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Tuesday, June 30, 2020 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser announced the selection of 10 projects that will produce and preserve 940 affordable homes and more than 300 market rate homes. The affordable housing projects are being funded primarily through a $66 million investment from the Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF). “We were very focused

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 (Washington, DC) –The District’s reported data for Monday, June 29, 2020 includes 35 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 10,327. The District reported no additional COVID-19 related deaths. Tragically, 551 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19. Visit coronavirus.dc.gov/data for interactive data dashboards or

Monday, June 29, 2020 Washington, DC – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has signed a letter of intent with the District to move their national headquarters to Washington, DC within the future redevelopment of the Frank D. Reeves Center of Municipal Affairs at 2000 14th

Monday, June 29, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Sunday, June 28, 2020 includes 44 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 10,292. The District reported one additional COVID-19 related death. 60-year-old female Tragically, 551 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19. Visit coronavirus.dc.gov/data for interactive data dashboards

June 26, 2020 Cure the Streets staff distributing information and resources to residents during COVID-19. June is dedicated to gun violence awareness. Gun violence is one of the leading causes of death in adolescents nationwide. In the District of Columbia, gun violence has steadily risen over the last 10 years. According to MPD’s data there has been

June 26, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Karl A. Racine today released the following statement on today’s vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass H.R. 51, a bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state: “Today, the U.S. House of Representatives finally voted to grant the District of Columbia’s more than

June 26, 2020 Attorneys General Argue States Have Authority to Enact Laws That Protect Public Safety Regardless of Residents’ Immigration Status WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a group of 15 Attorneys General in defending a New Jersey directive that limits when and how local law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

Sunday, June 28, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Saturday, June 27, 2020 includes 32 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 10,248. The District reported two additional COVID-19 related deaths. 61-year-old male 96-year-old female Tragically, 550 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19.

Saturday, June 27, 2020 Washington, DC – The District’s reported data for Friday, June, 26, 2020 includes 31 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 10,216. The District reported two additional COVID-19 related deaths. 63-year-old female 66-year-old male Tragically, 548 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19.

Friday, June 26, 2020 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the following statement after the House of Representatives voted 232-180 to pass the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51), the first time a chamber of Congress has approved a bill to make the District the 51st state. Today, with this historic vote, DC