April 2020

AG Racine Announces Washington Sports Club Will Stop Charging Members During COVID-19 Closures

April 27, 2020 Gym Chain Automatically Freezing Memberships, Crediting Accounts for Dues Charged During Gym Closures, Offering Free Cancellations Through April 30 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced today that Town Sports International, LLC (TSI), the parent company of Washington Sports Club (WSC), will stop charging members while gyms are closed due to the […]

CONSUMER ALERT: Beware of COVID-Related Charity Scams

April 24, 2020 Making charitable donations to help others can be very rewarding. Especially now, many Americans are admirably trying to help those impacted by the COVID-19 crisis through charitable donations. Many of these charities live up to their fundraising promises, but others are the work of scammers attempting to exploit this tragedy for personal […]

Mayor Bowser Establishes Coronavirus Contact Trace Force

Thursday, April 23, 2020 DC to Hire Hundreds of Additional Contact Tracers to Support COVID-19 Response Efforts (WASHINGTON DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser established the DC Contact Trace Force to hire hundreds of additional tracers at DC Health. “An effective response requires widespread contact tracing so that we know who has the virus and who […]

Mayor Bowser Presents a Comprehensive Plan Proposal That Will Guide DC Through Coronavirus Recovery

Thursday, April 23, 2020 Mayor Submits the District’s Comprehensive Plan Proposal to the Council (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser submitted the District’s Comprehensive Plan proposal to the Council of the District of Columbia. This update to the Comprehensive Plan will allow the District to meet long-term challenges and opportunities in critical areas such […]