2020

The District has had years of economic growth that has produced budgets that saw surpluses, but with the coronavirus pandemic looming, city leaders say deep cuts in the upcoming budget are likely.

Norton Holds Virtual Town Hall

The participatory archive project aims to document life in DC during Covid-19.

A 27-year-old named Jessica wanted to find out whether the fever, shortness of breath and fatigue she had in mid-March were symptoms of COVID-19. Her urgent care clinic didn’t have coronavirus tests available, but she paid $290 Wednesday…

Buck, as his former colleagues and friends called him, was an "OG," an original gumshoe reporter.

A newly formed business group made an urgent plea to the D.C. Council on Thursday for tax abatements and other help for restaurants, retailers, hotels and entertainment venues devastated by the coronavirus-related shutdown.

The District’s only halfway house for men announced Thursday that it will close its prisoner reentry program amid criticism of its response to the coronavirus, raising questions about where D.C. residents returning from prison will be…

“It is just going to get worse and worse. It's just spreading so fast.”

As the live music booker at Comet Ping Pong, David Combs has spent many of his days lately rescheduling shows that were set to take place at the Chevy Chase pizzeria as concerns about the coronavirus pandemic shuttered most businesses.…

While officials are urging D.C. voters to cast mail-in ballots in the June 2 primary, there will be voting centers in all eight wards of the city. But, if you plan to vote in person on Election Day, you’ll need to wear a mask to cast your…

Some of D.C.’s largest and most powerful businesses are lobbying for a huge new tax relief program from District lawmakers, arguing that the changes are essential to save the region’s hospitality industry amid the coronavirus crisis.

Peter L. Wolff, a lawyer turned journalist who is credited with shedding light on important but often overlooked issues affecting D.C.’s local neighborhoods in his role as editor and publisher of the InTowner newspaper for more than 35…

Happy Emancipation Day. Elections can turn on how many voters actually cast ballots, and DC's pivot this year to encouraging residents to vote by mail rather than in person presents new challenges for candidates and election officials…

Amid the tremendous damage that the novel coronavirus has caused—to human life, to the economy, to relationships—there’s one thing that has inadvertently benefited from the global shutdown: air quality.

More than a quarter of the region’s food trucks have suspended operations amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey from the DMV Food Truck Association.

Expanded summer school. Extra days next year. Staggered start dates in the fall.

As cases of COVID-19 were rapidly increasing last month, the D.C. Department of Human Services notified housing providers that it was temporarily suspending the Coordinated Assessment and Housing Placement (CAHP) program, which is the…

Elizabeth, a Narcotics Anonymous member and resident of the D.C. metro area, can’t attend her usual meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her Sunday meetings now happen on Zoom. In the previous weeks, as the Centers for Disease Control…

Today, April 16, marks the date 158 years ago, when Washington, D.C., became the only American jurisdiction to end slavery by paying $1 million in ransom to slaveholders to free the 3,100 people enslaved in the nation’s capital.