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After years of public debate, the D.C. Council advanced amendments to a massive blueprint that guides development and growth for the city. The Comprehensive Plan, or Comp Plan, as it’s called, was last re-written in 2006 and amended in 2011. Mayor
Muriel Bowser’s administration has been working to revamp the city document since 2016.
Exactly one year after the mayor’s team sent the Council her proposed amendments to the 2006 Comp Plan with a few public hearings in between legislators resumed discussion on the critical document on Tuesday in a Committee of the Whole meeting and advanced changes to the mayor’s proposal (known as a “markup”). The first official vote on the Comp Plan will be during the
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Montgomery: The state’s mask mandate expires April 9 but not the recommendation to wear masks, the state health officer emphasized Friday. “There is nothing magical about the date of April 9. We don’t want the public to think that’s the day we all stop taking precautions,” State Health Officer Scott Harris told reporters. Gov. Kay Ivey has extended Alabama’s mask order through the evening of April 9 but said after that she will let it expire. She said then it will be a matter of personal responsibility. State health officials urged people to maintain precautions – particularly during spring break and Easter gatherings – as the state tries to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations. Dr. Sarah Nafziger, vice president of clinic support services at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said she hopes people continue to wear masks when the mandate goes away. “I hope people do continue to make the right choice now because we are
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DC neighbors report more vaccine appointment problems; city plans move to new preregistration system Jess Arnold
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recently said that changes are coming to make signing up to get the vaccine easier.
This week, the city is launching a preregistration system using Microsoft, like Virginia and parts of Maryland have, where people can input their information online or through a call center. Then, D.C. Health will contact them to make an appointment instead of select groups having to sign up at a specific release date/time every week.
Councilmember Elissa Silverman said she still has questions heading into the week the site is supposed to be launched.