2020

Brooke Pinto, the 28-year-old lawyer who won the Democratic primary two weeks ago for the Ward 2 seat on the D.C. Council, led the field Tuesday night in the special election to fill the seat for the remainder of this year.

On Friday, like a lot of people, Amber Gruner went to get a COVID-19 test at the free, walk-up, no appointment needed testing site at Judiciary Square.

Happy Tuesday. This morning's save-the-date announcement from Steny Hoyer garnered local and national headlines for DC statehood.

The D.C. Chamber of Commerce is parting ways with President and CEO Vincent Orange.

More than 400 samples collected at coronavirus testing sites in the District cannot be processed because they were exposed to heat, city officials said Tuesday.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser made international headlines and inspired numerous copycats when she granted permission for a giant “Black Lives Matter” mural in front of the White House.

Nearly three-quarters of people stopped by D.C. police during a recent five-month period were African American, despite the fact that black people make up less than half of the city’s population, according to an analysis of police data by…

Juneteenth is not new. Black people in the U.S. have been observing the holiday, which celebrates the end of slavery, since the 19th century. But this year, there is renewed energy around the date because it arrives as activists and…

Marje Hines spent last year’s D.C. summer youth employment program working as a summer camp counselor. She’d read books with rambunctious youngsters or take them outside to doodle with chalk and play basketball.

When the D.C. Superior Court fully reopens for trials once the coronavirus crisis has subsided, the court will have a broader pool of jurors to call on than in the past, thanks to new changes to its jury policies.

The House is expected to vote next week on a measure that would make Washington, D.C. a state, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced on Tuesday. The measure, dubbed H.R. 51 — to denote that D.C. would be the fifty-first state — is…

(CNN) — The House of Representatives will vote on a District of Columbia statehood bill on June 26, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced Tuesday.

The House has scheduled a vote next week on a bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, marking the first time since 1993 that Congress will have voted on the issue.

House Democrats plan to bring the issue to floor on June 26

“This is not just an issue of local governance and fairness, it is a major civil rights issue as well,” says Steny Hoyer.

For the second time in two weeks, the D.C. Board of Elections attempted to hold an election almost entirely by mail — and on Tuesday, at least in the initial hours of the day, it seems to have worked.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats controlling the House have slated a vote next week to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, an issue that they say has become far more important in the aftermath of protests for racial justice in both…

Statehood has long been a goal of D.C. leaders, and a bill to make the District the 51st state will arrive on the House floor next week.

American University students will have the option of taking classes in-person or online for the upcoming fall semester, the school said Tuesday, joining George Washington University as one of the first universities in the D.C. area to…

Matchbox Food Group, owner of Matchbox restaurants, will pay $142,551 in unpaid wages to more than 100 restaurant workers who allegedly made less than minimum wage during some pay periods between 2016 and 2018, D.C. Attorney General Karl…