2020

It would be in the best interests of D.C. residents and businesses for the D.C. Council to approve the amended Comprehensive Plan — and soon.

For the past nine months, D.C. Public Schools and the Washington Teachers’ Union have been locked in an unseemly war over how to reopen our school buildings. This difficult time could have been a rare chance to unify disparate voices and…

"It reminded me of the places I would go when I first started playing jazz in high school: the old-school, folksy type of neighborhood place,” says saxophonist Paul Carr.

Happy Thursday. DC Attorney General Karl Racine is leading legal opposition to a dubious Texas lawsuit that seeks to overturn the presidential race results in four swing states.

Despite the objection of two board members, Metro leaders moved a step closer Thursday to adopting a plan that severely cuts transit service — a patch for a half-billion dollar deficit as time is expiring for Congress to bail out transit…

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the season for holiday gatherings, both official and informal. But it’s also still very much pandemic season, and COVID-19 infection numbers are setting records in the nation’s capital.

Mayor Bowser nominates a political ally as the board of commissioners looks to gain three new members.

The D.C. Council next week will consider granting Mayor Muriel Bowser authority to extend D.C.’s public health emergency through March of next year.

Metro’s board is putting its drastic budget and service cuts plan out to for public comment January 16 through February 9.

As the Washington region prepares for initial distribution of a coronavirus vaccine, federal officials are sticking with their decision to allocate doses based on a jurisdiction’s population instead of its workforce — a choice that has…

The hotel is a hotel again. City life moved on.

D.C. comedy club Drafthouse Comedy in the downtown area has closed permanently due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

D.C. will distribute its initial allotment of coronavirus vaccine doses to six hospitals throughout the city. That first shipment of 6,825 doses will come from Pfizer, pending federal approval which could come in the next few days.

A coalition of more than 60 advocacy groups and 200 residents are calling on District officials to add new conditions for businesses receiving coronavirus relief grants, backing requirements that recipients help the homeless and the…

Mask compliance in the city is good, but it's far from perfect.

More than 10,000 people have died from the coronavirus in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, a grim milestone that comes as case numbers are rising throughout the region.

D.C. Public Schools and its teachers’ union continue to negotiate over terms that could eventually bring more kids back into classrooms, a debate that’s happening in other school systems around the region and across the U.S.

The District unveiled its coronavirus vaccine plan Wednesday, outlining who will get the shot first and where distribution sites are.

Freedom Futures Collective is debuting a visual album this month titled We Keep Us Safe, a body of work featuring local intergenerational artists and activists who want to “reimagine public safety.”

According to D.C.’s first mask audit, nearly three quarters of those required to wear a mask did so properly.