- Local parents protested D.C. Public Schools’ treatment of students with special needs after police were called on a seven-year-old student. [WUSA 9]
- Independent pharmacies say D.C. Health wants them to use the city’s vaccination portal to distribute their federal doses. [WCP]
- Greenbelt’s mayor questioned Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s commitment to equity during the opening of a mass vaccination site. [WTOP]
- Georgetown University is starting a bachelor’s degree program for incarcerated residents in Maryland. [WBJ]
- D.C.’s medical examiner released the cause of death for four people who died during the Jan. 6 insurrection. [Post]
- A local fire official says the response to a deadly house fire in Northeast D.C. may have been delayed. [NBC 4]
- D.C. school officials said students are coming into classrooms with COVID-19, but the virus isn’t spreading. [Post]
- A D.C. mother ended her hunger strike after 236 days, but is still seeking for justice for her son’s death at a Pennsylvania college. [Afro]
- Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott started a friendly food rivalry with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. [Twitter]
- If you missed the cherry blossom peak bloom, you can still catch the blue bells. [Washingtonian]
- ICYMI: Maryland lawmakers approved five police reform bills, and now wait on Gov. Larry Hogan’s signature.
- ICYMI: How five D.C. artists are bringing creativity and healing to motherhood.
- This Day in DCist: A look at D.C.’s “alternative dining” scene.
Colleen Grablick