DCist: D.C.’s Rapid Test Distribution Off To Confusing Start At Public Libraries
On Wednesday morning, residents across D.C. lined up early for the first day of rapid test distribution at D.C.’s public libraries. But many, it appears, arrived too early.
WTOP: Bowser: Proof of vaccination to be required at DC restaurants, bars
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that indoor venues like restaurants, bars and gyms will be required to verify patrons 12 and older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
DCist: Some D.C. Businesses Will Be Required To Check Proof Of Vaccination Starting January 15
D.C. businesses like restaurants, bars, gyms, and music venues, and certain meeting spaces, will be required to ask patrons ages 12 and older for proof of vaccination to enter, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday.
Washington Post: D.C. to require coronavirus vaccination to enter restaurants, gyms and other…
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Wednesday announced that patrons age 12 and older at many indoor venues, including restaurants, will be required to show proof of coronavirus vaccination to enter under new rules she plans to unveil next…
Press Release: AG Racine Announces Wins in Two Lawsuits to Protect Vulnerable Elders from Financial…
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OAG Also Announced Two New Lawsuits Against Individuals Who Manipulated and Exploited Seniors and Allegedly Stole Tens of Thousands of…
District Links: DC to add vaccine mandate for entry to restaurants, various other venues; council…
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today that a variety of DC businesses — including restaurants, bars, and indoor cultural and entertainment venues — will soon have to require COVID-19 vaccination for patrons ages 12 and older.
DCist: The Year In D.C. Politics: Defeating An Insurrection, The State Of Statehood, And A Spike In…
Last year we had a pandemic. This year we had an insurrection. And a pandemic. Sigh.
UrbanTurf: 49-Unit Project Proposed to Replace Liquor Store Across From Nats Park
The family who has owned the Cap Liquor store across from Nationals Park (map) for more than two decades is looking to add more housing to the South Capitol Street corridor.
Street Sense: DC’s PEP-V hotels planned to extend through hypothermia season
In November, President Biden extended Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding until Apr. 1 to combat COVID-19. The extension allows D.C.’s Pandemic Emergency Program for Medically Vulnerable Individuals (PEP-V) to continue…
Washington Post: Librarian who made third-graders reenact the Holocaust was a fraud convict in N.J.
The Watkins Elementary School staffer who directed third-graders to reenact scenes from the Holocaust on Friday was convicted of two crimes in New Jersey.
Kim R. Ford in The Post: What we learned during the pandemic about the effectiveness of cash…
When the pandemic hit, we started giving money to people who needed it — and it helped. Our efforts have worked so well, in fact, that the District of Columbia is building on our model and plans to launch a $1.5 million pilot program for…
Washington Business Journal: Historic Republic Gardens nightclub reopens as Elements. Here’s a…
The storied former Republic Gardens nightclub where legendary musicians including Cab Calloway and Ella Fitzgerald performed has taken on a new element, or elements, more precisely.
WTOP: Descendants of Holocaust survivors offer help teaching after incident at D.C. elementary…
Grandchildren of Holocaust survivors are offering to help teach lessons on the Holocaust at D.C. public schools after outrage erupted over a staff member at Watkins Elementary School allegedly having children reenact atrocities from the…
WTOP: DC firefighters battle four structural fires in one day
Two separate fires left a man with serious injuries and four people, including a child, displaced from their homes in D.C. Two more fires were quelled earlier in the day.
WTOP: More than a dozen schools in DC move to virtual learning
More than a dozen schools in D.C. are moving to virtual learning through the start of winter break, citing a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Washington Post: Coronavirus cases hit new highs in the D.C. area as residents scramble to find…
Coronavirus cases surged to new highs in parts of the Washington metropolitan area Tuesday, leading residents on a mad dash to find scarce home-testing kits and causing officials to warn of a need for tighter precautions and more hospital…
WTOP: Lawmakers vote down bill to curb DC encampment evictions
Legislation aimed at putting provisions on how D.C. runs its encampment clearing pilot fell short in a delayed council vote, dashing the hopes of those who feel the evictions during hypothermia season are unjust.
Washington Post: D.C. Council votes to continue the clearing of homeless encampments
The D.C. Council on Tuesday rejected an emergency bill aimed at restricting Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s authority to remove homeless encampments.
Washington Post: D.C. schools stayed open amid surges. Many students stayed home.
Wilson High School, the District’s largest public high school, was open for business as usual on Tuesday, but Brian Smith kept his daughter home.
WTOP: DC Council approves COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students
The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to require eligible District school students to be vaccinated against COVID-19, as cases in the national capital region continue to surge.