UrbanTurf: Mortgages Deferred and Rent Frozen: DC Council Passes Supplemental COVID Response Bill
Today, the DC Council unanimously voted to pass supplemental COVID response legislation that clarifies and expands the protections from an emergency bill passed three weeks ago.
WAMU: Achievement Could Drop In D.C. Schools During Coronavirus Closures, Study Finds
Student performance in D.C. schools could tumble significantly if the coronavirus keeps students out of classrooms for the rest of the academic year.
Washingtonian: Religious Communities in DC Are Meeting on Zoom And Singing Off-Key And Wouldn’t Have…
"The delight that people have in seeing each other’s faces, looking at those tiny little pictures on the screen, it’s just really beautiful.”
DCist: D.C. And Montgomery County May Get Lax On The Single-Use Bag Tax, But For Different Reasons
A decade ago, D.C. became an early adopter of imposing a nickel tax on disposable bags in an effort to clean up the Anacostia River. Montgomery County, looking to reduce litter and raise money for water clean-up, did the same thing in…
Press Release: Councilmember McDuffie on Passage of Additional Emergency Legislation in Response to…
News Release — Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie
Legislation includes mortgage relief, support for CBEs, and expanded consumer protections
For details and the latest updates on the District's response to coronavirus, visit …
Press Release: Prolonged DC school disruptions will have major impacts on DC student achievement…
News Release — Education Forward DC and EmpowerK12
Press Contact:
Michelle Lerner
Washington, DC -- If District of Columbia public school students do not return to school until the start of School Year 2020-2021, student…
As COVID-19 outbreak strikes DC Jail, activists expand their push for more substantial corrective…
As COVID-19 spreads across the District, stakeholders are warning that the coronavirus outbreak within DC Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities could have a detrimental and far-reaching impact not just on its inmate population but…
Washingtonian: Crisis Heroes: These Women Are Feeding Nurses, While Supporting Washington…
Their organization, Feed the Fight, has so far delivered more than 6,000 meals from 20 local businesses.
WTOP: DC neighbors feed hospital workers, support local businesses
A group of neighbors in Northwest D.C. has found a way to support local restaurants and health care workers fighting the coronavirus simultaneously.
Press Release: DDOT to Adjust DC Circulator Operating Hours
News Release — District Department of Transportation
April 7, 2020
Media Contacts
Lauren Stephens
(Washington, DC) – The District of Columbia Government has modified its operations in order to mitigate the spread of the…
Press Release: Norton Calls for Closure of Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials During the Coronavirus
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
April 7, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a letter to the Acting Director of the National Park Service…
Washingtonian: How DC Cops Are Enforcing Social Distancing
Right now, the emphasis is on education. There have been zero arrests so far.
Washington Post: Deaths in the DMV increase as officials warn it could be next hot spot
The District, Maryland and Virginia saw their biggest single-day increase in fatalities related to the novel coronavirus Monday, with deaths up to 169 as officials warned that the region could become one of the country’s next hot spots and…
Washington Post: The untimely death of his sister from the flu inspired this D.C. doctor to…
The death notice was brief: a single line among the list of 27 Washingtonians whose passing was reported to District authorities on May 27, 1920. There was just the girl’s name and age — Elsie Drew, 13 — and the address where she died:…
WAMU: Washington Sports Club Member Says It’s Been ‘A Wild-Ass Goose Chase’ Canceling Membership…
Jessica Hall has been trying to cancel her membership at Washington Sports Club for a month.
Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C.’s Board of Elections needs to get it together for a smooth…
THE D.C. Board of Elections was the butt of national jokes in 2014 when it printed the District flag upside down on its voter guide for the general election. This year, it was embarrassed when it sent mailers to thousands of voters that…
WTOP: After closing crowded Wharf seafood market, DC reviewing open-air markets
After weekend crowds at The Wharf’s popular seafood market led D.C. officials to temporarily close the venue, Mayor Muriel Bowser said authorities are now looking at food markets across the city.
Washington Post: District’s fire, police departments preparing for potential surge of coronavirus…
Leaders of the District’s police and fire departments are preparing for the possibility that a large number of first responders may fall ill to the novel coronavirus or have to be quarantined, according city leaders, union officials and a…
City Paper: Reflecting on the Architecture of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building
In the time of coronavirus, we're taking a fresh look at District architecture—from home.
WTOP: DC Council to vote on coronavirus bill that imposes citywide rent freeze
The D.C. Council is set to vote Tuesday on a major coronavirus relief package that extends Mayor Muriel Bowser’s authority to declare a health emergency through mid-June and imposes a citywide rent freeze, among other measures.