WTOP: DCPS not considering virtual learning option for new school year
D.C. government, school and health officials on Wednesday laid out some of the protocols and rules that the District’s schools will operate under during the school year that begins Aug. 30, and a virtual learning option is “not something…
DCist: Masks Will Be Required On Public Transit, Trains, Planes Through January 18
Metro says all customers will be required to wear masks on trains and buses through January 18, following new federal rules from the Transportation Security Administration.
Washingtonian: Smithsonian Acquires a Historic Collection Featuring Early Black Photographers
Larry J. West's rare collection, including images from the first African American studios, will be added to SAAM's permanent collection.
DCist: D.C. Launches New Unemployment Benefits Website As Federal Programs Set To Expire Sept. 4
The D.C. Department of Employment Services is introducing some changes to its unemployment insurance system, as four federal unemployment programs are set to expire in early September.
Press Release: Norton Vows to Defeat Fallon Bill Prohibiting D.C. from Requiring COVID-19…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
August 18, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today vowed to defeat an anti-home-rule bill introduced by Congressman Pat…
Community advocates pitch alternate affordable housing model for city-owned site in Southwest DC
Southwest residents are pushing for soon-to-be-available land to become a new community-controlled, permanently affordable housing and retail space.
At a community meeting Thursday, lead organizers Coy McKinney of grassroots…
From Access to Justice to the Department of Buildings: What’s in the just-passed Budget Support Act…
The DC Council capped its deliberations on the fiscal year 2022 budget last week, giving final approval to the Budget Support Act at its virtual legislative meeting on Aug. 10. Council members introduced several amendments at the meeting…
Press Release: DISB Re-accredited by National Association of Insurance Commissioners
News Release — DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking
Karima M. Woods, Commissioner
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 18, 2021
CONTACT: Paul Drehoff, Public Information Officer
Washington, DC—The District of…
DCist: Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge To Open In Early September, Ahead Of Schedule
Cars will be able to drive over the new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge that spans the Anacostia River sometime the week of Sept. 6, nearly a month ahead of the previously announced October opening date.
Washington Post: Washington Monument closed for third day in a row
The popular tourist site was struck by lightning early Sunday morning, damaging its electronic access system.
WTOP: New DC site aims to provide user-friendly unemployment resources
D.C. has launched a revamped unemployment website aimed at making the process of navigating its services more user-friendly, as changes to federal pandemic assistance programs loom.
Washington Business Journal: Longtime D.C. architecture firm is acquired
A longtime D.C. architecture firm has agreed to be acquired in a deal aimed at bolstering the combined company's local focus on education design.
Press Release: Norton Introduces Bill to Create National Commission to Combat Sexual Harassment
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
August 18, 2021
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) reintroduced a bill yesterday to create a national commission on…
WTOP: DC’s new Frederick Douglass Bridge to open ahead of schedule in September
The opening of the new Frederick Douglass Bridge is ahead of schedule and will open in September.
WTOP: DC bar raising money for organization that helps refugees
A D.C. bar is raising money for an organization that is helping people who are fleeing conflict in their countries.
Washington Post: New Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge to open in early September, ahead of…
The new bridge will replace a 71-year-old span over the Anacostia River
Washington Post: D.C.-area health departments offer third doses of vaccines to immunocompromised
Some health departments in the D.C. region are beginning to offer third doses of coronavirus vaccines to immunocompromised residents, after federal officials authorized the move last week for this small group.
WTOP: DC AG sues 2 stores, settles against another, over gun, drug crimes
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has sued the owners of two District businesses, and settled a lawsuit with the owners of another one, claiming they were nuisances due to rampant drug use and violence around all three locations.
Washington Post: D.C.’s enhanced federal unemployment benefits will expire in early September
The D.C. Department of Employment Services on Tuesday announced that several federal unemployment programs will expire Sept. 4 — and that all unemployment claimants will need to again prove they are searching for jobs at the end of the…
Washingtonian: DC Is Not Likely to Mandate Proof of Vaccination for Restaurants and Other Indoor…
But the city is actively encouraging private businesses to make the move.