DCist: Some 60 D.C. Laws Were Stuck In Limbo Because Officials Couldn’t Hand-Deliver Them To…
When fences were erected around the U.S. Capitol after the Jan. 6 insurrection, they were meant to keep troublemakers out. But they’ve also successfully kept the District from being able to govern itself.
Washington Business Journal: Buyers line up for the Marriott Wardman Park hotel with plans for…
The Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel looks to be nearing a sale, and that could put plans for the Woodley Park property's conversion to residential back on the table.
WTOP: Audit of DC 911 set to begin amid search for new director
One week following the departure after five years of the leader of D.C.’s 911 system, the agency has been notified that a thorough audit will begin Feb. 15.
WTOP: DC restaurants still reeling, but they get credit for innovation
For restaurants in the D.C. area, it has been 11 months of one step forward and one step — or two steps — back, with closures early in the pandemic, followed by the back-and-forth of restrictions and easing of restrictions.
The 74: As More DCPS Schools Open, Many Black Parents Keeping Kids Home
Thousands of students are expected to return to D.C. Public Schools — but in predominantly Black wards disproportionately bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents are keeping kids home.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser to Launch District’s First Office of Racial Equity with Search for Chief…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
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February 1, 2021
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LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC)—Today, on the first day of Black History Month, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the forthcoming…
Press Release: New Financial Report Shows that Even After a Difficult Year, DC’s Finances Remain…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 1, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Fiscal Year 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Highlights that Despite Unprecedented Challenges, DC’s…
Jeanie Lee: By adding empathy to the syllabus, DC Public Schools can dismantle systemic racism in…
At the turn of this new year, we witnessed hundreds of years of racist history and oppression play out on national television, as white supremacist insurrectionists seized the U.S. Capitol. We witnessed the unapologetic double standards…
DCist: The Historian Behind ‘Chocolate City’ Wants You To Know How The Black Power Movement Reshaped…
The protests for racial justice that swept across D.C. last summer marked a new period of concentrated Black activism in the city. Watching the protests, historian George Derek Musgrove knew it was time to get to work.
WTOP: 24-year-old former race car driver opening Tap99 at Navy Yard
A 24-year-old Annapolis, Maryland, native with a love for sampling beer and a race car background, is opening Tap99 at Navy Yard — a 100% self-pour taphouse.
Robert McCartney in The Post: Vaccine rollout gets ‘below an F’ grade
Canceled appointments. Insufficient doses. Contradictory eligibility rules. Infuriating websites.
WTOP: Arbitrator clears way for DC to resume in-person learning despite union concern
Before snowfall prompted D.C. schools to temporarily return to virtual learning Monday, an arbitrator ruled that most schools could resume in-person learning this week.
Washington Post: D.C. public schools planned to reopen Monday but weather will keep classes virtual,…
A last-minute effort to delay the reopening of D.C. public school buildings over safety concerns has failed, with an arbiter ruling Saturday night that the city’s breaches in an agreement with the Washington Teachers’ Union were narrow and…
DCist: D.C. Public Schools Cleared To Welcome Many Students Back On Monday For In-Person Learning
D.C. Public Schools has met most safety criteria to reopen for in-person learning, an arbitrator ruled Saturday night, finding the Washington Teachers’ Union failed to prove many of the violations it alleged in a complaint about the school…
WTOP: Capitol Police to keep grounds closed for sledding despite Del. Norton’s request
Despite D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton’s call to allow sledding on the U.S. Capitol grounds, the hills on the complex will remain closed.
Press Release: DC Public Schools to be All Virtual on Monday, February 1; DC Government Will Open On…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 31, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Snow Emergency Will Lift at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 31; COVID-19 Testing Sites Will Be Closed on…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Declares Snow Emergency Beginning at 9 a.m. on Sunday, January 31
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor, DC Department of Public Works, District Department of Transportation, DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency and DC Department of General Services
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Washington Post: The racial disparities over who is returning to D.C. classrooms puts equity…
D.C. schools are set to reopen this week for the first time in nearly a year, with schools in wealthier wards at maximum capacity while seats remain empty in the city’s poorest neighborhoods, because families there have opted in high…
Washington Post: Call box of duty: Cops remember the call boxes that kept them connected
When Answer Man was a wee Answer Boy, a favorite game was cops and robbers. The neighborhood urchins would ape what they’d heard on TV, which meant at some point someone on the law enforcement side would bark, “Calling all cars! Calling…
Washington Post: Activists remove and save art on fence near Black Lives Matter Plaza in D.C.
The self-appointed guardians of the fence that separates Black Lives Matter Plaza in the District from the federal parkland of Lafayette Square and the White House grounds gathered once again in the street Saturday as the sun rose.