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Coronavirus Data for May 13, 2020

Thursday, May 14, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Wednesday, May 13, 2020 includes 152 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 6,736. The District reported eight additional COVID-19 related deaths: 46-year-old male 52-year-old male 54-year-old male 63-year-old male 65-year-old male 67-year-old male 75-year-old male 76-year-old […]

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Garcetti, Baraka, Bowser, Holt Join Booker to Endorse His Bipartisan Small Business Plan

Thursday, May 14, 2020 $50B RELIEF for Main Street Act gaining momentum as one of the only bipartisan proposals to be introduced since last COVID package Mayors urge Congress to incorporate legislation into next relief bill (Washington, DC) – Friday, May 15, at 10:30 am ET, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) will be joined by Los Angeles […]

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Statement by AG Racine and AG Frosh on Major Court Victory in Emoluments Lawsuit

May 14, 2020 In 9-6 Decision, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Allows DC and MD’s Case to Proceed WASHINGTON, D.C. – District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine and Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh issued a joint statement on today’s favorable ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the […]

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Coronavirus Data for May 12, 2020

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Tuesday, May 12, 2020 includes 99 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 6,584. The District reported 14 additional COVID-19 related deaths: 47-year-old male 62-year-old male 65-year-old male 65-year-old male 66-year-old female 66-year-old male 68-year-old female 82-year-old […]

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Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on DC\’s Homeless Youth Population

It\’s not hard to empathize with people who are affected by the coronavirus pandemic. After all, most people have been directly or indirectly impacted by the public health crisis in some way—physically, socially, financially, and/or emotionally. According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, about nine in ten Americans say their personal lives have

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Mayor Bowser Announces Financing to Preserve 102 Affordable Homes

Tuesday, May 12, 2020 $300,000 In Financing from Predevelopment Loan Program Will Preserve Affordable Housing In Wards 5, 7 and 8 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has closed several loans from the Oramenta Newsome Predevelopment Loan Program, which offers nonprofit developers and housing […]

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Coronavirus Data for May 11, 2020

Tuesday, May 12, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Monday, May 11, 2020 includes 96 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 6,495. The District reported eight additional COVID-19 related deaths: 56-year-old male 82-year-old male 82-year-old female 83-year-old male 84-year-old male 93-year-old female 94-year-old female 94-year-old […]

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Mayor Bowser Directs $2.3 Million for District’s Coronavirus Contact Trace Force

Monday, May 11, 2020 (WASHINGTON, DC) – Mayor Muriel Bowser directed $2.3 million of the District’s Contingency Cash Reserve Fund for initial staffing hires at the DC Coronavirus Contact Trace Force, which is housed at the DC Department of Health (DC Health). Today, DC Human Resources and DC Health began onboarding the first 17 contact […]

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