6 Hour Partial Power Outage at UMC
On Thursday, July 23, the United Medical Center (UMC) Hospital (1310 Southern Ave SE) experienced a limited power outage in the main hospital building...
Quarantine Required After Non-Essential Travel
Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) issued a Mayor’s Order requiring residents to self-quarantine for 14 days after non-essential travel to high-risk areas.
Announced at her Friday,...
Heat Shuts Down COVID Testing
Temperatures are expected to reach 99 degrees Monday, July 20. Those dangerously hot temperatures will shut down the District’s public COVID-19 testing sites, including...
Bowser Delays DCPS Decision to July 31
Citing uncertainty about trends of District COVID-19 transmission, the announcement on reopening District of Columbia Public Schools has been delayed to July 31, Mayor...
Bowser Explains Delayed COVID Test Results
Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) said she will extend the District’s State of Emergency, which is set to expire July 24, likely through early October....
DC Officials Talk Rising Gun Violence
District officials discussed the strategies and difficulties of reducing gun violence in the District at Mayor Muriel Bowser’s (D) Monday, July 13 situational update....
Swimming in the Anacostia is in Sight
The last piece of the Anacostia sewage tunnel system is halfway completed, so in a matter of less than three years the Anacostia will...
Raise DC Revenue to Advance Racial Justice
The recent surge in police violence against Black communities, and a pandemic that has disproportionately harmed Black residents, has prompted a moral call to...
Mayor Critical of DC Council Budget Vote
Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) criticized the DC Council’s first budget vote, which raised the gas tax by 10-cents per gallon and increased a tax...
Bowser Speaks on July 4th Gun Violence
In her Monday, July 6 situational update, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) addressed the shooting of 11-year-old Davon McNeal, who was killed July 4 outside...
