Axios: D.C.’s new pandemic rush hour
Office occupancy is still low and yet traffic is exceeding pre-pandemic levels, according to a new JLL report.
DCist: Metrorail Safety Commission Renews Concerns About Metro Fatigue Policy After Latest Incident
The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission expressed renewed concerns about WMATA’s fatigue policy after learning about a January incident at Fort Totten.
Washington Post: After splashy opening, Whittle School faces financial struggles
Enrollment has ebbed in D.C. for a private school that aims for a global network of campuses
DCist: D.C. Council Adds Money For Excluded Workers To Budget, Votes Against Moving Up Paid Leave…
The D.C. Council set aside $20 million worth of additional financial assistance for excluded workers during a final vote on the $19.5 billion budget for 2023, partially addressing a demand from activists who said undocumented residents,!-->…
Washington Post: Metro will reinstate some 7000-series trains during summer
Transit agency tells Washington Metrorail Safety Commission it will bring back 64 rail cars until it can automate wheel inspection system and restore the rest
Washington Post: D.C. Council approves 2023 budget, takes first vote on ANC boundaries
The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the city’s fiscal 2023 budget while pushing through some last-minute changes, including additional support for excluded workers who were ineligible for unemployment benefits and other!-->…
Washington Post: Mayor Bowser promised to end homelessness. Here’s how it’s going.
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser first ran for office in 2014 on an ambitious homelessness platform: She vowed to eliminate it from the District in 10 years.
WTOP: New navigation app aims to empower Metro riders with blindness, low vision
“When I lost my sight, I lost the ability to explore the world around me,” said Tom Pey, the CEO and president of Waymap.
DCist: Thomas Circle Indefinitely Closed To Homeless Encampments After Fatal Shooting
Thomas Circle will be closed to homeless encampments until further notice after a man was fatally shot inside his tent near the area Monday morning. The news comes as unhoused residents face increased hostility and violence.
Washington Business Journal: Burnout hit health care workers hard. Children’s National hosted Kamala…
Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy paid a visit to Children’s National Hospital in D.C. Monday, in a push to underscore the pandemic’s negative effects on the health care workforce — and what it could!-->…
Greater Greater Washington: Adams Morgan stakeholders grapple over road safety improvements
Adams Morgan community stakeholders are pushing for road changes that would increase safety for bicyclists and pedestrians, potentially shift bus routes, and limit vehicle access to major thoroughfares in the neighborhood.
Washington Business Journal: NFL taps Howard University for sports medicine diversity initiative
The National Football League is setting out to bring more diversity into sports medicine — and has tapped Howard University to help build up the pipeline.
Gasim Hashim in The Post: I am an unhoused person. Here’s what happened to me in Adams Morgan.
On Feb. 11, my D.C. Council member, Brianne K. Nadeau (D-Ward 1) announced that all the people living at Adams Morgan Plaza were now housed safely. I am one of those homeless people, and that is not the truth. Even after my name was in the!-->…
UrbanTurf: DC’s First Wegmans Store Will Open in July
DC's first Wegmans grocery store will open its doors in July, the company announced this week.
WTOP: Russian ‘enemy list’ includes a DC Council member
On Saturday, the Russian government released a list of 963 Americans who are now banned from traveling to that country.
Washington Post: Covid closed downtown D.C. businesses. Many reopened — in the suburbs.
D.C. business owners left downtown, major corridors for survival, flexibility
DCist: New App Will Help Low Vision Riders Navigate D.C.’s Transit System
A new navigation app designed to help blind and low vision people is launching at three D.C. Metro stations, with more on the way.
DCist: Inside The Local Mutual Aid Effort Supporting The Migrants Texas Bused To D.C.
After a journey from Venezuela that included a 5-day trek through the jungle and a 33-hour bus ride from Texas, Caro and Alejo had finally found respite at a Northwest D.C. rowhouse, alongside a Shih Tzu Poodle mix named Pippa.
Press Release: Norton Criticizes Ernst Bill Designed to Move Federal Agency Headquarters Out of…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
May 24, 2022
Contact: Sullivan Gassmann
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) criticized a bill introduced by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) that would!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Name Post Office after D.C. Servicemembers and Veterans
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
May 24, 2022
Contact: Sullivan Gassmann
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today that would designate the facility of the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…