WUSA9: Woman says she is facing homelessness after her DC unemployment account was hacked
Christina Paul says she has not received unemployment benefits in four weeks, and a Department of Employment Services employee told her to seek a homeless shelter.
WTOP: Red Line service suspended from Van Ness to Farragut North for repairs
Following reports of smoke and fire Saturday night, rail service between the Van Ness and Farragut North Red Line stations has been suspended as Metro crews attempt to make repairs.
WTOP: DC public schools prepping learners with pre-K family toolkit
To help families prepare their young ones for the start of the school year, D.C. Public Schools has come out with a new guide.
WTOP: DC bill would ban right turns on red for cars, introduce ‘Idaho Stop’ for cyclists
The D.C. Council is considering a bill that would ban cars from turning right during red lights while also letting cyclists maintain a more consistent pace on the District’s roads.
Washington Post: D.C.-area health officials urge precautions as coronavirus cases rise
With coronavirus cases in the D.C. region on a gradual incline and vaccine immunity waning, some public health officials recommend residents consider wearing high-quality masks, but have no plans to reinstate mandates as people learn to!-->…
Washington Business Journal: Former Whittle School teachers and students scramble for answers after…
Three weeks after for-profit, independent education company Whittle School & Studios closed its D.C. campus, citing a lack of funds to continue operations, teachers are still waiting on paychecks, according to multiple interviews and!-->…
Washington Post Editorial Board: A new chief at Metro, facing a financial cliff
Fairly or not, the mayorship of New York is often called the biggest dead-end job in American politics because so many occupants of that office have floundered. Lately, managing D.C.’s transit system is starting to get the same rap — for!-->…
Washington Post: D.C. may end right-on-red for cars, let cyclists yield at stop signs
While biking around D.C., Sam O’Brien and Naomi Field check for cross-traffic at stop signs, then often roll through without coming to the stop required by law.
District Links: Bowser seeks National Guard help for ‘growing humanitarian crisis’; 911…
Mayor Muriel Bowser has requested deployment of the National Guard to help with "a growing humanitarian crisis" as migrants seeking asylum arrive in DC on buses sent by the Republican governors of Texas and Arizona.
Washington Post: As Starbucks exits, Union Station struggles with safety, empty stores
The closure of a Starbucks because of ‘challenging incidents’ is adding fuel to concerns about the conditions of Washington’s busiest transit hub
Washington Post: D.C. firefighters sent to wrong address for infant in cardiac arrest who was later…
The mistake resulted in a delay of about a minute before help reached the infant, authorities said
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Immigrants looking for new lives are not a National Guard emergency
Let’s get this sorted out.
Washington Post: New Metro leader says first priority is restoring rail service
Randy Clarke said safety will be mentioned less often because it will be intrinsic within Metro’s operations
Washington Post: D.C. mayor asks for National Guard to help with Texas, Arizona migrants
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said Thursday she is seeking to have 150 National Guard troops deployed to the city to help with the thousands of migrants arriving on chartered buses from Texas and Arizona, a politics-driven influx from!-->…
Press Release: AG Racine Joins Conversation With AARP DC on OAG’s Landmark Work Protecting…
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Over Two Terms, AG Racine Pioneered First-Of-Its-Kind Effort to Protect District Seniors, Serving as Model for Other States to Follow; Announces New!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Axios: Washingtonians talk monkeypox, vaccines and stigma
Some gay and bisexual men in D.C., who are facing the brunt of the monkeypox outbreak, tell Axios they’re so far pleased with the city’s vaccine rollout, but have concerns about supply shortages and equity.
WTOP: Bowser requests National Guard help for asylum seekers in DC
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is asking the Department of Defense to provide D.C. National Guard help with what she called a “growing humanitarian crisis” of asylum seekers who are being sent to the District from Arizona and Texas.
Associated Press: DC requests National Guard help with busloads of migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia has requested National Guard assistance to help stem a “growing humanitarian crisis” prompted by thousands of migrants that have been sent to Washington by a pair of southern states.
DCist: Mayor Bowser Requests D.C. National Guard To Support Migrants Being Bused Into Union Station
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday that she requested the D.C. National Guard to support migrants who are being been bused into D.C. by Republican governors, after receiving criticism about her lackluster response so far.
WTOP: New GM: Metro weekday trains to arrive every 15 minutes on Blue, Orange and Silver lines
Starting on Monday, weekday Metro trains will arrive every 15 minutes instead of every 20 minutes on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines.