Tag: Eva Herscowitz
Federal Control Complicates DC Justice
In 2019, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson (D), Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen (D) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) urged the US Senate...
Meet Your Neighbor: Philip Pannell
Philip Pannell remembers times where, at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the District, multiple friends’ funerals were scheduled for the same day....
DCPS Chancellor: Remember to Enroll
With thousands of District of Columbia Public School (DCPS) students returning to school in less than a week, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) updated residents...
HIV Cases Decline in District
The number of newly diagnosed HIV cases in the District decreased to 282 cases in 2019, a 16 percent decrease from 335 in 2018,...
Travel, Gatherings Account for Most New COVID Cases
At Mayor Muriel Bowser’s (D) August 17 situational update, DC Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt said DC Health is hiring an additional 175 contact tracers,...
Bowser Responds to Saturday Shooting
Gun violence in the District is continuing to rise. In her August 10 situational update, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) called the most recent incident...
Mayor: Catch Up on Children’s Doctor Visits
Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and DC Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt urged families to seek pediatric care and vaccinations the pandemic possibly delayed. At the...
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....
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...
