DCist: Metro, Roads, Train Bridges, And More: Here’s Some Of What’s In The Senate Infrastructure…
Local officials are celebrating the coming windfall for transportation and infrastructure projects around Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. after the U.S. Senate passed the largest infrastructure bill in history earlier this week.
WTOP: Echostage joins list of DC-area venues requiring proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19…
Echostage joined several of D.C.’s prominent entertainment venues in saying it will require guests to either show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test before being allowed in.
Street Sense: City program employs homeless people to help promote vaccinations in shelters and on…
The D.C. government hired 55 shelter residents this spring and summer to help promote COVID-19 vaccines among people experiencing homelessness and dispel misinformation surrounding the coronavirus. Similar to national trends, D.C.…
City Paper: The Most Debated Items From the Final 2022 Budget Vote
Contracting at DCHA, a tax abatement for affordable housing downtown, and the cursed McMillan development
City Paper: D.C. Government Workers Required to Vaccinate or Get Tested Weekly
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the vaccine mandate as more and more businesses are requiring proof of vaccination.
Washington Business Journal: Commercial construction has slowed across Greater Washington.…
After years of careful planning and deliberation, shovels are finally turning at 16th and S streets NW.
DCist: D.C., Prince George’s County Reach ‘High’ COVID-19 Transmission, Per CDC
Less than a week after all D.C.-area jurisdictions reached the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s measure for “substantial” COVID-19 transmission, D.C. and Prince George’s County in Maryland now report “high” transmission of the…
John Kelly in The Post: A new book tells the remarkable story of a formerly enslaved man — and much…
I learned a great deal from an important new book from Georgetown University Press called “Between Freedom and Equality: The History of an African American Family in Washington, D.C.” But the biggest impression came from a page with hardly…
DCist: Here’s What You Need To Know About The 2022 Budget The D.C. Council Just Passed
On Tuesday the D.C. Council wrapped up the city’s 2022 budget, unanimously finalizing a spending plan fueled by federal aid and a tax increase on wealthy residents that city officials have called “historic” and “transformative.”
Teenage spirit: High school sophomore’s desire to help people in need starts close to home
Local Templeton Academy sophomore Miguel Coppedge started a fundraiser last year to benefit children in foster care and families experiencing homelessness. His charity donations are destined for St. Ann’s Center for Youth, Children and…
Press Release: D.C. Council Requires Plan to Improve Education Data
News Release — Office of the DC Auditor
For immediate release
Contact: Diane Shinn
OSSE to take steps, including using longitudinal data use, course collection, and creating a statewide Early Warning System, as outlined in…
District Links: DC Council takes final votes on FY 2022 budget legislation; concert venues announce…
The DC Council has concluded its summertime budget season, taking its final votes Tuesday on the District's $17.5 billion financial plan for fiscal year 2022.
Press Release: To Give At Risk Residents a Fair Shot, Mayor Bowser Announces Launch of Office of…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 11, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Setareh Yelle (ONSE)
(WASHINGTON, DC) –…
Mobile maternal health care clinic offers prenatal, postpartum care
In what’s known as a hot spot for maternal mortality in the United States, Mallory Mpare is seeking to make a difference for pregnant people of color in the District through a mobile health clinic that brings comprehensive care to parents…
Washington Business Journal: 9:30 Club, The Anthem and others will require proof of vaccination to…
The owner and operator of some of the most popular entertainment venues around Greater Washington is implementing a vaccination policy for people to attend shows.
WTOP: ‘Some people will vote with their pocketbooks’: DC fitness club takes ‘proof of vaccine’ stand
A D.C. health club, VIDA Fitness, is implementing a “proof of vaccination” requirement — and the club’s founder tells WTOP some members have asked what took so long.
Washington Post: D.C. wants changes to maglev train proposal, citing downtown disruptions and…
The District’s comments signal doubts that the train line would be a good fit, but don’t take a stance on the project
WTOP: Auditor to review DC crime lab’s compliance with 2011 law creating independent forensic agency
The troubled D.C. crime lab is getting another probing: This time by the Office of the D.C. Auditor, which will review how the Department of Forensic Sciences responded over the past year to complaints of errors and misconduct in its…
WTOP: DC-area entertainment venues to require proof of vaccination, negative COVID-19 test
The operator of the D.C.-area’s most prominent venues said guests would need to be fully vaccinated or provide a negative COVID-19 test to be allowed to attend its shows.
WTOP: DC schools chancellor offers student distancing, quarantining guidelines
The D.C. schools chancellor is offering parents a better idea of what to expect when it comes to social distancing and quarantining when class starts Aug. 30.