2020

Tedi, the horse, was upset. He was a 10-year veteran of the U.S. Park Police mounted unit. He had spent a decade of hot summer days on the Mall, cold winters on the streets, and time in the shabby stables off Independence Avenue.

The average number of new daily coronavirus infections across the greater Washington region reached a 19-day high Thursday as local health officials sent an open letter urging people connected to a White House outbreak to get tested.

This year marked a decade since the Capital Bikeshare program first offered its services as a convenient and affordable means of transportation for biking enthusiasts, urban professionals and others eager to avoid expensive parking tickets…

COVID-19 Forces City Leaders to Ponder Cuts, Tax Hikes

The upcoming election counts among one of the most consequential in recent history for many reasons but perhaps none more important than it being the first time that District residents currently incarcerated in the Federal Bureau of…

The D.C. Council voted unanimously Sept. 22 to place a one-year moratorium on applications for certificates of assurance, signaling a desire to re-examine the issue of rent control in the District.

The D.C. Council on Oct. 6 voted unanimously in a second and final vote to approve legislation to provide nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ seniors and seniors with HIV who reside in long-term care facilities in the District.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an extraordinary step, the Washington, D.C., Department of Health has released an open letter appealing to all White House staff and anyone who attended a Sept. 26 event in the Rose Garden to seek medical advice and…

Melissa Lavasani took “microdoses” of illegal psychedelic mushrooms to recover from postpartum depression in 2018. After her condition improved, she wanted others to have access to the treatment, working for months to get a ballot…

Not many universities can boast that they developed their own Covid-19 test or are regularly screening thousands of on-campus staff and students, but George Washington University says it is doing both.

Soupergirl owner Sara Polon has secured $2 million in her first external raise, 12 years after starting her vegan soup company and about six months after setting out to raise this capital — all while shifting the business model and pushing…

Parents and teachers are demanding D.C. Public Schools reinstate the longtime principal of a highly regarded magnet school, after school system officials announced the principal’s sudden departure earlier this week.

Despite Covid-19 crippling the hospitality industry, hotel projects that were already under construction during the pandemic continue to deliver. Next up to bat in D.C. is the newly-dubbed Hotel Zena.

D.C.’s top zoning officials say they are stuck waiting until lawmakers finalize updates to the Comprehensive Plan to advance a variety of big projects, joining a chorus of others urging immediate action on the issue.

Hotel Zena, the new hotel managed by West Hollywood, California-based Viceroy Hotels & Resorts in D.C.’s Logan Circle, isn’t just a boutique hotel. It aims to serve as a cultural hub celebrating female empowerment though provocative…

A nonprofit organization broke ground Thursday for a new, state-of-the-art horse stable for U.S. Park Police mounted patrols and an education center on the National Mall.

Metro’s Board of Directors is beginning to formulate its budget for July 2021 through June 2022, and so far it is filled with uncertainties and question marks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. How soon will schools return? Will workers be…

Plans for a new men’s halfway house in D.C. could once again be stalled due to neighborhood opposition.

Health officials across nearly the entire D.C. area are calling on people who work at the White House or anyone who attended the recent Supreme Court nomination announcement in the Rose Garden to contact their local health departments and…

As D.C. leaders and residents continue to push hard for statehood, politicians on Capitol Hill are pushing back.