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District Links: Picnicking protesters to rally against Capitol fence; AG considers suing Jack Evans over unpaid fines, City Paper reports; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Mar 12, 2021 14

The debate over the fencing surrounding the U.S. Capitol continues, with a cheery protest planned on Saturday and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton still voicing her displeasure.

District Links: The pandemic’s impact on local businesses; DC urges more senior citizens to sign up for vaccine slots; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Mar 12, 2021 28

DCist/WAMU has tracked the number of businesses that have permanently shuttered since the city reported its first coronavirus case last March: It's at least 235 brick-and-mortar stores so far.

District Links: Over 50K sign up on first day of vaccine pre-registering; federal stimulus likely to stave off WMATA layoffs, cuts; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Mar 11, 2021 26

Within five hours, over 50,000 people used the city's new vaccination portal on Wednesday to pre-register for an appointment.

District Links: Teacher retention, school budgets are focal points at DC Council hearing; National Guard deployment extended; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Mar 10, 2021 16

Scores of parents, teachers and other public witnesses testified to the DC Council on Tuesday about funding for the public schools and retaining teachers after the pandemic.

District Links: DC to accept vaccine pre-registrations starting Wednesday; how $1.9T federal stimulus could help Metro; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Mar 8, 2021 19

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the city's vaccine pre-registration portal will launch on Wednesday. Residents will be able to sign up once and then wait for an alert that will offer them an appointment slot once they are selected.

District Links: DC settles on vendor for vaccine pre-registration portal; more sign-up woes reported; council members on TikTok; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Mar 6, 2021 21

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.

District Links: DC still deciding on vendor for vaccine pre-registration portal; Capitol Police request longer National Guard stay; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Mar 5, 2021 34

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.

District Links: DC to allow pre-registrations for vaccines next week; Bowser admin seeks legislative workaround for big Medicaid contracts; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Mar 3, 2021 29

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.

District Links: Charles Allen says several CMs considering proposing tax hike on wealthy; DC extends paid leave after a child’s death; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Mar 2, 2021 29

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

District Links: Fencing near White House comes down; McDuffie pitches guaranteed income program for low-income households; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Mar 2, 2021 28

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

District Links: Bowser introduces bill to legalize marijuana sales; DC’s projected fiscal loss ‘less bad than we had feared’; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 26, 2021 30

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

District Links: DC says it has addressed tech glitches that stymied vaccine registration on Thursday; DC Lottery director to resign; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 25, 2021 32

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

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She walks in her truth: DC woman works to help other LGBTQ+ people of color

Vanessa Falcon Feb 25, 2021 1,364

Heidi Ellis, 36, was taught early in life to love reading, to love her culture, and to love herself. In her home, bookshelves were filled with powerful stories about Black women and Latinx women like her. Ellis, who identifies as lesbian…

District Links: DC exceeds 1,000 coronavirus deaths, mayor’s sister among them; vaccine slots to open for ages 18-64 with health conditions; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 24, 2021 23

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.

District Links: Intel failures enabled mob to ransack Capitol, officials testify on Hill; DC police responses to protests scrutinized; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 23, 2021 30

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.

District Links: Jobless claims glitch affected 39,000 unemployed; Bowser to speak next month at House hearing on statehood; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 22, 2021 24

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.

District Links: Glitch delays unemployment benefits for unknown number of people; DC leaders mark U.S. rejoining Paris climate accord; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 20, 2021 32

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

District Links: Vaccines to become available to general population with health conditions; who could become the next CFO?; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 19, 2021 29

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…

District Links: CFO Jeff DeWitt departing DC; vaccine eligibility expanding to include more grocery, other essential workers; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 17, 2021 130

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.

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Surviving trauma: Northwest resident shares her path from foster child to world-champion boxer in hopes of helping others go the distance

Ijeoma Okere Feb 17, 2021 2,866

Growing up in the District’s foster care system, Lisa Cohen bounced among 13 different families over 19 years. Now 52, Cohen — a motivational speaker and former boxing champion who lives in Northwest DC — never had a birthday party as a…

District Links: How DC’s downtown could look after the pandemic; eight recommendations from DCFPI on legalizing marijuana sales; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 16, 2021 25

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.

District Links: DC expects to vaccinate most seniors this month; Racine’s office weighs charging Trump under local law; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 12, 2021 31

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.

District Links: Virus strains are detected in DC; non-senior council members offered vaccine priority, City Paper reports; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 11, 2021 28

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

District Links: Regional leaders call for Biden admin to vaccinate federal workers; Biden removes Trump appointees from NCPC; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 10, 2021 50

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

District Links: Teachers union votes against authorizing strike; DC would get lost CARES Act funding under Dem proposal; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 9, 2021 20

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…

District Links: DC vaccinates more educators; a teacher has died of COVID-19, union says; $11M investment in unemployment system; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 8, 2021 41

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.

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Trans sex worker advocate supports others facing trauma due to gender and sexual identity or job risks

Dionna Duncan Feb 8, 2021 2,874

At 15, Tamika Spellman got a girl pregnant. Born a boy in Buffalo, New York, she’d had a pretty “typical childhood” growing up with her parents, she said in a recent interview. But it was around the time Spellman’s girlfriend got…

District Links: Constituent services funds have $300K unused in pandemic, City Paper finds; DC reports 2020 budget surplus; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 5, 2021 59

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.

District Links: Mixed financial picture as budget season kicks off; DC knocking on doors to get more seniors vaccinated; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 4, 2021 25

The District has depleted its reserves for unemployment benefits and will borrow from the federal government to cover the unprecedented crush of claims during the pandemic, according to DC Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt.

District Links: DC finishes building its 7th family shelter; more vaccine appointments to come online for target ZIP codes; and more

Chris Kain and Cuneyt Dil Feb 3, 2021 34

DC's journey to fully replacing the former decrepit family homeless shelter at DC General has reached the finish line with a final planned opening in Ward 1.

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