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Forty-five years after it was founded in January 1976, members of D.C.’s Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city’s largest local LGBTQ political group, voted in a Zoom meeting on Feb. 8 to change…

D.C. began distributing COVID-19 vaccines to people experiencing homelessness in low-barrier shelters and Pandemic Emergency Program for Medically Vulnerable Individuals, or PEP-V, centers this…

The cost of hotels and similar facilities used to provide safe shelter to people experiencing homelessness since the start of the pandemic will be covered entirely by the Federal Emergency Management…

(CNN) — Members of the US Capitol Police plan to hold a vote of no confidence Thursday, more than a month after the January 6 riot at the Capitol that left dozens of officers injured and led to the…

“We’re going to address the problem even more so, because I don't want the chancellor to get the sense that because the majority voted to continue that he can sort of relax on the standard. No.”

D.C. social impact nonprofit Halcyon has tapped its first director of impact investing, and she’s no stranger to the work — or the organization.

The District could get roughly $2.2 billion in federal aid as part of the proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill working its way through Congress, an amount that includes hundreds of millions…

Avision Young has announced the completion of a major, largely interior renovation to the Franklin Square building in downtown D.C.

The Lunar New Year — a holiday that celebrates light from darkness, honors family ancestors and includes traditions that sweep away bad luck — begins Friday.

It appears that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) listened to those who registered their disapproval of the recommended path forward for the expansion of Union Station.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee — an outspoken critic of federal interference in state and local affairs — is leading an effort to block Washington, D.C., from allowing children as young as 11 years old to obtain…

Homicides in D.C. hit a 15-year high last year, and 2021 has brought more death. Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White recently called for the District to declare a state of emergency after three…

Members of the Washington Teachers' Union voted against a strike Tuesday a week after D.C. Public Schools students and teachers began returning to classrooms in larger numbers.

The Washington Teachers’ Union has voted against authorizing a strike, but in a letter to D.C. officials, members said they want a way to address emergency issues in a timely manner.

A former D.C. violence interrupter whose arrest made headlines last year is now cleared of the charges. A judge found there wasn’t enough evidence to charge Cotey Wynn with a 2017 killing in…

The Washington Teachers’ Union voted Tuesday against authorizing a strike, with the union’s lawyer informing a judge that the more than 4,000-member group has no plans to participate in a strike or…

WHEN D.C. ended last year with more homicides than there had been in 15 years, we criticized city officials for giving mere lip service to the epidemic of gun violence instead of treating it like the…

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, no one is going inside the Anacostia Community Museum. So why not take an exhibit that was supposed to be within that Smithsonian museum’s walls and move it…

There are about four months left in D.C.’s school year, and some senior football players are growing nervous.

The D.C. police department is launching a task force to take on the rise of carjackings. The District is one of a handful of cities across the U.S. experiencing a spike in the crime.