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 […]
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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.
Mayor Bowser Delivers Coronavirus Situational Report for Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Read More »
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 […]
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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, […]
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Tuesday, April 28, 2020 includes 112 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 4,106. The District reported 15 additional COVID-19 related deaths: 50-year-old male 60-year-old female 60-year-old female 70-year-old male 75-year-old female 77-year-old male 78-year-old female 82-year-old […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today alerted District residents that they are protected from most types of debt collection actions during the COVID-19 emergency. New emergency protections proposed by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and passed by the Council on April 10, temporarily prohibit creditors and debt collectors from initiating, filing, or […]
