Washington Post: Former D.C. police clerk sentenced to weekends in jail for bribery and fraud
A former D.C. police employee was sentenced Wednesday to 78 weekend days in jail for accepting bribes in return for supplying confidential traffic-crash information that could be used by lawyers to solicit clients.
Washington Post: With youth vaccine rates still low, D.C. awards first college scholarship as part…
When the federal government approved a vaccine for 12-to-15-year-olds in May, Travanna Lewis, 14, did not get the shot. Her mother believed the coronavirus vaccines were developed too rapidly; it all felt too risky, she said.
DCist: National Zoo Cancels Boo At The Zoo, ZooLights Over Coronavirus Concerns
For a second year in a row, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo won’t be hosting its traditional Boo at the Zoo event or the popular ZooLights, citing concerns about the pandemic.
DCist: Home Health Aides In D.C. Struggle To Afford Training And Make Ends Meet
In a Zoom class at a nonprofit training center for adults, instructor John McIntyre was giving his 17 students a verbal quiz. The class, at the Opportunities Industrialization Center of D.C., or OIC-DC, trains people to be home health…
City Paper: Amigos Park in Mount Pleasant Gets Official Designation From D.C. Council
Regulars celebrate Council's stamp of approval as a victory against displacement.
Washington Business Journal: The SEC’s new headquarters deal is potentially worth $1.3B. Here…
The Securities and Exchange Commission's new NoMa headquarters should be move-in ready by early 2026.
Press Release: Councilmember Christina Henderson Introduces Legislation Improving Residential…
For Immediate Release
October 6, 2021
Contact: Mike Shaffer
Washington DC – Councilmember Christina Henderson, along with Councilmember Brooke Pinto, today introduced the Rightsizing Residential Permit Parking Regulation Amendment…
Press Release: Reopening Season Continues at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Upcoming…
News Release — DC Public Library
For Immediate Release:
October 5, 2021
Media Contact:
George Williams, Media Relations Manager
(Washington, D.C.) - The DC Public Library kicked off its reopening season for the Martin Luther…
Press Release: DC Office of Planning Launches Demographic Data Hub
News Release — DC Office of Planning
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 6, 2021
CONTACT:
Mekdy Alemayehu (OP)
New open data and analytics platform makes population data accessible to the public
(WASHINGTON,…
District Links: DC Council scales back its virtual schooling plan; Robert White reportedly eyes…
The DC Council followed through on its plan to make virtual learning available to more students, but members scaled back the extension in the face of Mayor Muriel Bowser's opposition and procedural concerns because of the budgetary impact.…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser’s Emergency COVID-19 Relief at Work Keeping District Residents and Small…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 6, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that thousands of DC residents and small…
UrbanTurf: A Glimpse of the 80-Unit Affordable Development Proposed for a Shaw Block
A few weeks ago, news broke of an all-affordable development brewing for a block in Shaw. Now, more details are coming to the fore.
Axios: No-tent zone resistance grows as city moves forward
Calls from housing advocates to stop the creation of no-tent zones have increased since a man was hospitalized during a NoMa encampment clearing on Monday.
Axios: Downtown D.C. remains deserted
Downtown Washington is still missing many of the workers and visitors who once squeezed into Metro trains, lined up outside sandwich shops and stayed at swanky new hotels.
Axios: MPD crash data is incomplete, study finds
A third of crashes during a six-week period where a driver hit a cyclist or a pedestrian was not publicly reported by police, a new report by the D.C. Policy Center found.
DCist: D.C. Council Approves Modest Extension Of Virtual Instruction, But Stops Short Of Broader…
The D.C. Council signed off on a modest expansion to virtual learning for hundreds of students on Tuesday, stopping short of a more expansive plan that had drawn stiff opposition from Mayor Muriel Bowser.
WTOP: DC Council defies mayor, passes bill addressing concerns about in-person learning
After an hour of discussion Tuesday, the D.C. Council unanimously approved a limited expansion to virtual learning as part of an emergency bill addressing parents’ concerns about in-person learning.
WTOP: Park Service seeks public input on plan to reduce deer population in DC-area parks
The National Park Service is again seeking public input into a proposed plan to cut the number of deer roaming across specific areas in their National Capital Parks — East region.
Washington Post: D.C. Council expands virtual learning, approves other pandemic-related measures
The D.C. Council unanimously voted Tuesday to expand the number of students eligible to participate in virtual learning, undermining the mayor’s long-standing order that all students — with the exception of those who qualify for a strict…
Washington Post: D.C. Council resurrects proposal to give residents $100 a month in transit fare
Bill initially was introduced in March 2020 as pandemic took hold