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Good Tuesday morning. Police used pepper spray and a low-flying helicopter at Lafayette Square last night to repel protestors who tried to topple a statue of former President Andrew Jackson.

Good Monday morning. DC moves further into reopening today, as limited indoor shopping and dining can resume at stores and restaurants, and gyms and nail salon can also reopen with some restrictions.

Happy Thursday. DC has seen 14 days of sustained reductions in community spread of COVID-19, health officials reported this morning. That's one of the key metrics being used to determine whether the District is ready to move to Phase Two…

Happy Tuesday. This morning's save-the-date announcement from Steny Hoyer garnered local and national headlines for DC statehood.

Happy Monday. Former at-large Council member Vincent Orange is hoping for a political comeback, signing up to run as an independent for his former seat — four years after the longtime Democrat lost re-election.

TGIF. Muriel Bowser will join three other big-city mayors on Sunday for a CNN town hall about race issues.

Good Thursday evening. What's in a name? Amid rising attention to DC statehood, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton joined Rep. Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio in introducing legislation to designate DC's mayor as governor and the DC Council as the…

Happy Wednesday. The DC government is ramping up its contact tracing capabilities, a key aspect of efforts to progress to the next phase in the city's reopening. Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC health officials say the earliest the District…

Happy Tuesday. The DC Council voted unanimously to approve police reform legislation, bringing to fruition ideas brought up at public hearings in past years that hadn't gotten legislators' support at the time.

Happy Monday. With the DC Council set to meet tomorrow amid the ongoing protests over police brutality, local leaders are expected to debate and vote on a police reform measure.

TGIF. Mayor Muriel Bowser drew national coverage today when the DC Department of Public Works had artists paint a massive “Black Lives Matter” mural across 16th Street NW and installed “Black Lives Matter Plaza” signs across from Lafayette…

Happy Thursday. She's hardly alone in doing so, but Mayor Muriel Bowser is explicitly tying the District's case for statehood to public objections to the federal government's militarized response to the ongoing demonstrations against…

Happy Wednesday. Two of the three DC Council incumbents facing challengers in yesterday’s Democratic primary have clearly prevailed — even with potentially tens of thousands of absentee ballots still left to count. The other, Ward 4’s…

Happy Election Day. Voters this afternoon and this evening reported lengthly wait times at many of the District's 20 vote centers as they waited to cast ballots in the primary — with many residents still having to wait in line for several…

Good Monday evening. Moments before the curfew announced earlier today by Mayor Muriel Bowser went into effect at 7 p.m., President Donald Trump vowed "swift and decisive action to protect our capital" — and described the District's…

TGIF. As the District took its initial steps today toward reopening, Mayor Muriel Bowser used the occasion to announce initiatives that she says will "reimagine roads and public space."

Happy Thursday. With Tuesday's primary drawing ever closer, it remains unclear how the pandemic will affect turnout. The deadline for requesting an absentee ballot was Tuesday, but 20 voting centers are open daily throughout the city…

Happy Wednesday. Mayor Muriel Bowser is lifting DC's stay-at-home order as of Friday in favor of what she called "stay-at-home lite" — Phase One of reopening, which includes a limited increase in retail and restaurant operations.

Happy Tuesday. For the first time in nearly two months, the District reported no new deaths due to COVID-19 in today's data release although there were 109 new confirmed cases.

TGIF. While DC continues to plan for Phase 1 of reopening, White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said today the Washington region is among several areas of the country that continue to see a troublingly high rate…

Happy Thursday. Just ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced tentative plans to begin reopening the District's economy at the end of next week — as long as DC officials continue to see reduced community…

Happy Wednesday. DC's budget process kicked off yesterday with DC Council members signaling where they're looking to tinker with the mayor's proposal for government spending at a time of falling revenues and economic crisis due to…

Happy Tuesday. The DC Council approved its latest coronavirus response legislation today, with a majority of its members insisting on a provision to extend payment-plan protections to residential tenants renting from small landlords.

Happy Monday. Mayor Muriel Bowser released a budget proposal this morning that relies heavily on the District's reserves to offset the massive revenue losses caused by the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. By doing so, she…

TGIF. The District is inviting retailers selling art, office and music supplies as well as books and toys to apply for waivers to allow curbside or doorway pickup. It's part of a pilot program for independently owned and operated…