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So far, the D.C. mayoral race has turned into a referendum on the Bowser administration, especially as it relates to its stewardship of public schools during the pandemic and how it addresses…

District officials announced on Jan. 13 a new $1.5 million pilot program that will give 132 expectant and new mothers who live in Wards 5, 7 and 8 cash for living expenses.

D.C. lawmakers are taking steps to stay competitive in recruiting and retaining city workers, unanimously passing a bill to extend paid leave on its first reading.

If the prospect of another winter storm heading for the region Thursday has you down, the Smithsonian National Zoo’s prehensile-tailed porcupine couple, Beatrix and Quillbur, have a big announcement…

An Indigenous New Mexico woman has been named to lead the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.

The replacement of a bridge connecting pedestrians to several neighborhoods in Ward 7 is moving forward as the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) plans to hold a public meeting on the…

D.C.’s paid leave program offers two months of paid leave for new parents, two weeks for prenatal leave, six weeks for family caregiving, and six weeks for personal medical leave.

D.C. officials Wednesday announced they are resuming paid coronavirus leave for city workers — a measure that comes as cases have surged in the region, leaving employees who test positive few options…

The H Street Corridor once epitomized DC's development boom, but construction activity in the area has now largely moved east of the city's Starburst intersection.

Thousands of child care workers across D.C. could receive additional pay this year worth up to $14,000. This is part of a longstanding plan to gradually increase salaries among educators who care for…

The bill also includes a requirement to notify families of positive cases in classrooms.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a modest pay boost for substitute teachers on Tuesday, a gesture that some educators and community members quickly dismissed as not enough.

In his sermon of March 19, 1922, the Rev. J.B. Hunley of Hanover Avenue Christian Church in Richmond, reflected upon a series of “sad tragedies” that had recently bedeviled the region: a hotel that…

D.C.’s Black mortgage applicants are denied at almost three times the rate of white applicants.

A bill passed by the D.C. Council on Tuesday will require public schools to notify parents if a student in their child’s class has tested positive for COVID-19 within 24 hours.

Hundreds of people participated in a Peace Walk in Ward 8 with the family of Martin Luther King III on Jan. 17, the official holiday of his father, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to call on the…

D.C.-area Democrats on Capitol Hill hope again to remove the name of a segregationist from Chevy Chase Circle: Francis Newlands.

Harry Thomas Jr. has dropped out of the Ward 5 council race and will instead run for shadow representative for D.C. in the U.S. House of Representatives, he said Tuesday evening.

The first weekend of D.C.'s new vaccination requirement to enter bars, restaurants and other indoor businesses ended with only one business citywide reported for not enforcing the new rule.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Tuesday announced plans to open eight centers — one in each ward — for residents seeking coronavirus vaccinations and tests, as the regional death rate increases and…