District Links: DC leaves it to White House for Trump’s contact tracing; candidate debates…
TGIF. The DC Department of Health and its director, Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, have a lot on their plate amid the ongoing public health emergency, but their to-do list won't include contact tracing for President Donald Trump and first lady…
Press Release: Norton Bill to Permanently Remove Statue of Confederate General Albert Pike Passes in…
Press Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
October 2, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked Chairman Raúl Grijalva and the House Natural Resources…
Press Release: National Park Service signs 50-year lease with National Links Trust for historic golf…
News Release — National Park Service
For immediate release: October 2, 2020
Contact: Katie Liming
Langston Golf Course, first opened in 1939, is one of three 18-hole golf courses on National Park Service land in Washington, D.C.…
Press Release: House-Passed Updated Heroes Act Provides Retroactive and Equal Funding for D.C.
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
October 2, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her District of Columbia priorities were included in the…
Press Release: House Passes Norton’s Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
October 2, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she was especially pleased that the House yesterday passed…
Washington Post: D.C. region records highest coronavirus count in two weeks after recent declines
A two-week slide in the number of coronavirus infections across the greater Washington region hit an obstacle Friday, when the area recorded its highest number of daily cases since mid-September.
WTOP: DOJ sides with DC church in lawsuit against city over COVID-19 restrictions
The Capitol Hill Baptist Church is suing D.C. and the mayor over the city’s mass gathering restrictions, and the U.S. Department of Justice is stepping in to support the church in its fight.
DCist: DC Health Will Not Be Contact Tracing Trump, City Confirms
Early this morning, President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump announced they had tested positive for coronavirus and will spend the next 10 days in the White House. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office confirmed that DC Health…
WTOP: Judi Dench, Angela Bassett headline Shakespeare Theatre’s virtual gala
Shakespeare Theatre has not been able to put on live shows in D.C. for months.
DCist: The Team Behind Songbyrd Is Bringing A New Record Store To Union Market
Like many local businesses, Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe’s operations were upended by the coronavirus pandemic this spring, with new restrictions around dining and live music hindering its food and drink offerings and venue…
DCist: What Do In-Person Classes Look Like In A Pandemic? These D.C. Schools Are Finding Out
When the Sojourner Truth Public Charter School asked families if they wanted in-person learning this school year, China White and her mother, Izu Ahaghotu, easily answered: yes.
Joshua B. Bernstein in The Post: 60 years after my father stood for civil rights, there’s still work…
“We are today at war. It is not a war that you can see. . . . It is a war of ideologies. I believe our greatest weapon in today’s kind of war is not our wealth, not our missiles, not our atom bombs, but rather it is the ideal of ‘freedom…
The DC Lineup for this weekend: heritage, human nature and lending a hand
The unity of cultural heritage and community is the theme of this edition of The DC Lineup.
The weather will be a mix of sun and clouds throughout the weekend, Oct. 2 to 4, according to the forecast. Temperatures should range from 46 to…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Celebrates Another Record-Breaking Paving Season
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the District Department of Transportation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 2, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Lauren Stephens (DDOT)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor…
WTOP: Jose Andres, Ryan Zimmerman among headliners in this year’s virtual Capital Food Fight
The D.C. Central Kitchen’s signature fundraiser, the 17th annual Capital Food Fight, which pits local chefs and celebrities against each other in cooking challenges, will be virtual this year.
Washington Post: Streetcar, soda tax, football subsidies? D.C.’s at-large council candidates debate.
Seventeen of the candidates running for the D.C. Council’s hotly contested at-large seats staked out a wide range of positions during more than four hours of debate this week about how the city should confront its months-long public health…
DCist: With Continued SNAP Flexibility In Question, Thousands Of D.C. Families Could Lose Crucial…
Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has helped millions more American families access food. Temporary flexibility on SNAP rules has helped many states enroll new participants more…
Washington Business Journal: A lack of commuters is crippling D.C.’s economy. So the D.C.…
The hollowing out of D.C.’s office buildings could make it especially difficult for the city’s economy to recover from the coronavirus crisis, according to a new report prepared for the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, leading the business group…
DCist: Beach Drive In Rock Creek Park Closed To Traffic During The Pandemic — Could It Stay That…
For more than six months of the pandemic, the upper part of Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park has been transformed from a commuter pipeline to a recreational oasis.
City Paper: Go-Go Activism, Both Personal and Political, Is Coming Into Its Power in D.C.
"They understand that they’re right here in the nation’s capital, and that they have a voice that can echo across this nation.”