Press Release: Mayor Bowser Encourages Residents to Kick Off the New Year with a Virtual and…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Parks and Recreation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 29, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Michael Tucker, Jr. (DPR)
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WTOP: 2 downtown DC Trump supporter hangouts to be closed for Jan. 6 rally
You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.
WTOP: DC learning center uses art therapy to help children impacted by gun violence
A D.C. learning center employing art therapy to help children impacted by gun violence is ramping up its operations during the coronavirus pandemic.
Washington Post: As homeless shelters brace for funding cuts, LGBTQ youths take desperate measures…
At the Wanda Alston Foundation, a transitional housing program for LGBTQ young adults in D.C., every single resident lost a job at the start of the pandemic.
WTOP: DC health care workers can now schedule COVID-19 vaccinations
Certain health care workers in D.C. can now schedule their COVID-19 vaccination thanks to a new online portal.
Washington Post: A public housing learning pod with in-person therapy supports D.C. students during…
Jason was meeting with the therapist, moving hand-sized dolls in a small, portable sandbox to re-create everything that happened in his day. Jovan was next and waited his turn outside the door.
City Paper: The Year 2020 in Food
Six lingering questions we're left with after the year that ravaged D.C. restaurants
Press Release: DC Health Launches Portal for District Workers in Health Care Settings to Schedule…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 28, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
At This Time, the Portal Is Only for Workers in Phase 1a to Register for a COVID-19 Vaccine
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DCist: These Were The Most Popular Books Of 2020 In D.C., According To The Public Library
During a year marked by protests for racial justice and a deadly pandemic that has disproportionately killed and sickened Black and Latino people across the District, books about racism rose to the top of reading lists in the city.
UrbanTurf: Douglas Development Files Plans for 615-Unit Redevelopment of DC’s Cotton Annex
Douglas Development has filed plans with the Zoning Commission to redevelop the Cotton Annex in Southwest DC into a 615-unit development.
DCist: Trump’s Delay In Signing Stimulus Expected To Result In Benefit Gaps For Unemployed In D.C.…
People who are out of work in D.C., Virginia and Maryland should prepare for weeks of delays to get unemployment benefits as new federal aid gets processed by local agencies, labor experts and local officials say.
Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. needs to change how it discloses information about child-abuse…
AT SOME point, the D.C. Child Fatality Review Committee will examine the deaths of Gabriel Eason and Makenzie Anderson, two children beaten to death this year, allegedly by caretakers. In 2-year-old Gabriel’s case, his mother and her!-->…
WTOP: DC launches collection program to pick up Christmas trees
Christmas trees light up the holiday season, but at some point, the lights have to come down. To help D.C. residents dispose of their trees and other greenery, the city’s Department of Public Works launched its collection program Monday.
Washington Post: Holiday surge in D.C. area virus cases feared as vaccine plans move forward
The holiday weekend in the Washington region was punctuated with the grim realities of the pandemic as new infections remained high Monday and housing advocates called for urgent economic relief.
Press Release: AG Racine Leads 23-State Coalition Encouraging Diversity and Local Ownership in…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
December 28, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
State Attorneys General Argue Before Supreme Court That a Diverse and Local Media Benefits Communities, Democracy
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WUSA9: DC doctor uses social media to temper fears around COVID-19 vaccine
Dr. Michael Knight not only made getting his shot public, but he has been documenting his experience in the days after taking the vaccine on social media.
WTOP: DC releases results from parent surveys on virtual learning
D.C. public schools has released parent survey results on how virtual learning is going, and how they feel about returning to schools next year.
Washington Business Journal: Applications due for D.C.’s latest round of Covid-19 restaurant relief
Applications are due Monday for restaurants hoping to get some of D.C.’s "Bridge Fund" for Covid-19 relief.
Washington Business Journal: A last-mile ‘e-commerce delivery station’ is coming…
Amazon.com Inc. is making headway in a bid to open a last-mile delivery station in Northeast D.C.
Stefan Fatsis in The Post: The complicated racial history of the high school D.C. is renaming
The best choice to replace Woodrow Wilson is his antithesis: the school’s first female Black teacher