2020

AFSCME Local 1959 president Corey Upchurch, who represents about 900 bus drivers and attendants in D.C., has spent weeks in a holding pattern, watching as local plans for school reopening shift.

In its ongoing efforts toward transparency, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) is giving the public an easy way to check up on housing violations.

Matchbox Food Group, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August, has emerged from reorganization under new ownership and with plans to open new locations.

After D.C. Police logged more than $40 million in overtime in recent months to staff protests and civil unrest, the D.C. Council passed emergency legislation Tuesday to get a better handle on the costs.

Happy Tuesday. DC Council members want the city's Metropolitan Police Department to regularly disclose its overtime costs after learning only after the fact about the $43 million bill following recent demonstrations.

"I’m taking it not just for myself. It’s for others," Councilmember Mary Cheh said. "This is something we have to do collectively to defeat this thing."

When Christina Henderson managed to win an at-large seat on the D.C. Council earlier this month, business groups and progressive advocates both rushed to claim victory.

Renters in D.C. can now see whether landlords at prospective properties have outstanding or unaddressed housing violations.

As colder weather approaches and D.C.’s coronavirus cases increase, some of Petworth’s favorite restaurants are preparing for whatever the winter weather holds.

D.C. business owners are eyeing the possibility of another lockdown as COVID-19 cases surge across the country. But they don’t know if their businesses can sustain another closure.

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March, restaurants have had to adapt to the growing set of health and safety guidelines designed to protect workers and patrons against the virus. In Washington, restaurants that fail to meet…

Business owners and entrepreneurs emphasized the importance of technological literacy and brand collaboration during the DMV Black Restaurant Week virtual conference.

The D.C. Council wants to “future-proof” new commercial and apartment buildings in the District for an electric vehicles.

The Kimpton Banneker Hotel will open its doors near Dupont Circle in early 2021 after a $20 million renovation of the former Kimpton Rouge Hotel.

A local ANC’s racism task force has proposed wide-ranging housing and education reforms. The recommendations range drastically in scope — and controversy.

The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to have police regularly disclose their overtime costs, the latest example of lawmakers asserting more authority over law enforcement after months of protests against police misconduct and in support of…

Douglas Development Corp. hopes to redevelop the Cotton Annex in Southwest D.C. as apartments, more than three years after casting the winning $30.3 million bid for the historic property at 300 12th St. SW at a government auction.

In March 2018, around 300 D.C. activists, urbanists, affordable housing advocates, developers and concerned citizens crowded into a Wilson Building hearing room to testify on a document that many residents have never even heard of: D.C.’s…