City Paper: D.C. Council’s Health Committee Explores Malnutrition Disparities
Medically Necessary Foods Coverage Act of 2021 would require insurance companies to cover medically necessary food.
WTOP: DC’s Downtown Holiday Market starts Friday
The Downtown D.C. Business Improvement District’s annual Downtown Holiday Market starts Nov. 19 and runs for five weeks through Dec. 23.
WTOP: DC mobile woodshop seeks to spark early interest in carpentry
Not many public schools offer any kind of shop class anymore, and some students are missing out on early training that could spark an interest in carpentry and lead to a good-paying career as a result.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. to lift indoor mask mandate in most public places
The District will lift its current mask mandate Nov. 22, removing the requirement for masks to be worn inside most businesses but retaining it for public transportation and some other public settings.
Associated Press: DC to drop most indoor mask requirements next week
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia will lift its indoor mask requirement starting next week, as local COVID-19 infection cases continue to trend downward.
Axios: D.C. to end mask mandate Monday
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced D.C. will lift its current mask mandate next Monday, citing the effectiveness of vaccines in preventing most hospitalizations and deaths.
WTOP: DC’s indoor mask mandate to end Monday
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will lift the District’s indoor mask mandate on Monday, she said during a briefing on Tuesday.
DCist: D.C. To Lift Indoor Mask Mandate Next Week
Starting next Monday, D.C. will no longer require mask-wearing in most business settings, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Health director LaQuandra Nesbitt announced Tuesday.
Washington Post: D.C. will no longer require masks in many public settings, Bowser announces
Washington’s local mask mandate, one of the strictest in the nation since late July, will relax greatly beginning Monday, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Tuesday.
WTOP: New protected bike lanes added to ‘Dave Thomas Circle’ revamp project
Additional protected bicycle lanes have been added to the final plans for the massive reconfiguration project of one of D.C.’s most convoluted intersections.
Press Release: D.C. Voting During COVID: Confusion, Frustration, and Unprecedented Challenges
News Release — Office of the DC Auditor
For immediate release
Contact: Diane Shinn
Auditor’s report says improvements needed to improve mail-in voting, registration, and communication with voters
November 16, 2021…
Press Release: Norton Honors Leahy on Retirement
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
November 16, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement today upon learning that Senator Patrick Leahy…
District Links: Bowser eases indoor mask requirements as of Monday; study shows pandemic’s…
The District is dropping the mask mandate in most indoor settings as of Monday, saying that the third wave of COVID-19 infections peaked locally in mid-September and has declined since then despite a recent plateau.
DCist: A New Report Shows How Drastically The Pandemic Affected Learning In D.C.
Elementary and middle school students in D.C. showed academic progress last school year despite remote learning — but growth rates were still far lower than before the pandemic, according to a study released Tuesday.
Axios: Study: Air pollution plagues D.C. residents of color
D.C. neighborhoods historically populated by residents of color have higher amounts of fine particle pollution and higher rates of disease, according to a recent NASA Earth Observatory study.
Axios: Anacostia sees hope in new developments
Anacostia’s transformation is bringing new sit-down restaurants, businesses, and development to a historic and underserved community.
WTOP: DC’s Southeast gets a business boost with new mixed-use development
A new mixed-use development has opened on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Good Hope Road in Southeast, D.C., and the city hopes it will turn into a gateway for business opportunity and job growth.
NBC4: DC Police Recovered More Than 1,900 Guns Already in 2021
The District reached a grim milestone Monday, matching the homicide count from 2020 with another month and a half still left in 2021. The News4 I-Team has been tracking gun violence across the District, on pace to have the highest number…
Christina Jackson: Pandemic exposes DC government’s failure to distribute unemployment benefits to…
The COVID-19 pandemic caused many DC residents to lose their jobs and erased years of employment progress. In February 2020, just before the pandemic began, the District’s unemployment rate had fallen to a five-year low of 4.9%. Two months…
UrbanTurf: The Final Designs Are in For Transforming Dave Thomas Circle
A final design has been presented for one of DC's most famous and dangerous intersections.