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It may have been tough to enjoy it, gulping air through a mask while avoiding other humans, but D.C. had the lowest smog levels in many decades this summer.

Restrictions due to the pandemic and weather helped lower pollution levels this year.

The Council chairman agreed to edit his report and postpone a resolution to change the name of Woodrow Wilson High School.

D.C. is launching a new $3 million Small Business Resiliency Fund that will offer small District businesses $10,000 in emergency operational funds.

As traffic eased during the spring and summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, Washingtonians enjoyed the cleanest air in decades.

Imagine a vault for your vote. That’s what D.C.’s mail-in ballot drop boxes are.

There are some museum exhibits that should probably not be mounted outside. I’d worry if the National Gallery of Art moved its Leonardo da Vinci painting to the sidewalk or the National Archives unrolled the Declaration of Independence on…

D.C. just recorded the highest number of daily coronavirus cases in more than four months.

Nine congressional Democrats from the D.C. region denounced the White House’s handling of its coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday.

The D.C. Council unanimously approved a measure that requires landlords to provide photographic evidence that tenants have been given notice of eviction cases against them. The measure was a new amendment added to emergency renter…

A few weeks into the covid-19 pandemic, the Gaudenzia residential drug treatment facility in the District took a hit: 13 patients and 11 employees tested positive for the virus.

Do: carve pumpkins with people in your household. Don’t: bob for apples.

A program that houses long-term incarcerated individuals together with younger ones offers an alternative model of incarceration centered on education, personal growth, and transformation, and has helped foster an unprecedented “culture…

Although a few projects remain up in the air (both literally and figuratively) for NoMa's residential pipeline, several developments are now well on their way to completion.

American University President Sylvia Burwell plans to cancel classes on Election Day, citing “civic engagement and the pursuit of American democratic ideals” as being part of the D.C. university’s foundational principles.

U Street Music Hall announced its permanent closure on Monday, seven months after the subterranean club known for its sound system and DJ sets had to close its doors because of the Covid-19 crisis.

Though not unexpected, one of the more painful consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic is that many restaurants and bars have permanently shut down their operations.

When Kojo Nnamdi moved to Washington, D.C. in 1969, he found a city buzzing with political energy and shaped by Black culture.

University of the District of Columbia President Ronald Mason is once again the highest-paid person on the District payroll.