DCist: D.C. Council Considers Requiring Employers To Rehire Workers They Laid Off During Pandemic
With around 150,000 D.C. workers still unemployed nearly eight months after the pandemic began, the D.C. Council is considering legislation that would help many of those workers get their jobs back.
Street Sense: DHS opens third PEP-V site at Fairfield Inn
The District is expanding its hotel accommodations for individuals experiencing homelessness that might be at greater risk of contracting COVID-19, such as the elderly or those with prior medical conditions. The Department of Human…
the Wash: After heated campaign, man once tied to white supremacy loses Ward 8 ANC race
Advocates were happy that Ward 8 residents decided on a Black Washingtonian instead. Robin McKinney won 50% of the vote.
UrbanTurf: 230-Unit Development Planned For Prominent Shaw Corner
A few months since the developer shared plans for this project with the community, Trammell Crow subsidiary High Street Residential is taking the first step toward redeveloping a prominent corner in Shaw.
WTOP: DC schools chief says ‘primary barrier’ for in-person learning is supply of teachers to teach…
Parents and officials shared their thoughts and questions during a town hall Wednesday following the announcement that D.C. will not reopen elementary schools next week as originally planned.
WTOP: DC protests resume as election results continue to come in
A day after a tense Election Day brought together thousands to D.C. for large protests, demonstrations restarted Wednesday as results continued to roll in.
ABC7: Meet the three women who will cast DC’s three electoral votes for president
Ballots are still being counted and some key battleground states are still up for grabs, but in the District, we know that DC's three electoral college votes will be going to former vice president Joe Biden. We're also learning more about…
WUSA9: Women poised to be the majority on DC Council for the first time in two decades
Projected wins on the DC Council mean a gender and racial shift is coming to the council.
DCist: Hundreds Gather At Black Lives Matter Plaza For A Second Night Of Demonstrations As U.S.…
Hundreds of people gathered in Black Lives Matter Plaza for the second night in a row as the region and the rest of the country awaits the results of the presidential election.
ABC7: Son of fallen firefighter who died in a DC fire follows in his dad’s footsteps
Arlington, VA. (ABC7) — The son of a Washington, D.C. fallen firefighter is following in his dad's footsteps.
District Links: DC Council will become majority-Black and majority-women with Christina Henderson…
Happy Wednesday. The DC Council will have a majority of women and Black members come next year, cemented by the victory of Christina Henderson in the ginormous at-large race based on incomplete but seemingly definitive election results.
Washington Post: Washington-area voters elect new school board members at unprecedented moment for…
Washington-area residents who voted in massive numbers for the presidential election Tuesday also cast ballots to decide the composition of school boards throughout the region — results that are especially consequential this year as school…
Washington Blade: Five of six gay candidates lose bid for D.C. Council, school board
Gay education advocate Allister Chang has won his race for a seat on the D.C. State Board of Education for Ward 2, becoming the only one of six openly gay candidates running in Tuesday’s D.C. election to emerge as a winner for seats on the…
City Paper: Landlord, Tenants, and a Future D.C. Councilmember Clash at La Coop
Like many people, Juan Luis Salazar Cano and Stefanie Fabrico were at home watching election results roll in last night. Then, around 7 p.m., Salazar Cano saw some unusual activity on the cameras that watch over his South Manor Park coffee…
Washington Business Journal: Line D.C. hotel receives its tax abatement almost three years after…
The Line D.C. hotel in Adams Morgan has officially begun receiving its property tax abatement nearly three years after the hotel opened and a decade after the abatement was passed.
WTOP: Bowser lauds big wins for women in DC election
Women will be the majority on the D.C. Council, and Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday the news “makes me very happy.”
DCist: Here Are The Post-Election Protests And Events Planned Around D.C. This Week
Following a packed day of voting and a night of protests, and amid a still-undecided presidential election, activists continue to plan protests around the D.C. region.
Washington Informer: Hylton-Brown’s Father, Other Protesters Look Beyond Clashes at MPD’s Fourth…
Friends and family of the late Karon Hylton-Brown said they’re not slowing down their protests until the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) follows through on a set of institutional changes for the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)…
UrbanTurf: A First Look at the 78 Apartments Proposed to Replace 16th Street Church Annex
Two weeks ago, UrbanTurf reported on a proposal to replace a 16th Street church annex with 78 apartments. Now, we are getting the first look at how that infill building may take shape.
Washington Business Journal: D.C. business may have ‘dodged a bullet’ with Christina…
Local business leaders are breathing a sigh of relief over the results of the at-large D.C. Council race, celebrating the apparent defeat of Democratic Socialist-endorsed Ed Lazere in favor of the more moderate Christina Henderson.