District Links: Metro advances fare cuts to win back riders; DC establishes outreach team to contact unvaccinated; and more
Metro has taken action in hopes of winning back transit riders as the pandemic recedes.
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District Links: Most DC hospitals to require employees to be vaccinated; DMV extends renewal deadlines amid long waits; and more
Workers at most DC and Maryland hospitals will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 soon.
District Links: Senate review of Jan. 6 shows Capitol Police had advance intel of attack; Metro considers more ways to win back riders; and more
A Senate investigation found that Capitol Police had received intel two weeks before Jan. 6 about the plans for Donald Trump supporters to storm the Capitol, but the information never flowed through the ranks, WaPo reports.
District Links: Bowser admin announces community grants to fight gun violence; DC on track to surpass 70% vaccinated adults; and more
The Bowser administration will give out $750,000 in grants to organizations that deal with preventing gun violence.
District Links: Statehood could cost up to $2 billion, WaPo reports; DC plans incentive program for vaccinations; and more
A DC government internal analysis suggests the transition to statehood could cost between $755 million and $2 billion, WaPo reports.
District Links: Bowser names Philadelphia official as new superintendent of education; lawmakers concerned about DCPS marijuana testing; and more
Mayor Muriel Bowser has nominated a Philadelphia schools leader to be the District's next state superintendent of education.
District Links: First budget flashpoint around $400M paid leave surplus; Metro board open to reducing fares; and more
There is a divide over how to spend a $400 million surplus in the District’s paid family leave program, with Mayor Muriel Bowser proposing to return about $168 million to businesses in the form of a one-time tax break.
District Links: Metro to consider lower fares, increased service; Bowser’s affordable housing investments outpace region’s efforts; and more
Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld will propose enticing more transit ridership with increased service.
District Links: Ban on sale of marijuana in DC retained in Biden budget; troubled crime lab gets interim leader; and more
President Joe Biden’s budget proposal would give DC a win on abortion rights but leave another key wish unfulfilled.
District Links: Bowser announces spending proposal that draws from federal aid; leadership of troubled crime lab unclear; and more
Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed spending more on affordable housing and violence prevention — while cutting about $36 million from the police department — in next year's budget.
District Links: Bowser to unveil budget proposal; sportsbook opens for bets at Capital One Arena; and more
Mayor Muriel Bowser will unveil her proposed budget for the next fiscal year on Thursday morning.
District Links: Black residents make up over 80% of DC’s recent COVID cases; AG Racine files antitrust suit against Amazon; and more
The pandemic’s racial disparity has widened in DC, where more than 80% of people newly infected with the coronavirus are Black residents.
District Links: Mayor proposes $400 million investment in affordable housing; director of Housing Authority is out; and more
Mayor Muriel Bowser pledged Monday to spend $400 million for affordable housing — a record amount that would be spread out over the next year and a half.
District Links: Bowser admin opposes shrinking size of DC police, expresses openness to other reform proposals; DC nightlife reopens; and more
The Bowser administration is opposing calls to reduce the size of the Metropolitan Police Department.
District Links: Some DC schools could lose librarians despite attempt to avoid budget cuts; Bowser names chair of turbulent arts commish; and more
Despite Mayor Muriel Bowser's pledge to avoid budget cuts to schools, some public schools may be reopening next fall without a librarian.
District Links: Head of troubled forensics department to resign; Buttigieg visits Frederick Douglass Bridge project site; and more
The director of DC's Department of Forensic Sciences is resigning in the wake of the crime lab losing its accreditation last month.
District Links: Eviction moratorium stays in place for now; lawmakers approve Comprehensive Plan changes; and more
The DC Council opted Tuesday not to lift DC's moratorium on evictions ahead of a Friday hearing on the city's pandemic recovery.
District Links: DC excludes fully vaccinated from much of its mask mandate; lawmakers to take up ban on eviction filings Tuesday; and more
Most aspects of the District's mask mandate will no longer apply to people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, in line with the latest federal guidance, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday.
District Links: DC to lift restrictions on restaurants, most other businesses May 21; unemployment payment issues persist; and more
DC will take a giant step toward reopening on May 21 when it allows restaurants and most other businesses to operate at full capacity and bars and nightclubs at 50% capacity.
District Links: Restaurants seek more clarity on reopening plans; Washingtonian staff go on publishing strike after CEO’s op-ed; and more
Restaurants and businesses are restless over the city’s pace of relaxing pandemic restrictions, saying it is slowing down their recovery. Two council members are calling on the mayor to present a clear reopening plan.