Thread by @pkcapitol, Local reporting is more important than ever, so here's 4 great pieces [...]

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Local reporting is more important than ever, so here's 4 great pieces from WaPo on that front over last 48 hours:
This @McCartneyWP looks at how, finally, testing capacity is coming to DMV.
"We've made tremendous progress," DC health official says. 1/4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-region-will-have-enough-testing-and-tracing-capacity-by-july-to-contain-coronavirus-officials-say/2020/05/24/6f6e59d2-9c5e-11ea-ad09-8da7ec214672_story.html

D.C. region will have enough testing and tracing capacity by July to contain coronavirus, officials...

Equipment shortages are reported to ease; public cooperation is still necessary.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-region-will-have-enough-testing-and-tracing-capacity-by-july-to-contain-coronavirus-officials-say/2020/05/24/6f6e59d2-9c5e-11ea-ad09-8da7ec214672_story.html

This @JulieZauzmer piece looks at DC's Ward 4 primary through multiple lenses, as AOC-style challenger goes up against Bowser acolyte. In the CV19 era.
Ward 4 easily has highest infection rate in DC.
2/4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/05/23/ward-4-council-race-moderate-incumbent-faces-progressive-challenger/

In Ward 4 council race, a moderate incumbent faces a progressive challenger

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/05/23/ward-4-council-race-moderate-incumbent-faces-progressive-challenger/

And this @mikerosenwald @ianshapira looks at impact of closing pools in DC & surrounding region.
It's important to any region in summers.
I wish they could use a Jersey Shore beach-tag system that opened pools, but limited numbers each day.
3/4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/community-pools-are-a-summer-staple-now-covid-19-threatens-to-keep-them-shut/2020/05/22/8083aaca-9c62-11ea-ac72-3841fcc9b35f_story.html

Community pools are a summer staple. Now covid-19 threatens to keep them shut.

Families in the Washington region are asking themselves: Can it really be summer if there is no place to swim?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/community-pools-are-a-summer-staple-now-covid-19-threatens-to-keep-them-shut/2020/05/22/8083aaca-9c62-11ea-ac72-3841fcc9b35f_story.html

Finally, technically not local, but @JoeHeim finds Jersey has better grip on beaches than others in Mid-Atlantic.
Stick around for kicker about @springsteen fortune teller's granddaughter working Asbury Park's boardwalk.
"A new normal," she hopes.
4/4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/23/coronavirus-new-jersey-beach-memorial-day/?arc404=true

As New Jersey opens its beaches for Memorial Day, the pandemic summer mantra is ‘safety first’

Asbury Park, N.J. faces Memorial Day weekend with caution in the state with the second-worst outbreak in America.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/23/coronavirus-new-jersey-beach-memorial-day/?arc404=true

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