2020

The World Bank staff has been roiled by the institution’s decision to furlough 263 contractual food service workers whose regular duties have been on hold since the coronavirus pandemic closed the D.C. headquarters in March.

Mayor Muriel Bowser gave the clearest answer yet about whether she’ll leave the District government for an appointment in the incoming Biden/Harris administration. During a renaming ceremony yesterday at One Judiciary Square—now called the…

Years ago, I purchased my first home, a condo in a brand new high-rise in Washington, D.C. The building was sold as a “luxury boutique” property with all of the best amenities, appliances and finishes. As I and my fellow owners moved in,…

A weeklong event looking to increase support and visibility for local Black-owned restaurants only features one business east of the Anacostia River, which has the city’s largest population of Black residents. And that restaurant, Busboys…

Until recently, Ashley lived with a roommate in a two-bedroom rowhouse near Capitol Hill for the better part of two years. Once the pandemic hit, Ashley (who asked that we share only her first name for privacy reasons) and her roommate…

Two days after Joe Biden was widely declared the winner of the presidential election, Pfizer Inc. reported good trial data on its coronavirus vaccine candidate — two pieces of news that Destination D.C. CEO Elliott Ferguson said gave him…

D.C.’s police chief says his goal is to keep a weekend of pro-Trump rallies and likely counterprotesters free from conflict and clashes, and he is calling on groups planning to come to the District to leave their guns at home.

The D.C. government is repurposing the Sherwood Recreation Center as a “seasonal hypothermia shelter” to house people experiencing homelessness and protect them from injuries due to cold weather. The move is alarming local ANC…

With many classrooms and dormitories lightly used or even empty during this strange, pandemic-shadowed fall term, pressure is mounting for colleges and universities to bring more students to campus in the next semester despite the recent…

Medium Rare has delivered thousands of meals to Washingtonians throughout the pandemic.

Virginia and Maryland lawmakers are expected to press the administration of President-elect Joe Biden to revive the federal government's stalled search for a new FBI headquarters to replace the agency's deteriorating home in downtown D.C. …

D.C. Public Schools and the city’s teachers union have brokered a tentative deal laying out conditions for how schools will reopen, an accord that may temper a monthslong fight over how to safely bring students and educators back to…

The D.C. Housing Authority just picked a team of developers to tackle the redevelopment of the Greenleaf Gardens community in Southwest, advancing the overhaul of the public housing complex into a massive mixed-use project.

For the first time today, D.C.’s acute care bed capacity is more than 90% full, an amount considered ‘insufficient’ according to the city’s reopening metrics. The news follows several days of rising COVID-19 cases around the region.

D.C. officials are beginning negotiations for the redevelopment of one of the city’s prime public housing properties despite advocates’ fears that residents will be displaced.

A boutique hotel in Georgetown wants to convert one of its fifteen rooms into a restaurant.

Claimants in the District who use up their initial 26 weeks of unemployment checks are eligible for extensions under pandemic rules, officials say, but the city doesn’t inform them that they need to apply for that benefit to keep getting…

The District’s public school system reached a tentative deal Thursday evening with the Washington Teachers’ Union on how to reopen public school buildings during the pandemic, potentially settling a major dispute over whether in-person…

The second time's the charm for DCHA Director Tyrone Garrett, as he works to fix one of D.C.'s most run-down public housing complexes.