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WTOP: Meeting virtual learning challenges for at-risk DC students in Southeast

Editor Jul 31, 2020
The challenges for D.C. students who now know they will be attending school entirely online in the fall are compounded for children and families who do not have enough devices or adequate internet access to succeed in learning virtually.

Washington Post: Documenting John Lewis’s last public appearance

Editor Jul 31, 2020
John Lewis’s last public appearance wasn’t supposed to be public.

Washington Times: D.C. Public Schools to start school year with online instruction

Editor Jul 31, 2020
D.C. Public Schools students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade will be learning remotely this fall, starting Aug. 31 and through Nov. 6, officials announced Thursday.

Washingtonian: Kramerbooks Rebrands as Kramers, Will Add Flower and Barber Shops

Editor Jul 30, 2020
The revamped restaurant, All Day by Kramers, serves breakfast morning to night.

DCist: Kramerbooks Will Stay In Dupont For Now, But You Might Not Recognize It

Editor Jul 30, 2020
It appears, for now, that beloved Dupont bookstore Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe with remain in its homestead location for at least three more years.

City Paper: New Wine Bar Barkada to Change Name After Backlash on Social Media

Editor Jul 30, 2020
Barkada is a Tagalog slang word for a group of friends. No one of Filipino heritage is involved in the business.

Washington Post: Kramerbooks will stay in Dupont Circle for at least three years, owner says

Editor Jul 30, 2020
Dupont Circle’s beloved Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe will stay in its current location for at least three more years, owner Steve Salis said Thursday, allaying the wave of grief and nostalgia that swept through the neighborhood after…

Washington Business Journal: D.C. to issue RFPs on Reeves Center, Hill East’s Reservation 13…

Editor Jul 30, 2020
The District is taking a step toward redeveloping the Reeves Center at 14th and U streets NW and another chunk of Hill East’s Reservation 13.

Washington Post: American University reverses course, will start fall term online only

Editor Jul 30, 2020
American University on Thursday became the latest prominent school in the nation’s capital to reverse plans for residential education in the fall. The university announced that it will deliver classes entirely remotely because of the…

DCist: D.C. Strangers Banded Together To Help A Struggling Squirrel And Her Babies

Editor Jul 30, 2020
Squirrels are among Nikki Peele’s favorite animals.

WTOP: American U. plans virtual fall semester; students to get 10% tuition discount

Editor Jul 30, 2020
American University in D.C. will go entirely virtual for the fall semester with no students living on campus, the university announced Thursday, citing rising cases of the coronavirus nationwide and a new requirement for travelers to the…

WTOP: DC Public Schools will have all-virtual start

Editor Jul 30, 2020
D.C. Public Schools will have an all-virtual start to the school year, officials said during an update Thursday.

The 74: DC Public Schools is Latest District to Announce All-Virtual Start Despite Federal Pressure…

Editor Jul 30, 2020
D.C. Public Schools’ 52,000 students will start the 2020-21 year entirely virtual, city officials announced early Thursday.

DCist: D.C. Public Schools Will Be Remote Until November 6

Editor Jul 30, 2020
D.C. Public Schools will be fully remote until Nov. 6, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday, reversing an earlier decision to hold both virtual and in-person classes. The term is scheduled to begin Aug. 31.

Washington Post: D.C. Public Schools will start the academic year with all-virtual learning

Editor Jul 30, 2020
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Thursday that schools in the nation’s capital would start the 2020-2021 academic year all-virtual, a scenario that the city’s leaders had been trying to avoid.

DCist: D.C. Is Making Changes To Its Medicaid Program. Critics Say It’s The Wrong Time

Editor Jul 30, 2020
Earlier this month, D.C.’s Department of Health Care Finance announced plans to move forward with sweeping changes to the city’s Medicaid program, which provides health care coverage to more than 275,000 District residents, including many…

WTOP: Black women in DC lose $2M over career in wage gap

Editor Jul 30, 2020
Black women in the D.C. earn just 51 cents for every dollar a white man makes, according to a new analysis from the National Women’s Law Center.

Washingtonian: Two Months After the Protests Began, Pennsylvania Avenue Is Still Closed in Front of…

Editor Jul 30, 2020
The plaza barriers won't go down until August 31. Fencing around Lafayette Square will remain in place until at least July 31.

Audrey Fix Schaefer in The Post: D.C.’s small concert venues will fold without help from Congress

Editor Jul 30, 2020
Since April, we have been sounding the alarm that music venues such as the 9:30 Club and the Anthem cannot survive the novel coronavirus shutdown without federal assistance.

Washington Business Journal: Bowser changes benchmark for D.C.’s next phase of reopening

Editor Jul 30, 2020
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that city is changing its coronavirus positivity rate benchmark for entering its next phase of reopening.
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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…

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