2020

D.C. consulting firm Data Society set out to help people find the groceries they need in real time — yes, even toilet paper — and it has teamed up with District-based public safety app OurStreets to try to make it happen.

A new report by the DC Policy Center suggests there may only be one way to reach DC's affordable housing production targets.

Small businesses, non-profits, and independent contractors have a little more time to apply for relief through the District’s Small Business Recovery Microgrant Program. Applicants now have until 12 p.m. April 1 to submit materials.…

Postponing this summer’s big Capital Pride festivities in the District isn’t just a huge disappointment to the hundreds of thousands of people it draws, it is a significant blow to D.C.’s economy, especially if it isn’t rescheduled.

The Metro Board is set to approve its final budget for fiscal year 2021 on Thursday, following an extensive public comment period and no shortage of controversy.

The Metro board is scheduled to vote Thursday on a budget for the coming fiscal year that backs off significant cuts in bus service that had been proposed, but is also less ambitious in some aspects as the agency attempts to plot a course…

Six inmates have tested positive in less than a week.

Less than a week after being awarded a $25 million grant as part of the federal government’s $2.2 trillion stimulus package, the Kennedy Center is bracing for more layoffs. On Tuesday, the arts center announced that it will furlough 250…

When the District of Columbia’s city councilors handed 36-year-old Mayor Adrian Fenty control of the city’s public schools in 2007, they were hoping for salvation. Or maybe just absolution.

Eight-year-old Washingtonian Akira Inoue’s favorite thing about playing baseball is getting to stand on the pitcher’s mound. Inoue plays in the Senators Satchel Paige Little League‘s “Rookie” division, which uses a pitching machine and…

Restaurants across the country have shifted to takeout or delivery only, limited their operating hours, and cut workers’ pay — among other things — to slow the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. But at the same time, many are…

As the coronavirus outbreak took hold of the D.C. area two weeks ago, a group of local activists immediately leaped into action, creating a mutual aid network ward-by-ward to help vulnerable neighbors get access to food, supplies, and…

Perhaps the best use of a listserv yet.

Good Tuesday afternoon. Mayor Muriel Bowser's stay-at-home order goes into effect tonight as the clock strikes midnight. It remains in effect through April 24, though Bowser noted today that it's likely the city will need to extend the…

Commercial real estate owners, including the president, are likely to receive tax benefits from stimulus package as sales stagnate

A judge has ruled in favor of MidCity in one of the two lawsuits over its planned 1,700-unit redevelopment of Northeast D.C.'s Brookland Manor community.

Rent is due Wednesday for thousands of tenants across the District, even as many businesses have shuttered due to the novel coronavirus. More than 36,000 people have already filed for unemployment in D.C., with similar surges in Maryland…