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Mayor Muriel Bowser has extended the District's indoor mask mandate through Feb. 28, in part to coincide with cold winter temperatures likely to facilitate the spread of COVID-19 by keeping people inside.

Dozens of DC high school students walked out of class yesterday — most notably at Benjamin Banneker High School — to protest COVID-19 protocols they say are unsafe.

Substitute teachers in DC are pushing for better working conditions and a pay raise, with some calling the city's announcement last week of a $1.80 per hour wage increase an insult.

Mayor Muriel Bowser today celebrated the opening of the brand-new 801 East Men's Shelter on the St. Elizabeths campus in Ward 8 — a milestone in the District's efforts to overhaul services for individuals experiencing homelessness.

The Senate is gearing up to address the "vacancy crisis" highlighted by the DC Courts and local officials as hampering the interests of public safety and justice.

DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is vowing to defeat a bill introduced this week by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and five Republican colleagues that would repeal the District's COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

The pace of new COVID-19 cases continues to drop in the District by various measures, although community transmission remains high and the climbing death rate is approaching the numbers seen one year ago.

With the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. using Monday's holiday honoring the civil rights leader to highlight the importance of voting rights, DC officials echoed their calls and highlighted the lack of DC autonomy as a similar…

Charting the course of the COVID-19 pandemic has proved challenging, but experts are saying that DC's current wave of infections may have peaked — and that the region may be close to doing so as well.

With DC's new vaccination requirements set to take effect Saturday morning, a coalition of congressional Republicans is calling on Mayor Muriel Bowser to reverse course — with one grabbing attention and criticism for comparing the vaccine…

Mayor Muriel Bowser has declared a limited public health emergency through Jan. 26 in response to a request from area hospitals overwhelmed with the spread of the omicron variant amid staff limitations.

Long-standing complaints about unreliable mail service have grown louder in recent days, with some residents saying they're still awaiting their first delivery of 2022.

With COVID-19 case rates in the District still among the highest seen here throughout the pandemic, the DC government is adding new rapid antigen test pickup sites at six senior wellness centers.

DC officials note that just 5.2% of people with COVID-19 are ending up in the hospital, one of the only improving metrics right now on DC Health's summary dashboard that compares today's numbers to those a month ago.

DC Public Schools students are back in class after a winter break that was extended by three days to facilitate a test-to-return campaign aimed at minimizing the risk of COVID-19 spreading in the schools.

Slick, icy conditions this morning led to a further delay in the distribution of COVID-19 test kits at DC Public Schools, with technical glitches already prompting skepticism about the implementation of the school system's test-to-return…

DC's first substantial snowfall since 2019 left behind picturesque scenes, but slick, icy conditions are leading to early complaints about the city's performance in clearing the streets.

A snow emergency is in effect in DC until 7 a.m. Tuesday, meaning motorists are not allowed to park on designated routes. Originally set to expire at 7 p.m. Monday, it was extended to give crews more time to clear major roadways of snow.

The District ended fiscal year 2021 with $576 million in revenue beyond the initial estimates used in drafting the budget.

A key aim of the reforms to the District's child welfare system undertaken over the past three decades was preventing future deaths by setting up a system to review the circumstances surrounding all child fatalities in the District. But…