WTOP: Bowser: Opening DC eateries ‘makes no sense’ when more people are dying
“It makes no sense” to open up D.C. restaurants while people are still dying during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Friday.
Washington Times: Stay-at-home orders not deterring crimes in D.C. area
D.C. police sees no change in gun-related offenses; Fairfax reports less DUIs
Washington Post: When will D.C. reopen?
The District is a ghost of its former self, with once-bustling streets empty, playgrounds taped off, and popular retail and dining corridors in Georgetown, Logan Circle and H Street deserted.
UrbanTurf: A Tollbooth, A Bus to the Airport: ANC Recommendations that Didn’t Make It Into the Comp…
The latest draft of DC's Comprehensive Plan released last month also came with a deluge of comments from the city's advisory neighborhood commissions (ANCs).
Bisnow: D.C. Closes Financing For 185-Unit Affordable Project In Petworth
A project that would create 185 affordable housing units in Northwest D.C.'s Petworth neighborhood is moving forward.
City Paper: Trayon White Isn’t Addressing His Comments on Vaccines
"you really think I would be promoting something that's going to be giving vaccines to my people?"
DCist: Restorative Justice Has The D.C. Attorney General’s Office Looking At Prosecutions In A New…
The 14-year-old girl was on her usual commute home when it happened: two other young girls dragged her off the Metro and began punching and kicking her, beating her to the ground.
Ramin Taheri in The Post: As D.C. tightens its fiscal belt, we must not squeeze students
The novel coronavirus has brought our nation tremendous heartache and wreaked havoc on our economy. To her credit, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has responded quickly and decisively, wisely relying on science and evidence when making…
WAMU: ‘You Can’t Escape It’: Washingtonians Stuck Working At Home Grapple With Noisy Neighbors
Everyone is experiencing the coronavirus pandemic a little differently.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Closes Deal on Long-Awaited Affordable Housing Community Spring Flats in…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 8, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Jessica Carroll
Project to Deliver 185 New Affordable Homes to Petworth Neighborhood
(WASHINGTON,…
The DC Lineup for this weekend: kindness challenge, dance classes and quarantine dating
The second weekend of May is full of virtual entertainment like music, art and dance showcases. A challenge to do good deeds is another option, as is an opportunity to get expert advice on building ice cream sundaes. Health and fitness…
Press Release: National Park Service approves DC Water’s Soapstone Valley Park Sewer Rehabilitation…
News Release — National Park Service
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 8, 2020
Contact: Katie Liming (NPS); Pamela Mooring (DC Water)
WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) and…
Press Release: Norton Thanks Postal Service for Quick Action on Dorothy Height Post Office…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
May 8, 2020
Contact: Raven Reeder
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked the United States Postal Service (USPS) today for its quick response to her…
Washingtonian: A DC Steak Joint Is Delivering Free Brunch to Moms Over 70 Who Are Alone on Mother’s…
Each meal from Medium Rare comes with a rose, a card, and a scratch-off lottery ticket.
DCist: ‘I Am Very Afraid:’ Nurses Call For Federal Action To Protect Frontline Workers
Standing outside the White House, Yuhana Gidey calls out the names of 88 fellow nurses who have died while treating COVID-19 patients across the country.
DCist: What Happens When D.C.’s Ban On Evictions Ends? It’s A Big Unknown
Panfilo Contreras Morales cannot afford to pay his rent right now.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: At 107, this artist just beat covid-19. It was the second pandemic she…
Marilee Shapiro Asher works in twos: two husbands, two children. And now, two pandemics.
City Paper: COVID-19 Creates Added Difficulties for Nursing Facility Residents and Their Loved Ones
“If someone else comes into the hospital with more dire conditions we don’t want to make that decision for you but we’re going to have to do that.”
Press Release: AG Racine Sues Monsanto For Contaminating Anacostia and Potomac Rivers with Toxic…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 7, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications
OAG Lawsuit Alleges Monsanto’s Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Contaminated D.C.’s Land, Wildlife, and…