2021

Restaurants, bars, nightclubs and other businesses in the District were dealt yet another challenge to overcome Wednesday, when D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said those owners and operators will be tasked with requiring proof of at least one…

The George Washington University on Wednesday announced that it’s planning to start the spring semester virtually, as the omicron variant has led to another spike in COVID-19 cases in the D.C. area.

The owners of Politics and Prose, arguably D.C.’s most prominent bookstore, announced in a statement on Wednesday that they’re open to voluntarily recognizing their employees’ union.

If you have an outstanding ticket in the District of Columbia, you have until next Friday to clear it without paying penalties. DC’s ticket-amnesty program was originally intended to end in September, but Mayor Muriel Bowser extended it to…

The D.C. Jail has seen a rapid surge in COVID-19 cases over the last week, going from one recorded case among detained residents last Wednesday to at least 117 just one week later. And at least 62 Department of Corrections staff are out…

A bus driver shortage is affecting dozens of Metrobus lines in the D.C. area again on Wednesday.

More than 20,000 residents left D.C. over the past year, according to the latest U.S. Census data. The District – and 17 states – are part of a historically large number of jurisdictions to lose population, according to the latest census…

Electric vehicle enthusiasts and public transit aficionados: there is good news as 2021 draws to a close. Metro is buying its first ten battery-electric buses, and plans to operate them on routes throughout the region next year.

The mandate takes effect next month. Hospitality employees still aren’t convinced they’re safe at work.

Ward 5 land parcels, anti-Semitism, and “borderline bullying behavior” were top of mind during the discussion.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday the District will begin requiring proof of at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccination to enter all restaurants, bars and nightclubs as well as indoor cultural and entertainment venues starting Jan.…

On Wednesday morning, residents across D.C. lined up early for the first day of rapid test distribution at D.C.’s public libraries. But many, it appears, arrived too early.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that indoor venues like restaurants, bars and gyms will be required to verify patrons 12 and older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

D.C. businesses like restaurants, bars, gyms, and music venues, and certain meeting spaces, will be required to ask patrons ages 12 and older for proof of vaccination to enter, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Wednesday announced that patrons age 12 and older at many indoor venues, including restaurants, will be required to show proof of coronavirus vaccination to enter under new rules she plans to unveil next…

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today that a variety of DC businesses — including restaurants, bars, and indoor cultural and entertainment venues — will soon have to require COVID-19 vaccination for patrons ages 12 and older.

Last year we had a pandemic. This year we had an insurrection. And a pandemic. Sigh.