District Links: Schools to reopen on Tuesday for in-person learning; Capitol fence temporarily…
The District's public school system plans to bring back in-person learning on Tuesday, after wintry weather led to a one-day delay of its plan — meaning that students had a slate of virtual classes rather than a traditional snow day.
Philip Kennicott in The Post: The danger of right-wing mobs is real. Fencing at the U.S. Capitol…
On Jan. 30, with a snowstorm bearing down on Washington, Carla Hayden, the librarian of Congress, tweeted a picture of a snowball fight at the U.S. Capitol. The 1923 photograph was a bittersweet glimpse into the archives, a reminder of a!-->…
Press Release: District Uses Eminent Domain to Acquire Property at ‘Dave Thomas Circle’ in Next Step…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the District Department of Transportation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 1, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Lauren Stephens (DDOT)
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Press Release: DC Government Will Open On Time on Tuesday, February 2
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 1, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Public COVID-19 Testing Sites Will Be Open; DCPS In-Person and Virtual Classes to Start on Two-Hour!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Washington Post: D.C. seeks a temporary restraining order against teachers union to order that…
The District has asked a judge to stop the Washington Teachers’ Union from engaging in any talks about a potential strike as the city attempts to bring teachers and students back to school buildings Tuesday for the first time since March,!-->…
Associated Press: Fence at Capitol blocks DC government from enacting new laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — That foreboding black fence erected around the U.S. Capitol building has had an unintentional side effect: walling off the local government’s ability to enact new laws.
DCist: Wallets And Electronics Are The Only Items Metro Will Hold On To Under Its New Lost And Found…
Metro says it will auction or donate most items left on its trains and buses rather than try to track down the owners.
Washington Post: The Capitol fence meant D.C. couldn’t enact laws. Vice President Harris’s office…
The new security fencing around the U.S. Capitol led to an unusual scene last week — a city employee and a staffer for Vice President Harris, meeting up in a hotel lobby to hand off boxes stuffed with legislative texts.
Washington Post: D.C. releases early data on vaccine recipients amid push for equitable distribution
The District released partial data Monday on the race and ethnicity of residents who have received coronavirus vaccination in the city, but cautioned against drawing conclusions based on the preliminary figures because they are incomplete.!-->…
City Paper: Key Takeaways From the Council’s Roundtable on D.C.’s Vaccination Rollout
The D.C. Council holds one of the few oversight roundtables on the District’s direct response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Washington Post: D.C. joins Montgomery, Fairfax in launching racial equity office
The D.C. government is launching a search for a chief equity officer, whose team will assess how budget and policy choices will address long-standing disparities in health, education, income and more.
Washington Post: D.C. releases early data on vaccine recipients amid push for equitable distribution
The District released partial data Monday on the race and ethnicity of residents who have received the coronavirus vaccination in the city, but cautioned against drawing conclusions based on the preliminary figures because they are!-->…
DCist: Tens Of Thousands Of D.C.’s Coronavirus Vaccine Records Are Missing Race And Ethnicity Data
Bad data input is plaguing the District’s attempt to track the race and ethnicity of those who have gotten the coronavirus vaccine.
WTOP: DC Council ‘literally’ can’t deliver bills to Congress because of Capitol fence
Call it politics as unusual: The fence that was put up around the U.S. Capitol in the aftermath of the deadly Jan. 6 riot left 60 D.C. Council bills in limbo because they “literally” couldn’t be delivered to Congress for review, Council!-->…
City Paper: D.C. Could Forbid Delivery Apps From Listing Restaurants Without Permission
Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie introduced a bill late last week similar to a new law in California.
WTOP: DC health director warns of COVID-19 vaccine scam
There’s a coronavirus vaccine scam out there, and District officials want Washingtonians to be on alert.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Does the pandemic mean the end of snow days, too?
The snow-day ritual is an old and familiar one on the East Coast.
DCist: A Monumental Place To Ice Skate? Long Ago, There Was A Push To Turn The Reflecting Pool Into…
Last weekend’s snowstorm marked the return of a winter wonderland to the Washington region, which has gone largely snowless since at least 2019. The pent-up snow energy was evident: Kids went sledding on just about any incline they could!-->…
UrbanTurf: A Closer Look at the Next Office Building at The Yards
As the office building planned for Parcel F at The Yards continues to move through the design review process, more detailed renderings have emerged.
Washington Post: ‘Streateries’ are thriving, but only in some parts of D.C. Now Bowser wants to…
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser wants to expand street dining and allow public drinking in more parts of the nation’s capital, offering a glimpse into how officials hope to reimagine a hospitality industry ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.
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