2022

D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) recently announced an expanded surveillance program that includes targeted weekly testing for PK-3 and PK-4 students, extension of safe return protocols into April, the mailing of home test kits for close…

As the D.C. government inches closer to implementing paid COVID-19 leave for its employees, teachers union representatives continue to engage D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) officials in dialogue about how the rollout of that benefit would look…

Nurses in D.C. are demanding action to change their working conditions and improve safety for themselves and their patients. The District of Columbia Nurses Association (DCNA) joined registered nurses and members of National Nurses United…

So far, the D.C. mayoral race has turned into a referendum on the Bowser administration, especially as it relates to its stewardship of public schools during the pandemic and how it addresses District residents’ economic woes.

District officials announced on Jan. 13 a new $1.5 million pilot program that will give 132 expectant and new mothers who live in Wards 5, 7 and 8 cash for living expenses.

D.C. lawmakers are taking steps to stay competitive in recruiting and retaining city workers, unanimously passing a bill to extend paid leave on its first reading.

If the prospect of another winter storm heading for the region Thursday has you down, the Smithsonian National Zoo’s prehensile-tailed porcupine couple, Beatrix and Quillbur, have a big announcement to make that may warm your heart.

An Indigenous New Mexico woman has been named to lead the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.

The replacement of a bridge connecting pedestrians to several neighborhoods in Ward 7 is moving forward as the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) plans to hold a public meeting on the project.

D.C.’s paid leave program offers two months of paid leave for new parents, two weeks for prenatal leave, six weeks for family caregiving, and six weeks for personal medical leave.

D.C. officials Wednesday announced they are resuming paid coronavirus leave for city workers — a measure that comes as cases have surged in the region, leaving employees who test positive few options other than using their sick leave to…

The H Street Corridor once epitomized DC's development boom, but construction activity in the area has now largely moved east of the city's Starburst intersection.

Thousands of child care workers across D.C. could receive additional pay this year worth up to $14,000. This is part of a longstanding plan to gradually increase salaries among educators who care for infants and toddlers — and who…

The bill also includes a requirement to notify families of positive cases in classrooms.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a modest pay boost for substitute teachers on Tuesday, a gesture that some educators and community members quickly dismissed as not enough.

In his sermon of March 19, 1922, the Rev. J.B. Hunley of Hanover Avenue Christian Church in Richmond, reflected upon a series of “sad tragedies” that had recently bedeviled the region: a hotel that burned, killing 12; an airship that…