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The D.C. region is one of the wealthiest in the nation, with the second-highest median income of any metro area. Still, hundreds of thousands of residents don’t consistently have enough to eat, and the coronavirus pandemic is making the…

Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau wasn't invited to the "cool kids' table."

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Wednesday signed emergency policing legislation passed by the D.C. Council earlier this month amid mass demonstrations sparked by the killing of George Floyd during police custody in Minneapolis.

Since her swearing-in ceremony late last month, new D.C. lawmaker Brooke Pinto has jumped into important legislative meetings about the District government’s spending plan for next year. She now represents Ward 2 in the seat that 29-year…

Metro expects to bring rail service to 90% of pre-pandemic levels by Aug. 16, but if a new surge of Covid-19 cases should plunge the region into a second wave of shutdowns, the system would likely follow suit, Paul Wiedefeld, general…

Nurses who work at Medstar Washington Hospital Center are demanding new personal protective equipment, saying the hospital continues to provide disinfected masks to reuse.

As Metro service gets ready to ramp up next month, there are concerns about potential crowding in the rail system, as well as current crowding on buses.

As the rest of D.C. was shutting down amid rising cases of the coronavirus this spring, at least 14 homeless service providers and community organizations received support from the Paycheck Protection Program, a relief measure designed to…

Paulette Matthews, one of D.C.’s more than 20,000 residents who live in public housing, often testifies at the D.C. Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners meetings, and thus is the person many other residents turn to when they face…

A new 46,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market opened in D.C. Thursday with a Spike Mendelsohn restaurant located inside.

Washington's NFL team has settled on the "Washington Football Team" as its temporary name for the upcoming season while it continues the search for a permanent moniker.

The D.C. government is taking a look at who its public spaces are named after.

The D.C. Council on Thursday gave final approval to a $16.8 billion budget after resolving a dispute over repealing a new tax on advertising.

The group will provide recommendations on whether the city should rename, revise, or contextualize the spaces

The National Symphony Orchestra will return to the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Jan. 14 for what the arts center hopes will be the first regular-capacity performances of a revised 2021 season.

The Kennedy Center will resume hosting in-person, indoor concerts when D.C. enters its next phase of reopening. Concerts have been canceled since the coronavirus pandemic hit the Washington region in March.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has filed eight different lawsuits alleging that landlords, property managers and realtors discriminated against D.C. housing voucher holders.

D.C.’s NFL team will go by the “Washington Football Team” this season until it decides on a permanent new name, the team announced Thursday.

Alex Orfinger will return to the helm of the Washington Business Journal, serving as its publisher and market president, effective immediately.

In an update to its plans, Georgetown University announced Tuesday that it would offer tuition breaks for some undergraduate students who are starting classes again on Aug. 26.