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Weekend Roundup: Ramping Up the Red Line
Welcome to Tuesday, readers. Although the last week of February can certainly feel dreary, temperatures in the 60s—and a projected high of nearly 80 on Thursday!—might warm your spirit. Sorry, snow lovers, but the chances of significant snowfall before the start of spring are low. Now onto the news you may have missed while celebrating…
Studio Theatre Is Finding Its Space in the New National Landscape
Since March of 2020, “adaptability” has become the byword for even the most stable theater companies. For Studio Theatre, it’s long been key to their artistic success. Much of that comes down to a preference for keeping things tight—a quality that now serves the institution in more ways than one. “There’s something about working in…
Becoming Ballet: Introducing the Washington Ballet’s Studio Company
Three dozen professional dancers are warming up in a studio at THEARC, the community center east of the Anacostia River where the Washington Ballet School operates its southeast campus and the stage where the company opened its 42-show run of The Nutcracker on Nov. 11. Peppered throughout the daily warmup class is a group of 10…
D.C. Could Soon Allow a Flood of Foreclosures, Even Though It Still Has Federal Relief Cash to Hand Out
District lawmakers need to extend a Sept. 30 deadline if they hope to avoid a flood of foreclosures and allow the city more time to hand out relief funds.
COVID-19 Update: D.C. Man Sentenced to 10 Years for PPP Theft
Pandemic Pilfering • The U.S. Labor Department’s inspector general estimated that people have stolen $45.6 billion from the country’s unemployment insurance program during the pandemic. Fraudsters allegedly filed unemployment insurance claims in multiple states. The OIG believes some of the scammers used Social Security numbers of dead people and of people locked in prison. • A…
Ted Cruz and Republicans Try to Repeal D.C. Schools Vaccine Mandate
In this week’s example of the bullshit D.C. residents must contend with due to their lack of statehood: Six Republican goons introduced a bill that would nix D.C.’s requirement that students 12 and older get a COVID-19 vaccine to attend school. The bill would also prohibit D.C. from spending funds to enforce the mandate. Texas…
New COVID-19 Boosters Available Next Week
With revamped COVID-19 boosters becoming available soon, Mayor Muriel Bowser is encouraging residents to pair their booster with a flu shot.
D.C. Reached 77.6 Percent of its Pre-Pandemic Visitor Numbers in 2021
According to Destination DC, 19.1 million visitors traveled to the District in 2021.
Bowser’s Vaccine Mandate for District Government Employees Unlawful, Judge Rules
A D.C. Superior Court judge struck down Mayor Bowser’s vaccine mandate for government employees, and ordered all related discipline to be reversed.
COVID-19 Update: DCPS Loosens COVID Rules
DCPS relaxed some rules around COVID-19 before the start of school. Masks are optional, and those exposed won’t have to isolate unless they show symptoms.
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