Press Release: DC Public Schools Will Be Closed on Friday, January 7, DC Government to Open at 11:00…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 6, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Select Vaccination and COVID-19 Testing Sites Will Open
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City Paper: Shedrick Pelt Captures Attacks on Democracy
Two of Pelt’s images are on display in Adams Morgan and more will be presented at Gallery O on H.
Washington Post: Washington region officials open more coronavirus testing centers as hospitals…
Leaders across the D.C. region on Thursday implored residents not to visit already-stressed hospital emergency rooms if they are seeking a coronavirus test or only experiencing mild symptoms, instead offering additional options for testing!-->…
DCist: D.C. Officials Ask Residents To Avoid Strained Hospitals For COVID-19 Testing, Mild…
A significant number of people are visiting D.C. hospitals just to get tested for COVID-19 or to treat mild coronavirus cases, adding additional stress on overworked health care workers, a D.C. health official said on Thursday. The health!-->…
WTOP: With test results submitted, thousands of DC students return to class as COVID-19 surges
Students in D.C. Public Schools returned from winter break Thursday, but before they could re-enter classrooms, they needed to prove that they’d tested negative for the coronavirus.
Washington Business Journal: Real estate vet leaves Compass to launch boutique, tech unicorn-backed…
Real estate agent Lindsay Reishman is leaving Compass to launch his own brokerage, backed by a fast-growing tech company making its first foray into Greater Washington.
City Paper: Some of Your D.C. Vaccine Mandate Questions, Answered
The first phase of the city’s indoor vaccine mandate takes effect Jan. 15 and covers businesses like restaurants and sports arenas.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: If Jan. 6 had been a movie, the cops would’ve been the heroes
Compared with the destruction of the Capitol by the British in 1814, the 2021 insurrection barely left a scratch.
Washington Business Journal: Goodwill of Greater Washington signs lease for second adult charter…
Goodwill of Greater Washington is expanding its tuition-free charter school that awards high school diplomas and industry certifications to D.C. adults, signing a new lease for a second campus in Southwest D.C. at the Portals III building.!-->…
WTOP: DC mayor, police and fire chiefs praise first responders on Jan. 6 riot anniversary
One year after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, which saw the seat of democracy stormed by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, D.C.’s mayor, police chief and fire chief praised the bravery of the District’s first responders.
City Paper: Omicron and Snow Add to Metro Woes
Metro already has trouble operating in snow, and this week’s storm handed the beleaguered transit system additional challenges.
DCist: Here Are 10 Transportation Projects In The D.C. Region That Are Planned For A 2022 Opening
Every year, we take a look ahead at major transportation construction projects in the region that is scheduled to be completed sometime during the year.
DCist: ‘People Are Definitely Suffering In Silence:’ A Year Later, Jan. 6 Still Haunts D.C. Police…
In the aftermath of the deadly riots that shook the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 of last year, police officers came forward with harrowing accounts of the brutality they suffered that day. They were beaten with poles, sprayed with mace, dragged!-->…
DCist: Texas Senator Ted Cruz To Introduce Bill To Overturn Vaccine Mandate For School Kids In D.C.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) says he plans to introduce a bill that would overturn a vaccine mandate for school kids in D.C., which is more than 1,100 miles from the border of the state he actually represents in the U.S. Senate.
Erin O. Smith in The Post: A year later, my claim to have my husband’s death ruled line of duty is…
My husband died because of Jan. 6, 2021. He was a D.C. Metropolitan Police officer violently beaten protecting the U.S. Capitol and the people inside.
District Links: DCPS students back in classrooms after testing to return; years of litigation over…
DC Public Schools students are back in class after a winter break that was extended by three days to facilitate a test-to-return campaign aimed at minimizing the risk of COVID-19 spreading in the schools.
Press Release: Norton Vows to Defeat Cruz Bill Blocking D.C. Student Vaccine Mandate
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
January 6, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
Cruz is 4th member to interfere in D.C. vaccine policy this Congress
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UrbanTurf: New Condos in Logan Circle? A Six-Story Development Pitched For Church Street
A new condo development is in the pipeline on a Logan Circle block that hasn't seen much development since the early 2000s.
WTOP: Captain White’s Seafood to open in Oxon Hill
Captain White’s Seafood is coming back, just not to D.C. The popular seafood place will open across the Potomac River in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
DCist: Students, Staff Return To D.C. Public Schools After Massive COVID-19 Testing Campaign
Most D.C. Public Schools students will be returning to public schools Thursday after the city pulled off the significant logistical feat of testing tens of thousands of students and staff for COVID-19 ahead of a post-holiday resumption of!-->…