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DC's vaccine appointment portal was again overwhelmed on Friday morning, the last day before sign-ups shift to a pre-registration system by late next week.

The Bowser administration has not yet chosen a vendor for its vaccine pre-registration system that is scheduled to launch next week, a DC official said at an oversight hearing late Thursday.

After complaints about a website prone to crash and suffering from other glitches as residents seek to score coronavirus vaccine slots, the District will allow residents to pre-register for appointments starting next week.

There is talk in the Wilson Building of raising taxes on the wealthy to make up for revenue losses due to the pandemic.

Progress is being made on the dismantling of security fences that were erected near the White House and Capitol during the Donald Trump era.

The push for legalizing the sale for marijuana in DC is back on.

Technical troubles stymied the District's expansion of vaccine eligibility to people ages 18 to 64 with underlying medical conditions on Thursday morning.

DC surpassed 1,000 deaths related to the coronavirus on Wednesday, and Mayor Muriel Bowser said her elder sister died in the morning after battling COVID-19 at Washington Hospital Center.

On Capitol Hill Tuesday, security officials said a failure to pass along intelligence about the potential for violence on Jan. 6 led to an unprepared police force getting rolled over by a mob.

DC officials said that the glitch that plagued the disbursement of jobless claims last week affected about 39,000 people who did not receive their unemployment benefits.

The DC Department of Employment Services said on Friday that a glitch resulted in some unemployed people not receiving jobless benefits this week.

Starting March 1, DC will allow vaccinations for residents 16 and older who have serious medical conditions, officials announced on Thursday. The full list includes people with cancer, congenital heart disease, asthma, HIV and…

DC Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt, who has overseen the city's pursestrings for seven years, abruptly announced on Wednesday night he would depart the District.

The post-pandemic future in the Washington region may include considerably more teleworking than before, threatening downtown DC's economy, according to a new report.

The District expects to have vaccinated 70% of all residents aged 65 and over by the end of the month, City Paper reports, which could mean opening up vaccine eligibility to people with underlying medical conditions.

The U.K. and South Africa variants of the coronavirus have been confirmed in DC, officials said on Thursday.

Regional leaders are asking the federal government to take the lead on vaccinating tens of thousands of federal workers, contractors and Metro employees.

Members of the Washington Teachers' Union voted against authorizing a strike on Tuesday. Meanwhile, union leaders wrote a letter to the mayor and schools chancellor calling for the establishment of a "situation room" to deal with emergency…

DC's expansion of vaccine eligibility to workers at licensed child care providers and independent and charter schools resulted in about 2,000 vaccinations in the first week, officials said.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and six DC Council members have funds for constituents' needs — such as utility payments and rent — that are sitting with over $300,000 in them during the pandemic.