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Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau has drafted emergency legislation to reinstate D.C.’s proof-of-vaccination requirement for some indoor venues, but the road ahead for it is unclear.

D.C. residents have a crowning interest in Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democratic majority maintaining control of the House of Representatives in the upcoming midterm elections. House…

The DC Department of Corrections agreed late Monday that it would submit to five unannounced inspections of Covid-prevention measures at the DC Jail over the next six months.

The University of the District of Columbia is one year into its $2 million memorial campaign honoring Edwin Bancroft Henderson, an alum and civil rights champion for Black participation in physical…

After 20 years leading DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Walter Smith will step down this year as executive director. Much of the center’s work has been done behind the scenes, and that makes…

Former New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez could soon notch a home run off the field in Washington. Once called a “druggie” and a “joke” by former president Donald Trump, A-Rod is reportedly a major…

The D.C. Department of Corrections on Monday agreed to implement a package of COVID-19 protections as part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought by prisoners at the D.C. Jail.

The D.C. Department of Corrections has agreed to five unannounced inspections of the D.C. Jail over the next six months to measure its compliance with coronavirus-related protocols. The inspections…

The Wharf-proximal pipeline continues to grow.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration uses the encrypted messaging app WhatsApp widely across the city government, nine current and former staffers or those within the mayor’s circle tell Axios. …

Several D.C. council members are criticizing the mayor's decision to drop the indoor vaccine and mask mandate in the coming days and weeks.

The end of D.C.’s mask and vaccine mandates means that some residents, particularly parents of children under the age of five, and those who are immunocompromised, are re-calculating risk as some…

Good news if you live in D.C., Maryland or Virginia: A trade group says there are fewer bridges here that are in bad shape when compared with other areas in the U.S.

In the late ‘90s, Theresa Silla, the executive director of the District’s Interagency Council on Homelessness, left her home in Ethiopia to study ecology and economics at Yale University.

A day after a rash of Apple iOS users reported they were unable to access D.C.’s official sports betting app ahead of — and throughout — the Super Bowl, a spokesperson said Monday that the service…

Mandate reversals spark quick backlash from residents to restaurant workers, with potential political impacts.

A sports bar called The Big Board on the H Street Corridor that’s garnered national attention for publicly flouting D.C.’s mask and vaccine requirements may have caught a break on Monday.

The burgundy SUV pulled into the food mart and gas station in Northeast Washington on a Saturday afternoon. Two masked people jumped out, pointed guns at the owner of a BMW parked at a pump and…

Although D.C. won’t have any federal voting representatives on the ballot in November, the outcome of the midterm elections could be consequential for city government, and not just in the pursuit of…

The District is lifting a requirement that businesses in the city check patrons for proof of vaccination against Covid-19, starting Tuesday.