May 6, 2020 District Funeral Homes Now Required to Post Prices Online, Provide Itemized Bills and Receipts, and Inform Consumers of Their Rights WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today alerted District residents about new consumer protections that increase transparency in the funeral industry during the COVID-19 emergency. The District’s new “Consumer Bill of Rights […]
May 4, 2020 Helen Mart Marked Up Clorox Bleach 200% and Ignored OAG Warning to Reduce Prices WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against Helen Mart, a convenience store located in Ward 7, for price gouging during the District’s state of emergency. In response to a complaint submitted in […]
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department\’s First District announced an arrest has been made in reference to an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Knife) offense that occurred on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in the unit block of H Street, Northwest. At approximately 7:30 pm, members of the First District responded to […]
Most people assume every home has high-speed Internet and at least one computer. The sad truth is this is not the case in the slightest. While the “haves” of our society enjoy high-speed web access and multiple computers in the household, plenty of the “have-nots” have yet to migrate to the Internet. In fact, some …
In late December 2019, officials from the central Chinese city of Wuhan reported an outbreak of a mysterious respiratory illness. This illness, later named COVID-19, is caused by a new strain of coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. The virus is thought to have evolved in bats or pangolins before jumping to humans, in what is called a zoonotic transmission. Within a …
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situational Update for Wednesday, April 29, 2020.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced two monumental agreements to improve health care and address inequalities in health outcomes for District residents. The agreements include the construction of two new, state-of-the-art hospitals: a 136-bed hospital at St. Elizabeths East in Ward 8, operated by Universal Health Services in conjunction with […]
Thursday, April 30, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Wednesday, April 29, 2020 includes 217 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 4,323. The District reported 19 additional COVID-19 related deaths: 48-year-old male 55-year-old female 62-year-old male 63-year-old male 64-year-old female 66-year-old male 67-year-old male 67-year-old […]
Thursday, April 30, 2020 Hospital and Health Facility Presentation: Thursday, April 30, 2020.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) announced more than $8 million in additional support for the DC Small Business Recovery Microgrants Program. Award notifications began today and will continue through May 8, 2020. “In this unprecedented time, […]
