2022

On Tuesday, Jan. 25, longstanding concerns about insufficient COVID-19 mitigation in D.C. schools resulted in scores of disgruntled students to either stay home or leave their respective school grounds during lunch hour.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the launch of a direct cash assistance program for new and expectant parents in wards 5, 7 and 8 on Jan. 13.

In an effort to better prepare incoming nurses for the medical field that awaits them during this unprecedented time, the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) will attempt to transform how nursing students are taught to treat…

Small business owners in D.C. who are struggling to stay afloat amid the staffing shortage created by the omicron variant and the “great resignation” are getting a boost through grant funding.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an executive order Wednesday extending the limited public health emergency in the District until Feb. 15 and the indoor mask mandate until the end of February.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser will extend the District’s indoor mask requirement until the end of February, she announced Wednesday, rather than allowing the mandate to expire at the end of the month.

D.C.’s newest queer cafe and lounge, As You Are Bar, is one step closer to opening. Its owners on Tuesday reached an agreement with its Barracks Row neighbors over noise and safety concerns.

At lunchtime, 17-year-old Jabari Paul steers clear of the cafeteria at his D.C. high school.

By the end of this year, D.C. should have its first live theater dedicated to watching and playing professional video games, or esports.

The weeklong assessment was postponed due to the pandemic and now comes after a year marred with scandal for DCHA.

D.C. Health will open a new COVID Center in Northwest’s Ward 4 on Thursday, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday.

The doors and boiler at D.C.’s Anacostia High School have been “miraculously” fixed after several teachers left their classrooms in protest last Friday.

Monumental Sports & Entertainment plans to open a live-event theater next to Capital One Arena to be focused on esports, including Wizards District Gaming, Caps Gaming and others it owns or has a financial stake in.

Ketanji Brown Jackson is said to be a contender to replace Justice Stephen Breyer.

Under normal circumstances, a contract to upgrade D.C.’s 75,000 streetlights to highly efficient LEDs may not get much attention. But a $309 million proposal Mayor Muriel Bowser has presented to the D.C. Council to do just that is drawing…

DOEE currently has one person conducting mold inspections of homes throughout the entire District.

Federal and D.C. public defenders are calling on District officials to expand the review of past convictions involving fingerprints and firearms evidence following a series of highly publicized failures at the Department of Forensic…

In 2019, Metro and other regional transit agencies agreed to participate in the Bus Transformation Project, a sweeping plan to make using buses more efficient and better for riders. Among the ideas: more frequent service, better…