on coronavirus.dc.gov/data today. They were the second this year, increasing the total number of people in the homeless services system who are known to have…

Associated Press: Chief: Capitol Police were ready for trouble, but not a riot

Editor Feb 25, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police is testifying before Congress on Thursday as lawmakers press for answers about intelligence and procedural failures that allowed thousands of supporters of then-President Donald…

Washington Business Journal: Adrian Washington’s D.C. roots are guiding Neighborhood…

Editor Feb 25, 2021
Adrian Washington remembers riding his bike past the St. Elizabeths East campus as a kid. These days, he’s helping to build its future.

WTOP: Tech issues hamper DC vaccine registration

Editor Feb 25, 2021
D.C. residents had serious trouble registering for coronavirus vaccination appointments online Thursday.

DCist: D.C. Vaccine Appointment System Crashes As Thousands More People Become Eligible

Editor Feb 25, 2021
The District’s phone and online system crashed on Thursday morning just as thousands of residents became newly eligible to sign up for 4,350 appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine.

WTOP: Council member says it’s time to reassess how DC public schools are run

Editor Feb 25, 2021
A city council member said most D.C. Public Schools students aren’t getting a good education, and he has a plan to come up with solutions.

Washington Post: Marriott family donates $20 million to Howard University for hospitality leadership…

Editor Feb 24, 2021
The family behind Marriott hotels has gifted $20 million to Howard University to create a hospitality leadership center, officials said Wednesday.

Theresa Vargas in The Post: The Capitol fence and Trump’s wall share the same faulty foundation

Editor Feb 24, 2021
Five days after it was announced that a “7-foot non-scalable fence” was going up around the U.S. Capitol, President Donald Trump traveled to Texas and stood by his border wall.

Washington Post: D.C.’s pandemic toll surpasses 1,000 as Bowser announces her sister’s death

Editor Feb 24, 2021
The nation’s capital on Wednesday surpassed 1,000 deaths tied to the coronavirus, a wrenching reminder of the pandemic’s blow to the Washington region. On the same day, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announced that her sister became one of…

Associated Press: Chief: Capitol Police were warned of violence before riot

Editor Feb 24, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Police knew armed extremists were primed for violence at the iconic building on Jan. 6 and even provided officers with assault rifles to protect lawmakers, the acting chief acknowledged Wednesday. But the wild…

Washington Post: Mercia Bowser, sister of D.C. mayor, dies of coronavirus at age 64

Editor Feb 24, 2021
Just hours after D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser confirmed 1,000 covid-19 deaths in her city, she had to make another somber announcement, this one far more personal: Her sister had died of the virus.

WTOP: DC Mayor Bowser’s sister dies of COVID-19 complications

Editor Feb 24, 2021
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that her older sister, Mercia Bowser, has died from complications linked to COVID-19 on Wednesday morning.

DCist: Mercia Bowser, Sister Of D.C. Mayor, Dies Of COVID-19 Complications

Editor Feb 24, 2021
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s sister, Mercia Bowser, died Wednesday morning due to COVID-19 complications, according to a statement shared by Bowser’s office.

Washington Business Journal: EastBanc to launch retail lab in former Brooks Brothers location in…

Editor Feb 24, 2021
EastBanc Inc. has kicked off a conversion of the former Brooks Brothers store in Georgetown into a retail lab concept to foster the growth of local businesses at a time when many shops are fighting to keep their doors open amid 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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