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More than 7,600 applied. Business owners have questions about what criteria will be used.

The 9:30 Club and a handful of other music venues in Greater Washington have formed a new national group of independent performance halls and music promoters with plans to lobby Congress and the White House for federal assistance in the…

The quarantine has affected every aspect of the D.C. music scene, down to the new songs musicians are writing from home.

As the coronavirus pandemic has dragged on, help has come in many forms. Some people have donated their federal recovery checks to charities and non-profit groups. Others have joined in neighborhood-based mutual aid efforts, helping…

D.C. police are now in charge of facilitating the sale of pistols to city residents after the District’s only federal firearms licensee abruptly stopped work in March, citing a spike in demand during the pandemic.

Larry Yu has an extra challenge when it comes to teaching his college classes. He’s been able to move instruction online like many of his colleagues, but he’s teaching hospitality management at a time when hotels across the country are…

Grand Master Jon O’Kelly has taught thousands of D.C. kids how to break boards and “kihap” at his Northeast Taekwondo school.

District Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announced Monday that she has tapped D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services Director Clinton Lacey to lead emergency court-ordered coronavirus interventions at the city’s jails and psychiatric…

Happy Monday. A day after a federal judge ordered the District to improve conditions within the DC Jail, the Bowser administration says various steps are underway.

At least one appears to be a misunderstanding with a Howard University nonprofit.

A new coalition of some of D.C.’s biggest developers and businesses are pushing lawmakers to consider massive tax breaks as part of any post-pandemic recovery plan, saying that without significant government help the city’s restaurants and…

Nearly 100 shields have been completed and at least another 200 are on the way.

Under a new mayor’s order, the Metropolitan Police Department now has the authority to operate as the city’s sole federal firearms licensee, or FFL—the only entity able to authorize the transfer of guns inside the District.

The main convention center in the nation's capital will soon undergo a construction project to turn it into a healthcare facility to treat coronavirus patients.

D.C. developers continue to pursue new affordable housing projects for seniors, with the latest one planned near the Skyland Town Center development in Southeast D.C.

Here's how the DC startup pivoted from custom framing to PPE.