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During this month’s Madison County Judiciary Committee meeting, several department heads reported experiencing difficulties in staffing due to positive Covid-19 cases, exposures and quarantines. While department heads reported staffing concerns, they said they have been fortunate to work remotely during quarantines. Additionally, mitigation efforts have paid off at the detention home as only one minor has tested positive for Covid-19. In her first Judiciary Committee meeting as Public Defender on Dec. 8, Mary Copeland reported that some staff members have had to quarantine, but they have be...

The D.C. area's wealth and stability have allowed its malls to weather the coronavirus pandemic better than many of their national counterparts. But several malls in the area have already been foreclosed on, and more pain is on the way, proving there is no safe harbor from this storm. Department store anchors have closed in several malls throughout the D.C suburbs, and these vacancies are spurring a new wave of mall redevelopment projects in the region. The scale of the area's redevelopments shows that the future for malls, even the best-performing ones, is poised to come with massive chang...