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December 04, 2025

Council Loosens New Restrictions on Streateries, Extends but Limits Temporary Youth Curfew Timeline

Sometimes, history’s darkest moments can offer up a glimmer of hope, or a tiny silver lining. During the deadly Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, in an effort to reduce crowding (and therefore disease transmission) on public transit, DC Commissioner Louis Brownlow ordered federal government workers to work staggered shifts. Not… Read More