Wednesday, May 6, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Tuesday, May 5, 2020 includes 139 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 5,461. The District reported 14 additional COVID-19 related deaths: 59-year-old male 68-year-old male 71-year-old male 74-year-old female 75-year-old male 79-year-old male 80-year-old male 85-year-old […]
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020 (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today on #GivingTuesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Serve DC, The Mayor’s Office on Volunteerism and Partnerships, announced a Request for Proposals for grant funding to help nonprofits effectively recruit, retain, and engage volunteers amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Serve DC will distribute a total of $75,000 in sub-grant […]
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The District’s reported data for Monday, May 4, 2020 includes 152 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 5,322. The District reported six additional COVID-19 related deaths: 56-year-old male 59-year-old male 66-year-old male 72-year-old female 77-year-old female 99-year-old male Tragically, 264 District […]
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May 7, 2020 OAG Lawsuit Alleges Monsanto’s Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Contaminated D.C.’s Land, Wildlife, and Waters, Including Anacostia and Potomac Rivers WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today filed a lawsuit against Monsanto Company and two affiliated companies for manufacturing, promoting, and selling toxic chemicals that it knew would pollute waterways, kill wildlife, […]
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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
