WTOP: DC falling short on tracing new cases to quarantine contacts, according to data
D.C. is falling far short of its goal when it comes to tracing new coronavirus cases to quarantined residents, according to data released Monday.
UrbanTurf: A Map Amendment Could Be on the Way For Shaw’s Parcel 42, Is Development Next?
Five years after DC solicited development proposals for Shaw's Parcel 42, and nearly four years after a development team was selected, the city is taking up the rezoning that would make the project possible.
WAMU: Metro Plans To Boost Bus, Rail Service And Increase Hours In Mid-August
Metro is increasing service for Metrorail starting Aug. 16 and Metrobus starting Aug. 23. It’s part of the transit agency’s plan to ramp up service throughout the coronavirus pandemic and return to full service in spring 2021.
Washington Post: Reopening commences at the Smithsonian, with the zoo and Udvar-Hazy welcoming…
Nineteen weeks after shutting down because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Smithsonian Institution is ready to reopen two of its venues.
DCist: Smithsonian’s National Zoo And Udvar-Hazy Center To Reopen This Week
It’s only Monday, and we already have some good news for animal lovers and parents who have been cooped up with their small children for months: Two Smithsonian institutions will reopen to visitors this Friday, July 24.
WTOP: Metro to expand hours beginning next month
Metro announced on Monday that rail and bus hours and service will expand beginning in mid-August.
DCist: Monsanto To Pay D.C. $52 Million Over Chemical Pollution In Rivers
The chemical giant Monsanto will pay the District of Columbia $52 million dollars, as part of a settlement over toxic contamination in D.C. waterways. It’s one of the largest environmental settlements ever in the city.
The 74: Lessons From a Global Reckoning: D.C. Looks to Make 14-Year-Old Social Studies Standards…
The world has changed since D.C.’s social studies standards were created 14 years ago.
UrbanTurf: DC Private School Proposes Portables for Upcoming Year
As school systems continue to figure out how or whether to welcome back students for on-campus learning this fall, a DC private school is taking to the parking lots.
Washington Post: Civil rights leaders plan August demonstration on steps of Lincoln Memorial
Fifty-seven years to the day after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his soaring “I Have A Dream” speech on the Mall before hundreds of thousands, his oldest son will join civil rights leaders and the families of black men and women slain!-->…
Washington Post: On Black Lives Matter Plaza, quieter crowds — and yoga — as D.C. starts to reclaim…
The television news cameras are gone, along with the T-shirt vendors, tents and free hot dogs. The swelling crowds of protesters who inspired the birth of Black Lives Matter Plaza in downtown Washington have largely dissipated.
WTOP: Local musicians crowned winners at the Wammies, DC’s version of the Grammys
Local bands can use all the accolades they can get to boost recognition these days.
Press Release: AG Racine Files Lawsuit to Resolve Presence of Dueling Boards at District Nonprofit…
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OAG Alleges USAGM’s Michael Pack Illegally Replaced OTF’s Board of Directors, Creating Leadership Crisis and Paralyzing Independent Organization
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WTOP: DC regains almost 10,000 jobs in June; Md. and Va. far more
Unemployment rates remain near historic highs and they continued to fall in 42 states and the District of Columbia in June. During that month, D.C., Maryland and Virginia regained tens of thousands of jobs.
Washington Business Journal: How Antonio Ferraro got creative to keep Napoli Pasta Bar alive during…
Antonio Ferraro is the owner of Napoli Pasta Bar in Columbia Heights, a Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand-honored restaurant that got creative to survive during the coronavirus lockdown.
Cary Hatch in the Washington Business Journal: Proposed D.C. ad tax threatens powerful economic…
As the chairman of the Mid-Atlantic board of governors for the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the CEO of MDB Communications headquartered in D.C., I have seen my share of economic recessions, but none quite as challenging!-->…
City Paper: Some D.C. Restaurants Will Add Service Charges to Bills When They Reopen
ANXO, Seven Reasons, and Thamee are experimenting with how to provide their employees with higher wages and more robust benefits.
Washington Post: Six big obstacles to economic recovery, from child-care shortages to displaced…
As the Washington region tries to pull out of the most severe economic slump in most of our lifetimes, the biggest challenge is defeating the novel coronavirus so our work lives can return to something like normal.
Amber Harding: With upcoming budget vote, DC leaders must change course to ease humanitarian crisis
When the novel coronavirus pandemic sent the District into a public health emergency, thousands of DC residents (87% of them Black) were at significant risk of contracting or dying of COVID-19 — because they had no homes. This inequity is!-->…
WTOP: 1 dead, 8 injured in Northwest DC shooting
One person has died and eight others were injured after a shooting in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Northwest D.C. Sunday.