DCist: Direct Care Work Is One Of The Lowest Paying Jobs. These D.C. Groups Are Trying To Change…
LaToya Francis hasn’t paid rent since December of last year.
Axios: Anti-Asian hate crimes on the rise in D.C.
Anti-Asian hate is fueling the recent uptick in D.C. hate crimes, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Washington Post: D.C. jail settles lawsuit over inmate covid conditions by ACLU, Public Defender…
Lawyers for detainees who identified unsafe conditions at the D.C. jail at the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic have settled a 2020 lawsuit, agreeing to drop the case if the District government complies with up to a six-month…
Housing advocates propose solutions to ‘inefficient’ DCHA processes for vouchers
Housing advocates across the District are demanding that the DC Housing Authority (DCHA) reform the way it administers housing vouchers so people experiencing homelessness can be matched sooner with a place to live. On Feb. 9, DCHA’s Board…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Signs Bill Creating Medical Cannabis Sales Tax Holiday
News Release — DC Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration
February 15, 2022
CONTACT:
Jared Powell (ABRA)
Six percent sales tax on all medical cannabis products waived from April 15-24, 2022
(WASHINGTON, DC) –Mayor…
NBC4: DC COVID Vaccine Portal Showed Wrong Records, Residents Say
News4 spoke with one person who said they received the wrong vaccination records and another who said their records were given to the wrong person. Both were upset
WTOP: Historic DC fire house gets a 21st century upgrade
The last firehouse to be organized as a horse-drawn engine company for D.C. Fire and EMS has just received a multimillion-dollar upgrade to prepare it for another 100 years of service.
WTOP: DC COVID-19 vaccine portal taken down after sending people wrong records
DC Health has taken down its vaccination portal after the system sent people the wrong vaccination records.
Washington Post: About 3 in 4 D.C. residents support vaccine rules Bowser just rescinded, poll finds
About three-quarters of D.C. residents support the city’s vaccine requirement to enter certain businesses, a policy that Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) ended Tuesday.
DCist: D.C. Council Could Take Up Emergency Bill To Reinstate COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
A member of the D.C. Council is proposing an emergency bill that would reinstate the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses that Mayor Muriel Bowser lifted this week.
Washington Post: Roosevelt Bridge lane closures could worsen commutes through summer as more workers…
Emergency repairs will cost the city about $6 million before a larger overhaul in two years
WTOP: DC Council member drafts emergency bill to reinstate vaccine check after Bowser lifts it
Ward 1 D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau said Tuesday that she has drafted an emergency bill to reinstate the requirement that District businesses check the vaccine status of patrons, one day after D.C. Muriel Bowser lifted it.
Axios: D.C. Councilmember wants to resurrect vaccine mandate
Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau has drafted emergency legislation to reinstate D.C.’s proof-of-vaccination requirement for some indoor venues, but the road ahead for it is unclear.
Colbert King in The Post: The midterms pose a dangerous threat to D.C. self-government
D.C. residents have a crowning interest in Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democratic majority maintaining control of the House of Representatives in the upcoming midterm elections. House Republicans have served public notice that…
Washingtonian: The DC Jail Agrees to Unannounced Inspections to Settle Lawsuit Over Covid Measures
The DC Department of Corrections agreed late Monday that it would submit to five unannounced inspections of Covid-prevention measures at the DC Jail over the next six months.
Washington Business Journal: UDC wants to raise $2 million in memorial campaign for ‘grandfather of…
The University of the District of Columbia is one year into its $2 million memorial campaign honoring Edwin Bancroft Henderson, an alum and civil rights champion for Black participation in physical education.
Washington Post Editorial Board: The mighty work of DC Appleseed
After 20 years leading DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Walter Smith will step down this year as executive director. Much of the center’s work has been done behind the scenes, and that makes it all the more important to now call…
DCist: Alex Rodriguez Could Soon Become A New Owner Of Trump’s D.C. Hotel
Former New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez could soon notch a home run off the field in Washington. Once called a “druggie” and a “joke” by former president Donald Trump, A-Rod is reportedly a major investor in the deal to buy the rights…
WTOP: DC corrections department settles lawsuit over COVID-19 protections
The D.C. Department of Corrections on Monday agreed to implement a package of COVID-19 protections as part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought by prisoners at the D.C. Jail.
Press Release: Norton Introduces D.C. Courts Improvement Act
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 15, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she introduced today the District of Columbia Courts…