2021

On the first day of Black History Month, D.C. said it will be looking for the city’s first Chief Equity Officer for the newly created racial equity office.

The District of Columbia has followed through on its promise to acquire the small Northeast D.C. tract of land known as "Dave Thomas Circle"by any means necessary.

The D.C. Council is expected to vote on emergency legislation Tuesday that would grant city employees two weeks of paid bereavement leave following the death of a family member or a stillbirth.

Despite ongoing restaurant industry uncertainty, the Cheesecake Factory is moving ahead with plans for its latest D.C.-area restaurant, this one in downtown D.C.

District woman sees new path forward thanks to DC Central Kitchen's Culinary Job Training program.

In the pantheon of confusing and dangerous D.C. intersections, “Dave Thomas Circle” in Northeast certainly ranks high. But, perhaps, not for long.

A confusing intersection along New York Avenue in Northeast Washington will be redesigned to make it safer, city officials said.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday is expected to override mayoral vetoes of two bills that passed unanimously in December, disagreements that city leaders from both branches of government attribute to fundamentally different policy views.

The Four Seasons Washington D.C. and The Jefferson hotel in the District are both among top 10 hotels in the country for 2021, according to U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking.

D.C. is asking for a temporary order to prevent the Washington Teachers’ Union from engaging in a strike that would stop the reopening of some schools for in-person learning on Tuesday.

Modeled on a Cambridge ordinance that mandates protected bicycle infrastructure citywide, the District’s approach to taming traffic deaths is being closely watched.

Imagine if a country today took a plurality-Black population, stripped those citizens of any meaningful political power, and relegated them to the whims of a few privileged Whites who ruled in comfort and majesty.

The District's public school system plans to bring back in-person learning on Tuesday, after wintry weather led to a one-day delay of its plan — meaning that students had a slate of virtual classes rather than a traditional snow day.

On Jan. 30, with a snowstorm bearing down on Washington, Carla Hayden, the librarian of Congress, tweeted a picture of a snowball fight at the U.S. Capitol. The 1923 photograph was a bittersweet glimpse into the archives, a reminder of a…

The District has asked a judge to stop the Washington Teachers’ Union from engaging in any talks about a potential strike as the city attempts to bring teachers and students back to school buildings Tuesday for the first time since March,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — That foreboding black fence erected around the U.S. Capitol building has had an unintentional side effect: walling off the local government’s ability to enact new laws.

Metro says it will auction or donate most items left on its trains and buses rather than try to track down the owners.

The new security fencing around the U.S. Capitol led to an unusual scene last week — a city employee and a staffer for Vice President Harris, meeting up in a hotel lobby to hand off boxes stuffed with legislative texts.