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Two sitting DC Council members are spotlighting new endorsements from high-profile politicians as they seek to mobilize support in the hotly contested at-large DC Council race.

Amid continuing concern about food deserts on DC's eastern end, officials marked the opening of the first new full-service grocery to debut east of the Anacostia River in more than a decade.

The DC Council's transportation committee is pushing forward legislation to provide most DC residents with up to $100 a month to spend on public transit.

The Bowser administration broke ground this afternoon at Ward 8's Barry Farm on a 108-unit building for older adults — the first on-site building being constructed as part of plans in the works for more than a decade to redevelop the…

As of this morning, the District's three monkeypox clinics are offering only walk-up vaccination services, with no need for pre-registration for either the first or second dose.

Amid the arrival of the third fall since the start of the pandemic, DC Health is still struggling to get its COVID-19 wastewater surveillance program underway, DCist reports.

A split DC Council yesterday voted down proposed amendments to the mayor's emergency legislation to establish a migrant services office, leaving unresolved most of the concerns raised by advocacy groups that work with immigrants and with…

The DC Council is slated to vote later today on emergency legislation to create a new office within the Department of Human Services to provide assistance to migrants being sent to the District by charter bus from border states such as…

The DC Department of Human Services is expanding a newly launched program aimed at helping families transitioning from homelessness by providing time, job coaching and cash.

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is slated to consider sweeping legislation to expand DC home rule at a markup session on Tuesday.

With District officials having criticized the governors of Texas and Arizona for undertaking a political stunt by busing migrants to DC's Union Station, the choice of a different destination within the city has brought a new round of…

Last week, the DC auditor's office issued a follow-up report decrying "minimal progress" in implementing recommended reforms at the District's 911 call center. Now comes news of an 11-minute delay earlier this month in dispatching…

The District is investing $10 million in grants to help licensed child development operators open new centers or expand or improve existing facilities.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Council hosted a 9/11 remembrance ceremony on Sunday at the DC fire station that serves the Wilson Building.

News of the death of Queen Elizabeth II brought retrospectives on the British monarch's multiple visits to official and local Washington during her lengthy reign.

In response to calls for more local assistance for the migrants arriving by bus from Texas and Arizona, Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced the declaration of a public emergency and the creation of a new Office of Migrant Services to…

Hotel activity in DC has largely recovered from the downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer on local economic trends.

Eligible DC residents can get the new omicron booster starting Wednesday at the District's COVID Centers.

Six local nonprofits will split $150,000 in grants from the Office of the Attorney General to help migrants arriving at Union Station by bus from Texas and Arizona.

DC Public Schools kicked off the new school year Monday with officials touting a $51.8 million modernization of Ward 6's School Within School at Goding Elementary amid concerns from some lawmakers that a third of schools are having to rely…

The results of Tuesday's primary election in New York City ensure a change in the top Democrat on the House committee that has oversight of the District. Meanwhile, the outcome of November's election will determine what their role is,…

Pentagon officials once again turned down Mayor Muriel Bowser's request for the DC National Guard to assist in providing humanitarian help to migrants arriving in DC on charter buses sent from Texas and Arizona.

The DC government is using COVID-19 relief funds to provide an extra back-to-school payment of approximately $1,000 to participants in the District's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

Eight DC Council members are urging DC Health to expand its communication efforts on the spread of the monkeypox virus and to provide more information on the distribution of vaccines.

Not long before neighborhoods across the District experienced flooding once again from heavy summer storms on Wednesday afternoon, the DC government announced that it's received more than $20 million in funding from the federal government…

There are now 303 reported monkeypox cases in the District, which has more cases than all but six states, according to updated data posted yesterday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs has drawn criticism for decades over its handling of permits, housing inspections and its many other responsibilities. While there's also been intermittent praise from some quarters for…