Washington Post: Post-holiday blip or new trend? Covid cases slowly tick up across the region
New coronavirus cases are slowly increasing in Virginia, Maryland and the District, and public health experts say the rise is being fueled by three factors: relaxed restrictions on gatherings and mask mandates, persistent pockets of…
Washington Post: Metro board members back temporary ban after arrest for a sex or firearms offense
From January through June, Metro said 89 incidents of indecent exposure were reported to transit police.
DC sees growth in cashless businesses even after DC Council’s vote to prohibit them
A law meant to protect consumers by prohibiting businesses from refusing to accept cash took effect on April 4. There’s just one problem — it’s unenforceable. Or, rather, DC officials put off enforcement during the public health emergency,…
Bloomberg CityLab: The Car Crashes That Go Undetected
Safety advocates say that 30% of traffic collisions involving bikes or pedestrians in Washington, D.C., aren’t reported by police. Here’s how they’re trying to close that data gap.
Eleanor Holmes Norton in The Hill: Congress must step up to fund the Howard University Hospital…
Two miles north of the U.S. Capitol building, around the corner from the African American Civil War museum, sits the world’s oldest institution primarily dedicated to the training of Black medical professionals.
Washington Business Journal: At The Point, you can already dine next to the Anacostia River. Soon,…
The Point on Buzzard Point is queuing up its expansion onto the Anacostia River after the waterfront seafood restaurant opened in April.
Washington Post: Gordon-Andrew Fletcher to run for Ward 5 council seat in 2022
Gordon-Andrew Fletcher, a commissioner for the Advisory Neighborhood Commission who chairs the Ward 5 Democrats, is running for the Ward 5 D.C. Council seat.
WTOP: Whitman Walker Health System breaks ground at St. Elizabeths East in Southeast DC
Red shovels and hard hats marked Thursday’s groundbreaking for an expansive redevelopment of the historic St. Elizabeths campus in Southeast D.C.
DCist: Lawmakers Push To Bring Ranked-Choice Voting To D.C. In Wake Of New York City Election
A majority of D.C. councilmembers are supporting a bill that would bring ranked-choice voting to D.C. as soon as 2024.
CBS News: More than 600,000 white flags will be placed on the National Mall to honor Americans who…
More than 600,000 white flags will cover the National Mall in Washington, D.C., honoring each person who has died from COVID-19 in the United States. There have been 33,948,497 COVID-19 cases and 608,141 deaths in the U.S.
UrbanTurf: Plans for a Triangular Park in DC’s Kingman Park
A neighborhood group is looking to enhance a park in DC's Kingman Park neighborhood.
DCist: Metro Committee Backs Temporary Ban Of People Who Commit Weapons And Sex Crimes In System
A Metro committee has given initial approval to a new policy to ban people who commit weapons or sex crimes on the transit system.
Washington Business Journal: Arizona real estate company hires JBG exec to lead new D.C. office
Alliance Residential Co. is opening a local office a few years after the Scottsdale, Arizona company began testing the waters in Greater Washington.
Washington Post: Hundreds of thousands of white flags to be placed on the National Mall to honor…
“In America: Remember,” created by D.C. artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg, will go up in mid-September
Press Release: DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority Takes Action to Achieve Social Justice and…
For Immediate Release: July 15, 2021
Contact: Adam Hudson
Linda Wharton Boyd
Washington, DC –The DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority (DCHBX) Executive Board voted to adopt recommendations from its Social Justice and…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces New Congress Heights Library to be Built at St. Elizabeths…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 15, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
George Williams (DCPL)
New Library at Parcel 16 to Replace Parklands-Turner Library
(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today, at the…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Breaks Ground on Whitman-Walker at St. Elizabeths East and Reunion…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 15, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Shayne Wells (DMPED)
Two Ward 8…
City Paper: What Six Local Artists Made With City Grants During the Pandemic
Amid lockdowns and layoffs, local artists used funding from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities to pay their bills—and find new ways to work.
City Paper: D.C. Police K9s Still Sniff For Marijuana
The department updated its policies when weed was legalized years ago, but K9 handlers apparently never got the memo, new report says.
UrbanTurf: Up in the Air and Hitting the Road: The 14 Developments in The Works for Ward 7
The past year has been a busy one for development in Ward 7.