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Amid stalled negotiations between teachers and D.C. Public Schools about how to return students to in-person learning, the local teachers’ union urged educators to call out sick Monday and take a mental health day.

D.C. businesses don’t have any reason to fear violence or disruptive protests in the aftermath of the election, officials say. But that has not stopped owners and landlords from preparing for the worst.

The BOP and US Marshals are preparing to send crowd-control officers to the nation’s capital, much as they did for the George Floyd protests, this time for election demonstrations.

As D.C. gears up for an Election Day that could spark civil unrest, local businesses are assessing how and whether to prepare.

As Alexis Brown, 22, drove from Albany, N.Y. to the District on Friday to mourn her half-brother Karon Hylton-Brown, she said she struggled to recall scenes of their shared childhood in Northwest. Instead, her mind flashed to police camera…

On Sunday evening, Phil Portlock sat across from his computer in his Northeast Washington home, fired up Zoom and once again tried to save democracy from those who would destroy it.

The Washington National Cathedral knows that many locals are going to be praying on Election Day. So, for the first time since the pandemic began, the Cathedral is re-opening the nave for an all-day prayer vigil.

D.C. Public Schools on Monday announced it was cancelling plans to return to in-person learning next week, amid mounting pushback from the teachers and principals unions and advocates.

With so much uncertainty about election results, local news organizations emphasize patience.

More than two years since DC designated 25 Opportunity Zones (OZs), the city is implementing its own layer of tax incentive regulations.

In a reversal, D.C. Public Schools will not reopen elementary school classrooms for most students next week as planned, citing the need to readjust staffing plans after strong pushback from teachers.

D.C. Public Schools will not reopen elementary school buildings next week, delaying plans to bring some students back to physical classrooms after fierce pushback from teachers, parents and school principals.

Six months after pivoting from office to residential, ZMA Development is aiming to go slightly smaller at Potomac Yard.

The District school system announced Monday that it was canceling plans to bring some elementary students back to classrooms on Nov. 9. The announcement came after negotiations with the teachers union failed this weekend to resolve…

D.C.’s executive order calling for anyone traveling to the District for nonessential activities from places deemed Covid-19 hot spots to self-quarantine has been updated with a new list of 42 states it considers high-risk.

Forty-two states are now on D.C.’s updated list of high-risk states where anyone from them who is coming to D.C. for non-essential activities will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days.

Chelita, specializing in cebiche and smoky grilled skewers, will open in early 2021. Amazonia and Causa will follow.

Lidel Smith is 82, and he’s never missed an election since he was eligible to vote. He says his grandfather, who couldn’t vote, drilled the importance of casting a ballot into him.

Black voters are being flooded with targeted disinformation and racialized messages attempting to suppress the vote in the final days of the election, researchers from D.C.’s Howard University said.

Federal prosecutors in D.C. have opened a sweeping audit into the handling of ballistics evidence by the District’s forensic lab after the discovery of a botched analysis that falsely linked two killings — a review that could throw into…