DCist: Office Of Inspector General To Audit Remote Learning In D.C. Public Schools
The Office of the Inspector General announced this week that it will conduct an audit of D.C. Public Schools’ distance learning program starting this month.The Office of the Inspector General announced this week that it will conduct an…
UrbanTurf: The Demolition Quandary For the 14th Street Car Barn
As WMATA attempts to move forward with plans to redevelop the former Decatur Street Car Barn along upper 14th Street, the demolition required for redevelopment is posing a hurdle.
Washington Business Journal: Covid-19 could reverse much of the D.C.’s region’s progress…
The Covid-19 pandemic’s economic impacts could manage to reverse all of the D.C. region’s recent progress on transit funding, Greater Washington’s top elected leaders warned Friday.
WTOP: Black Restaurant Week begins in DC area
Black Restaurant Week in the D.C. region — part of a nationwide effort to celebrate the flavors of African American, African and Caribbean cuisine — started Friday.
Wilson Beacon: DCPS announces plan for Wilson name change in Council hearing
In a DC Council hearing on September 15, a DCPS representative announced a plan to begin the process of renaming Wilson. The hearing was on a resolution in which the council expressed broad support for the name to be changed.
City Paper: How Founding Farmers Tracks and Discloses Its COVID-19 Test Results
Dan Simons answers questions about Farmers Restaurant Group's Health & Safety Dashboard.
DCist: D.C.’s New Eisenhower Memorial Opens After A Bumpy, Two-Decade Journey
The city’s newest memorial honoring the presidential and military legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower is filled with sounds of jackhammers, pounding concrete, and idling bulldozers. It’s a Friday afternoon, less than a week before it is set to…
WTOP: Metro faces potential service cuts, shorter hours, layoffs in budget battle
The Metro Board of Directors voted Friday on potential service cuts, schedule changes and layoffs as the organization attempts to balance its budget during the coronavirus pandemic.
Press Release: District of Columbia Housing Authority Files Motion to Dismiss Andrews Complaint
News Release — DC Housing Authority
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 18, 2020
Contact: Jose C. Sousa
On September 14, 2020, the District of…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Start of Construction Process of the New GW Health Hospital at…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor, Office of the City Administrator and Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 18, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Olivia…
Press Release: Norton Releases Census Response to Her Inquiry on Spanish-Speaking Staff
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
September 18, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
Responses Indicates Progress
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the response from the…
Washingtonian: Two Separate Restaurant Weeks Will Highlight Black-Owned Businesses Around DC
One promotion kicks off today. Another arrives in November.
WTOP: GWU starts new ‘highly accurate’ coronavirus test
George Washington University launched a new coronavirus testing protocol Thursday — a “highly accurate” one that can provide results within a day or two.
DCist: D.C.’s New Eisenhower Memorial Opens After A Bumpy, Two-Decade Journey
The city’s newest memorial honoring the presidential and military legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower is filled with sounds of jackhammers, pounding concrete, and idling bulldozers. It’s a Friday afternoon, less than a week before it is set to…
Washington Business Journal: Bowser says D.C. businesses need additional federal stimulus to survive
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday the District has spent nearly $1 billion on pandemic-related costs in the six months since the first case was recorded in the District. That spending has hamstrung the city’s ability to offer…
Meredith Tomason in The Post: D.C. can make its streets safer for everyone
My life changed on a perfectly sunny October morning in 2018 when my mother stepped out to buy a hairbrush and never came back. She was struck by the driver of a pickup truck while crossing at 15th and H streets NW, with a new hairbrush in…
WTOP: DC reveals more insight to contact tracing, considers hybrid return to schools in November
A D.C. health official urged more residents who tested positive for coronavirus to better help contact tracers complete necessary interviews within three days.
WTOP: Capital Jewish Museum, set to open in 2022, will incorporate first DC synagogue
After more than a decade of planning and anticipation, construction now can begin on the Capital Jewish Museum in downtown D.C.
DCist: Businesses In D.C.’s Majority Black Neighborhoods Waited 10 Days Longer For Federal Aid
At the start of the pandemic, when shutdown orders went into effect, many businesses faced a frightening scenario: revenue came to an abrupt halt while expenses continued to pile up. But the businesses that most needed help had to wait the…
DCist: PARK(ing) Day Is Back And Bringing Nine New Parklets to D.C.
Local parks have become increasingly popular over the past few months, and D.C. is about to get a bunch more. PARK(ing) Day, an annual event that brings pop-up parks to the District, will return on Sept. 18.