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Size of hypothermia shelter at rec center spurs ANC call for changes over COVID-19 concerns

Leah Potter Dec 2, 2020
Community leaders are calling on city officials to scale back the maximum number of people sheltered at a Ward 6 recreation center during hypothermia season amid an uptick of COVID-19 cases in DC. Advisory neighborhood commissioners and…
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DC Health Justice Coalition pushes for a ‘full-service’ hospital for wards 7 and 8

Leah Potter Jul 17, 2019
A forum last week on health equity in DC brought a unified call for a full-service hospital east of the Anacostia River able to offer specialty services such as neurology, kidney care, and HIV screening and treatment. More than 30…
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‘Under Patty’s guiding light, hundreds of people found healing’: Adams Morgan nonprofit says…

Leah Potter Jul 8, 2019
When Patty Wudel first arrived at Joseph’s House nearly 30 years ago, she relished the warmth and love she felt from the people who immediately welcomed her into their community. As she prepares to leave her longtime post as…

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District Links: Bowser sets up wide-open mayoral race with announcement she won’t seek fourth term; council set to…

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Seven years ago, soon after winning a second term, Mayor Muriel Bowser memorably generated pre-Thanksgiving headlines by questioning whether mumbo sauce deserves its reputation as "quintessential…

District Links: Car-sharing company to refund DC customers after OAG investigation; Metro constructing secure bike…

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More than 50 DC customers who were allegedly misled by a car-sharing company will receive refunds under a new settlement announced today by the DC Office of the Attorney General.

Sam Trumbull: DC’s outdated insurance laws are failing victims — and Councilmember McDuffie’s committee could fix it

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I was born in 1986. Marion Barry had just started his third term as mayor. The space shuttle Challenger disaster had shocked the nation. The Washington football team made it to the NFC championship…

District Links: White, Schwalb team up on bill to strengthen tools against problem landlords; BID seeks to bolster…

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The authors of newly introduced legislation are calling for stronger protections for DC tenants living in dangerous housing and a fix to loopholes that have enabled problem landlords to delay repairs…
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