2019

Douglas Jemal this week became the latest D.C. real estate leader inducted into the Washington Business Hall of Fame.

The Trump administration has tightened work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — formerly known as food stamps — which will affect how 688,000 poor and low-income people across the country purchase food.…

For the first time in the 45-year history of local self-governance, 12 members of the city’s unicameral legislature unanimously voted to expel their remaining, and absent, colleague.

After more than 20 years behind bars, Joel Caston could be months away from freedom. But at the D.C. Jail, where he’s being housed as he awaits final hearings on his request for early release, Caston said he’s already getting a glimpse of…

Since the summer, the story of the primary race in Ward 4 seemed to emerge with clarity: incumbent Brandon Todd, a protégé and close ally of Mayor Muriel Bowser, fending off a challenge from Janeese Lewis George, a former D.C. assistant…

For many white-collar office jockeys in the District, WeWork has been a blessing.

At least some part of the Barry Farm public housing complex will officially be designated a historic landmark. Now the key question is: how much?

The drama in the swamp is thick right now — investigations, hearings, expulsion, corruption, ethics violations — a new twist every day for a nicotine-stain blond, pro-business white man usually seen wearing a red tie.

Benning Market, the first multi-vendor market east of the Anacostia River, will move forward this month. Neighborhood Development Company plans to break ground on the Union Market-style project next Tuesday; the market is expected to be…

Local music fans who heard Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town” on Dec. 5, 1975, in a concert at Georgetown University’s McDonough Arena were part of history, but probably didn’t realize it at the…

Protesters plan to take to the District’s streets Friday morning, blocking roads around the World Bank headquarters and possibly disrupting the commute.

A strip of historic retail properties in D.C.'s bustling Chinatown neighborhood have been tapped for redevelopment.

In what has otherwise been a bad week, embattled Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans got some good news today: organizers of an effort to recall him from office over instances of ethical misconduct did not obtain the necessary number of…

D.C. election officials on Thursday halted an effort to recall embattled D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), finding that petitioners did not submit enough valid signatures to force a recall election.

A report released this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that an estimated 36.5 percent of D.C. residents who could benefit from the HIV prevention drug known as PrEP have obtained a prescription for taking…

Georgetown’s annual winter light show GLOW returns Dec. 6 through Jan. 5, with 11 commissioned works throughout Georgetown illuminated each night from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton December 5, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr requesting answers on…

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of For-Hire Vehicles December 5, 2019 CONTACT: Susana Castillo (EOM) Neville Waters (DFHV) Top Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles Operators Can Get Priority…

Good Thursday morning. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has made public what he has privately told Jack Evans for months: to resign.