2020

After hours-long waits at polls and problems with absentee ballots plagued the June primary, D.C.’s election officials were skating on thin ice. Faced with calls for their resignation, they could have played it safe and just reverted back…

Downtown D.C. businesses recorded a modest economic rebound this fall as some workers slowly started returning to the office, according to new research from the neighborhood’s Business Improvement District.

The District has given 428 restaurants, bars and retailers grant money to winterize their outdoor dining setups.

A policy change in D.C. will make it less burdensome for residents to travel or host guests from afar, a reversal in messaging even as Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has encouraged residents to spend Thanksgiving only with members of their…

It was always going to be a challenge for Manor Park’s La Coop Coffee to open a neighborhood shop in the middle of a pandemic.

Now, travelers from hotspots have to take a Covid test both before they come here and after they arrive.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has instituted a new travel advisory that requires people who visit D.C. to get a coronavirus test 72 hours before traveling to the city. The advisory also asks that people who have been in close contact with…

Trammell Crow Co. is now targeting a rare vacant lot in Shaw for a new mixed-use project.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a new coronavirus order Thursday as the region continues its fight against COVID-19: If you’re coming to the District, get tested.

With around 150,000 D.C. workers still unemployed nearly eight months after the pandemic began, the D.C. Council is considering legislation that would help many of those workers get their jobs back.

The District is expanding its hotel accommodations for individuals experiencing homelessness that might be at greater risk of contracting COVID-19, such as the elderly or those with prior medical conditions. The Department of Human…

Advocates were happy that Ward 8 residents decided on a Black Washingtonian instead. Robin McKinney won 50% of the vote.

A few months since the developer shared plans for this project with the community, Trammell Crow subsidiary High Street Residential is taking the first step toward redeveloping a prominent corner in Shaw.

Parents and officials shared their thoughts and questions during a town hall Wednesday following the announcement that D.C. will not reopen elementary schools next week as originally planned.

A day after a tense Election Day brought together thousands to D.C. for large protests, demonstrations restarted Wednesday as results continued to roll in.

Ballots are still being counted and some key battleground states are still up for grabs, but in the District, we know that DC's three electoral college votes will be going to former vice president Joe Biden. We're also learning more about…

Projected wins on the DC Council mean a gender and racial shift is coming to the council.

Hundreds of people gathered in Black Lives Matter Plaza for the second night in a row as the region and the rest of the country awaits the results of the presidential election.

Arlington, VA. (ABC7) — The son of a Washington, D.C. fallen firefighter is following in his dad's footsteps.

Happy Wednesday. The DC Council will have a majority of women and Black members come next year, cemented by the victory of Christina Henderson in the ginormous at-large race based on incomplete but seemingly definitive election results.