Press Release: Metropolitan Police Department to Join the Community in Celebrating National Night…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 2, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Tuesday, August 3, 2021, members of the Metropolitan Police…
UrbanTurf: A 520-Unit Development Proposed at South Capitol Street and I-695
Two weeks after developer WC Smith presented plans for a market-rate residential development at 850 South Capitol Street SE, a design review application has been filed with the city, providing more details about the project.
Washington Business Journal: Exclusive: Greater Washington’s localities will work together to…
Localities across Greater Washington plan to work together to pursue federal funding for regional economic development priorities in a new effort spearheaded by a nonprofit that’s spent the pandemic promoting greater local collaboration.
Washington Post: Latino Museum backers are pushing for a prime spot on the National Mall. But a turf…
In a recent appearance on MSNBC, actor John Leguizamo made a strong case for supporting the proposed National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in December. In a short but animated segment, Leguizamo, a board member…
Washington Post: Mayor Bowser denies breaking newly reimposed mask mandate
Hours after the District’s reimposed mask mandate went into effect Saturday, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) officiated an outdoor wedding with an indoor reception, raising questions over whether she had violated her own order.
WTOP: With time running out, DC residents face struggles getting rent relief
The national eviction moratorium expired Saturday and on July 25, the District’s local ban on evictions, tied to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s public health emergency declaration, also expired, leaving thousands of D.C. residents on the edge of…
WTOP: Mayor’s office responds to reports Bowser went maskless indoors, defying new mandate
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office is pushing back against claims made by conservative media outlets that she went maskless indoors in defiance of her own indoor mask mandate, which was reinstated 5 a.m. Saturday.
Washington Post: D.C. wants to take back parole from the feds. But it’s taken almost no action as…
By his third appearance in front of the U.S. Parole Commission, James Dunn had all but given up.
WTOP: ‘It’s really scary’: DC yoga studio says mask mandate could slow business
Many small businesses across DC are reopening with cautious optimism, despite concerns about the national spike in COVID-19 cases.
Washington Post: Workers, advocates push for D.C. to include additional $165 million in city budget…
Protesters waved signs and shouted, ‘No me excluyas,’ during a protest Saturday in Northwest Washington
Washington Post: New indoor masking policy in D.C. has quiet start, stirs old fears over virus
The first normal day had arrived in mid-June.
WTOP: Families receive free clothes, school supplies at back-to-school event in DC’s Ward 8
Families gathered at the Gateway Pavilion in Southeast D.C. for a free back-to-school event. People who attended the event received free clothing, school supplies, healthy food and were able to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
DCist: D.C. Is Opening Clinics To Help Tenants Apply For Rent Assistance
Tenants struggling to complete an application for D.C.’s official rent and utility assistance program will soon be able to visit a clinic to get help.
WTOP: Metro Board member weighs possibility of fare increase for long-distance riders
Metrorail fares for long-distance passengers may be going up in the near future.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: D.C. has the widest wage gap for Black women. This 72-year-old doesn’t…
Venorica Tucker laughs when asked when she hopes to retire.
Washington Post: How an education spending law may help keep this pool closed to the public
Everyone’s ready for Roosevelt High School’s indoor pool in Northwest Washington to open to the public — senior citizens in the Petworth neighborhood for aquatic exercise classes, young families for their toddlers to take swimming lessons,…
Washington Post: Top D.C. Superior Court judges rebut Bowser’s complaints about case backlogs
Amid a spike in gunfire on D.C. streets this year, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has been peppered with urgent questions about what her administration is doing to protect public safety. And again and again, she has cited a litany of…
WTOP: ‘Not going to have 2020 happen again’: DC businesses ready for start of new indoor mask…
The line to enter Pitchers in D.C. on Friday night might be longer than usual, owner Dave Perruzza said, and the music will be a little bit lower.
Washington Post: As D.C. prepares to mask up, council members ask how long it’ll last
Some D.C. Council members on Friday asked officials in Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s administration when the new masking mandate could safely be lifted, a day after Bowser announced masks would be required indoors Saturday to combat the spread…
City Paper: The D.C. Cafes, Bars, and Restaurants Requiring Proof of Vaccination
Fine dining restaurants and dive bars are instituting vaccination policies, largely for indoor dining only.