DCist: The D.C. Region’s Vaccine Effort: One Year In
Natalie Talis remembers the first COVID-19 vaccine clinic for health care workers in Alexandria. It was on Christmas Eve last year. Nurses in Santa hats and sparkly holiday garb applauded as they received their doses of the Moderna!-->…
Press Release: AG Racine Files Lawsuit to Hold January 6 Insurrectionists Accountable & Stand…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney Gneral
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 14, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
DC’s Civil Lawsuit is the First Filed by a Government Entity Against!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Press Release: Norton Releases Remarks from Press Conference with D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
December 14, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks from this morning’s press conference with!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. Control Over the Operations of the Local D.C.…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
December 14, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today she has reintroduced her District of Columbia Courts!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
District Links: Crime lab audit urges overhaul, prompts review of past cases; Racine sues Proud…
A newly released audit of the District's crime lab calls for a sweeping overhaul of the Department of Forensic Sciences.
Axios: D.C. attorney general suing Proud Boys, Oath Keepers over Jan. 6
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine (D) announced Tuesday that he has filed a lawsuit against the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers over the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
Washington Post: D.C. attorney general sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers over Jan. 6 attack
D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) on Tuesday sued the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over the Jan. 6 attack on Congress, seeking to use a law written to cripple the Ku Klux Klan to exact stiff financial penalties from the far-right!-->…
DCist: COVID Cases, Hospitalizations Up Across The Region Following Holiday Travel
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are increasing around the D.C. region following the Thanksgiving holiday – and amidst the arrival of the new omicron variant.
WTOP: 3rd, 4th graders at DC elementary school pivot to virtual classes after positive cases
Several grade levels at a Ward 6 D.C. elementary school have pivoted to virtual learning as a result of several positive coronavirus cases.
DCist: Politics and Prose Bookstore Employees Move To Unionize
Workers at Politics and Prose, the longtime independent bookstore with three locations around D.C., have decided to unionize, joining a growing labor movement of retail workers across the country.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Explores Housing in Downtown by Launching a Request for Information
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 14, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
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Axios: Tracking Omicron in the DMV
D.C., Maryland, and Virginia have all reported cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant.
WTOP: Sweeping report urges DC to review every case handled by firearms, fingerprint units at…
D.C. is poised to review every case conducted by the Department of Forensic Sciences’ firearms and fingerprint units since the inception of the independent crime lab nearly 10 years ago, following the recommendations of a sweeping new!-->…
Washington Post: Lawsuit claims Howard University governing board is ‘illegally’ excluding students,…
The suit, filed Monday by a group of Howard alumni, is asking a judge to intervene in a more than year-long dispute.
Washington Post: Plot twist: Best-selling author Patricia Cornwell meets one of her biggest fans
A lot of things helped Wesley Thomas survive 29 years living on Washington’s streets: the meals distributed by the charity Miriam’s Kitchen, the coins he’d panhandle around Foggy Bottom, his own hard-earned smarts.
Press Release: Statement from Councilmember Allen following release of SNA report on the Department…
News Release — Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 14, 2021
Contact: Erik Salmi
The following statement can be attributed to Councilmember Charles Allen (Ward 6), chair of the DC!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Washington Post: Report on troubled D.C. forensics department chronicles systematic failures
A long-anticipated report on the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences (DFS) found systematic failures throughout the agency, and in response, the city government has vowed to convene a committee of stakeholders to launch post-conviction!-->…
Washingtonian: DC Bar Owner Faces Backlash For Posting Underage Drinking Tips on TikTok
Seth McClelland of Never Looked Better posted videos about what to order when using a fake ID.
UrbanTurf: Waterfront Station Phase in Southwest DC Finally Officially Breaks Ground
Nearly six years after DC selected a development team for the city-owned space at 1000 4th Street SW (map), Waterfront Station II is officially breaking ground.
WTOP: DC partners with Treasury Department to give Washingtonians a ‘fair shot’ at credit and…
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday that the city is partnering with the U.S. Treasury Department to give small businesses and residents in the District greater access to credit and capital.