D.C. Back-to-School Decision? Not Yet
• July 16, 2020

The decision as to whether schools will operate on an in-person or a virtual basis, or on a hybrid model, will be announced on July 31, said the mayor.

D.C.’s 2021 Budget: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 
• July 15, 2020

A new tax on advertising approved by the District Council will add injury to insult for small local newspapers and other media outlets.

Council Approves Tax Increases, Cuts to Police
• July 13, 2020

Against the mayor’s urging to hold off, the Council voted to raise an extra $63 million by increasing some business and other taxes, including a three-percent tax on all advertising.  

D.C. Covid-19 Deaths as of July 10 Stand at 568
• July 11, 2020

From the Office of the Mayor: The District’s reported data for Friday, July 10, 2020, includes 58 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to […]

D.C. Announces Bid to Host 2026 World Cup
• July 2, 2020

If chosen, Washington will be one of 16 cities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico where matches will be played, in D.C.’s case at FedExField in Landover, Maryland.

GU Reopening Taking Shape … or Not?
• June 29, 2020

While many universities are telling students not to come back to campus until after the Thanksgiving holiday, Georgetown University President John DeGioia’s letter left the timing open.

D.C. Covid-19 Deaths Stand at 543
• June 25, 2020

From the Office of the Mayor: The District’s reported data for Wednesday, June 24, 2020, includes 31 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to […]

District Planner and Builder Allen Lew Dies
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After overseeing the creation of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Lew took charge of the baseball conversion of RFK Stadium and the construction of Nationals Park.

House Bill on D.C. Statehood Likely to Pass
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Proposed by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), the bill, H.R.51, to be discussed and voted on tomorrow, would declare the city a new state, named “Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.”

Virtual ANC 2E: Pinto, Police, GU Hospital, ‘Streateries’
• June 24, 2020

New Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto will speak at tonight’s meeting. Also on the agenda: a resolution concerning the closure of Georgetown streets for “streateries.”