Press Release: AG Racine Announces Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration From Cutting Food…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
March 13, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
20-State Coalition and NYC Wins Preliminary Injunction to Protect Food and Nutrition Benefits for Nearly 700K Vulnerable…
Washington Post: For parents, a battle to find day care while so much closes amid coronavirus fears
Miss P’s Daycare is trying to stay open. The already-cautious Angelique Speight-Marshall — who has operated the day care out of her Northwest Washington home for two decades — is being hypervigilant as the coronavirus outbreak threatens…
Press Release: Norton Joins Congressional Coronavirus Task Force, National Emergency Announced
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
March 13, 2020
Contact: Raven Reeder – 202-225-8050
Keeps Regular Office Hours Using Telework
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today joined the newly…
Press Release: AG Racine Announces Office of the Attorney General to Telework
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
March 13, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Operating Status Change to Keep Employees Safe, Reduce Exposure and Transmission of Coronavirus (COVID-19), and Ensure…
Washington Post: Uptown Theater, an iconic D.C. movie palace, shuts down
The Uptown Theater, the last of the District’s grand movie palaces and a beloved destination for generations of Washingtonians, has closed its doors, leaving a void for cinephiles who yearn for fresh popcorn and a screen as vast as the…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. to take a $35.5M hit from just five canceled events
The District’s economy is poised to lose at least $35.5 million solely from five large-scale conventions that have now been canceled as the novel coronavirus threat grows, Destination D.C. President and CEO Elliott Ferguson told his…
DCist: Metro scales back, D.C. and Virginia schools close as coronavirus pandemic expands
For local businesses, this is an unprecedented time of uncertainty. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has declared a state of emergency in response to the spread of coronavirus, and DC Health has recommended shutting down non-essential gatherings…
WAMU: Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Local Courts Push Back Trials And Prisons Limit Visits
Concerns over the spread of the coronavirus have prompted officials in the Washington region to take a number of steps to prevent transmission in courthouses and jails, ranging from a temporary suspension of some trials in Virginia to a…
Washington Post: Florida nursing school president sentenced in scheme to defraud D.C. Dept. of…
A Florida nursing school president was sentenced to one month in prison for his role in a scheme that defrauded the D.C. Department of Disability Services of over $800,000 in rehabilitation benefits, U.S. prosecutors announced.
Washington Post: Metro to reduce transit service in response to the coronavirus outbreak
Metro will reduce transit service starting Monday to help its workforce stay safe while it begins even more stringent disinfecting of its rail cars and buses because of the coronavirus pandemic.
DCist: D.C.’s Religious Leaders Are Figuring Out Faith From Afar After Canceling Services Due To…
Masses are being skipped. Synagogue services and programs are being moved online. Mosques are canceling congregational prayer services. This is the new reality for faith communities across the D.C. area, as COVID-19 cases are confirmed…
DCist: As Coronavirus Anxiety Mounts, D.C. Neighbors Are Lending A Helping Hand
In the six days since the District’s first confirmed case of COVID-19, the city has gotten quieter and its residents more uneasy. An increasing number of offices are implementing mandatory work-from-home policies, Metro rides are dropping,…
Bisnow: ‘No Man’s Land’: Non-Waterfront Southwest D.C. Projects Look To Fill Retail Gaps
The Wharf has brought a host of new restaurants and retailers to the waterfront, but developers of other Southwest D.C. projects that don't sit on the water say they have retail gaps they have been working to fill.
Bisnow: The Wharf’s First Office Tenant Buys Its 3 Floors
Nearly five years after signing its first office lease at The Wharf, the development team has sold that space to its anchor tenant.
WAMU: Metro Announces Service Cuts As Local Coronavirus Cases Increase
Metro will reduce Metrorail and Metrobus services as the region’s response to the coronavirus outbreak continues to ramp up.
Washington Post: Thousands of people have obtained permits to carry loaded, concealed guns in public…
More than 4,000 people have obtained gun permits from the D.C. police department to carry loaded, concealed firearms on the streets of the nation’s capital, according to data released this month.
District Links: Public schools, libraries will close next week as DC bans events of 250+; Karl…
TGIF! The District has joined dozens of other cities and states in closing public schools for the next two weeks starting Monday to prevent the spread of coronavirus. DC's libraries and recreation centers will also close through the end of…
Washington Post: D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine to seek third term, form public corruption…
D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) said Friday that he will seek a third term in 2022 and launch a public corruption division in his office in response to the scandals surrounding former D.C. Council member Jack Evans.
Press Release: Metro announces additional COVID-19 changes, including reduced service beginning…
News Release — Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
For immediate release: March 13, 2020
Metro and its Pandemic Task Force continue to work around the clock to support the region and slow the spread of the coronavirus…
DCist: The Historic Uptown Theater Just Closed
Cleveland Park’s Uptown Theater has closed, according to cinema chain AMC Theatres, which operates the movie theater.