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To alleviate disruption caused by hearings being postponed throughout the public health emergency, the Office of Zoning (OZ) is seeking a blanket six-month extension for zoning approvals.

The pandemic isn't just bad news for the District's budget. It could threaten the city's autonomy.

Georgetown sophomore and freelance artist Alexandra Bowman wanted to keep up with her art and find some semblance of structure during local stay-at-home orders for the COVID-19 crisis. So she decided to launch #CatADayApril on Instagram,…

It is no secret that jails are particularly vulnerable to the spread of the novel coronavirus. Given the peril that people in jail face, public health experts have called for the reduction of jail populations across the country. In a…

The $2 trillion stimulus bill Congress passed last month treated D.C. as a territory, giving it $750M less in funding than each of the 50 states, a decision one local business leader called "shameful."

Giant Food, the largest grocery chain in Greater Washington, said Tuesday it will begin limiting the number of customers in its stores starting Thursday.

A federal judge said she wants an independent evaluator to inspect conditions within D.C jails, to determine if sufficient steps are being taken to attempt to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

In his 20 years as an emergency medical technician in the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, Tye Glover recalls having worn a hazmat suit only one time before.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pick-up basketball games. Crowds gathering at an outdoor fish market. Family hikes along trails in Rock Creek Park. The warmer weather is bringing violations of social distance guidelines in the nation’s capital, even as…

As the expected surge in coronavirus patients looms, George Washington University Hospital and its doctors are expanding services for both patients who lack equitable access to services on the city’s eastern side, and those it already…

Kroger and Giant Food announced Tuesday that they will begin to limit the number of customers in their stores to allow for social distancing measures. The move comes after weeks of requests made by grocery workers to cap how many people…

Book stores and bicycle shops are just a few of the places that are open for business in the District. Numerous restaurants — and even an ice cream shop — are serving takeout and delivery.

A federal judge said Tuesday that she will order an emergency inspection of the D.C. jail while weighing whether to release prisoners after the number of inmates infected with the novel coronavirus quintupled from five cases to 28 in…

The road closures that were put in place last month to deter crowding and allow for social distancing along the Tidal Basin in D.C. have been lifted.

Washington-based chef and philanthropist José Andrés teamed up with Nationals Park for Andrés’ not-for-profit World Central Kitchen to use the ballpark’s kitchens to produce and distribute free meals for the poor beginning Tuesday.

The chief judge of D.C. Superior Court announced Tuesday he will retire in September.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday passed sweeping coronavirus relief legislation that freezes rent increases and makes it easier for inmates to win early release.

D.C. zoning officials could soon offer a six-month extensions for projects that are facing key deadlines amidst the coronavirus outbreak.

Gray got hospital grant funds, Silverman used the chat function to correct the record, and McDuffie propped business community's parking benefit objection.

With nearly 9,000 confirmed positive cases and 188 deaths from the coronavirus reported in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia combined, local and national officials warn that the region could become one of the country’s next “hot spots.”