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Attorney General Karl A. Racine sent a letter today to the parent company that operates the Washington Sports Club gyms telling the group to stop charging members during the coronavirus pandemic. Racine penned the letter with New York…

Before the coronavirus crisis began, the D.C. office market was already struggling with high vacancy and stagnant demand, and the freeze in economic activity is only going to make matters worse.

The District says it will set up 17 handwashing stations near homeless encampments and service sites amid the growing COVID-19 pandemic. The move comes as the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the region, putting those who lack…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says modeling the city has done shows the District could see between 93,000 cumulative coronavirus infections and 220 deaths on the low end to more than 1,000 on the high end before the pandemic subsides. She also…

DC Policy Center's latest rental report builds on prior analysis of the city's mismatched housing market.

Washington, D.C.’s iconic art museums are closed for the foreseeable future in accordance with the Mayor’s stay-at-home order. For art lovers, that means adjusting to a new reality in which art is viewed online, not in person.

No businesses around the area have been busier than grocery stores. And while stores remain packed, and workers keep stocking shelves and checking out customers, some of them are lobbying to be classified as “first responders” during this…

The coronavirus pandemic has created what feels like an unprecedented situation in the District: Schools are closed, hospital workers are overwhelmed and the region’s iconic public spaces are empty.

Two weeks after the DC Council unanimously passed emergency COVID response legislation, a supplemental bill is in the works to expand the protections offered in light of the pandemic.

How do you shelter in place when you don’t have a home? Where do you wash your hands when you live on the streets? These are some of the challenges faced by those struggling with homelessness amid the coronavirus outbreak. And advocates…

Most people in the District are familiar with the case of Relisha Rudd. In February 2014, the 8-year-old girl was living with her mother at D.C. General, a hospital turned family homeless shelter, when she was abducted. She is believed to…

As coronavirus spreads, first responders are also getting sick. As a result, D.C.-area departments are planning ahead to ensure they can avoid any changes to emergency response.

Normally, the Metro Board’s unanimous approval of the first rush-hour fare increases in three years, the restoration of some rail service hours and a number of other service cuts or additions would be a huge deal.

Housing inspectors say DCRA has failed to provide workers with adequate protection during the coronavirus pandemic.

Noel Sinkiat, 64, planned to retire in December after 41 years working as a nurse at Howard University Hospital. He would finally go on a long motorcycle trip with his friends.

Latease Jordan’s college, like most colleges, is basically closed. Classrooms have shuttered, offices are locked shut, courses have shifted online.

Long before the coronavirus began to decimate the local economy, the D.C. Department of Employment Services promised a modern, user-friendly portal for submitting unemployment claims.