2020

On Tuesday, the D.C. government passed emergency legislation designed to help shepherd people through the significant economic and health challenges of the coronavirus outbreak. But one key part of the original bill was missing from the…

George Washington University has partnered with Sterling, Virginia-based JK Moving Services and Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Storage Squad to pack up dorms and store or ship student belongings after the campus was closed for the rest of…

Undocumented and informal economy workers were again left out of a D.C. Council coronavirus relief package.

The votes may have come from their living rooms, but on Tuesday the D.C. Council unanimously approved an emergency bill extending additional relief to residents and businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Three criminal-defense attorneys discuss the mayor's authority to enforce social distancing.

Musicians will take a pay cut but will now be paid while the Center is closed

The District will soon offer rent and mortgage relief for renters and businesses struggling with the coronavirus fallout, and issue up to $500 million in bonds to cope with the city’s own economic challenges during the pandemic.

A federal judge is hearing arguments Tuesday morning over whether to release prisoners from the D.C. jail or impose other safeguards to curb the spread of coronavirus after the number of infected inmates has quadrupled in a week from five…

Today, the DC Council unanimously voted to pass supplemental COVID response legislation that clarifies and expands the protections from an emergency bill passed three weeks ago.

Student performance in D.C. schools could tumble significantly if the coronavirus keeps students out of classrooms for the rest of the academic year.

"The delight that people have in seeing each other’s faces, looking at those tiny little pictures on the screen, it’s just really beautiful.”

A decade ago, D.C. became an early adopter of imposing a nickel tax on disposable bags in an effort to clean up the Anacostia River. Montgomery County, looking to reduce litter and raise money for water clean-up, did the same thing in…

Their organization, Feed the Fight, has so far delivered more than 6,000 meals from 20 local businesses.

A group of neighbors in Northwest D.C. has found a way to support local restaurants and health care workers fighting the coronavirus simultaneously.

Right now, the emphasis is on education. There have been zero arrests so far.