2021

"You know Washington. Now experience D.C.”

Across D.C., Maryland and Virginia, more than 70% of adults are now partially or fully vaccinated against the coronavirus — meeting an ambitious goal set by the White House to have that percentage of American adults partially vaccinated by…

The design for a large new recreation center in Anacostia is coming into focus.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) 2022 proposed budget slowly but steadily advances the largest transportation equity project in D.C. in nearly 30 years: the extension of the streetcar to the Benning Road Metro Station in Ward 7.

After years of stalled plans to raze and redevelop the Park Morton public housing complex in Park View, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration is offering an alternative: rehabilitate the existing buildings instead.

Plenty of DC residents know someone who works on Capitol Hill — and in the context of Congress, the “on” isn’t in doubt. But when that person walks east to the nearby neighborhood of colorful rowhouses for a drink after work… are they…

The Duke Sanford World Food Policy Center recently surveyed more than 240 organizations that deal with food-insecure people, finding that a majority of organizations shifted priorities over the last year. Rather than focusing solely on…

Athletes who rely on the fields around the National Mall for recreation can rejoice — the National Park Service has opened its reservation system for 24 athletic fields around the Mall. Field times from July 8 through Jul 23 are available,…

They just conceal what is really a partisan fight.

In 2018, the DC Council overturned a ballot initiative that would have ended the District's tipped minimum wage, a measure that 55% of voters had approved. There is now an effort to revive the contentious proposal, which would require…

Walk-in service will resume next month at D.C.’s Department of Motor Vehicles.

After a year of limited service by appointment only, the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles will return to its regular practice of “first come, first served” next month.

A former D.C. restaurant worker is reviving an effort to raise the city’s tipped minimum wage.

Two months to the day after the House of Representatives passed the bill that would make D.C. the 51st state, the legislation moved into a Senate committee for the second time in history.

On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held its first hearing on DC statehood in seven years. The hearing considered the Washington D.C. Admission Act (S.51), a bill introduced earlier this year by…

Wealthier, whiter neighborhoods tend to have more trees, and that’s not just a D.C. phenomenon. Nationwide, wealthy areas have 65% more tree canopy compared to lower-income neighborhoods, according to a new “tree equity” project created by…