December 2021

Reagan Thompson hopped out of a police SUV outside the Walmart on Riggs Road in Northeast D.C. to a greeting from Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and dozens of D.C. police.

More than three years after the DC Council passed a bill establishing a regulatory framework for short-term rentals in the city, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) has released the final rules for enforcement.

Expansion of “Safe Passage" program will help place more adults along student commutes.

The U.S. Marshals Service has so far transferred 200 people out of the D.C. Jail to a federal prison in Pennsylvania and other federal facilities as part of what they call an “ongoing draw down” from the jail because of concerns about…

D.C. officials said Friday that they want to be able to give away free rapid at-home COVID-19 tests, but there are procurement hurdles.

A new residential development is on the boards in DC near Union Market and the design is reminiscent of an iconic building in New York.

Kathleen Donahue, owner of Capitol Hill game and puzzle shop Labyrinth, is hoping to get some return on her huge investment of time this holiday season.

In story and stature, Cardozo-graduate baseball great Maury Wills has always been an underdog.

The government's pilot program to clear homeless encampments continues, as do calls from advocates and key DC Council members for at least a temporary halt.

The new recommendation to wear a mask inside comes two weeks after the mayor rescinded her indoor mask mandate.

A $60 million redesign plan for the Hirshhorn’s sculpture garden, years in the making, received final approval on Thursday, the Smithsonian announced in a press release. The National Capital Planning Commission voted in favor of Japanese…

There’s nothing funny about the controversy comedian and alum Dave Chappelle has stirred for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Georgetown. Chappelle’s recent queerphobic and transphobic remarks sparked a major backlash, including…

Earlier this month, complaints by White people incarcerated in the D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) for their involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection spurred an investigation by the U.S. Marshals Service into the conditions at the D.C.…

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine wants to take a swing at housing policy.

D.C. Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt issued a stern recommendation Thursday that people wear face masks indoors in public settings regardless of their vaccination status, as scientists race to understand what the Omicron variant of the…

As Karl Racine's tenure as DC Attorney General winds down, his office is taking a more proactive approach with affordable housing and zoning.

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Dec. 18 will mark the 12th anniversary of the District of Columbia’s legal recognition of same-sex marriages, and D.C.’s City-State Brewing Co. plans a day of free wedding ceremonies at its taproom to recognize the date.

The District issued new mask guidance Thursday but did not reinstitute a mandate on face coverings that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recently rescinded.