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Mayor Muriel Bowser has declared a limited public health emergency through Jan. 26 in response to a request from area hospitals overwhelmed with the spread of the omicron variant amid staff limitations.

The District's real estate market has been tough for all buyers during the pandemic, but veterans financing through the Department of Veterans Affairs tend to have an even harder time thanks to program incentives that concern sellers.

Following the release last month of a sweeping report into failures at the D.C. crime lab, District officials are moving forward with a plan that could see the lab’s DNA and chemistry units cleared to conduct forensic work again by the…

Residents across the D.C. region have become increasingly frustrated over delays in mail deliveries, with last week’s snowstorms, a spike in coronavirus cases and long-standing problems with the U.S. Postal Service contributing to a…

Companies attribute shortages to omicron surges, winter storms — and warn they may not end soon

A “limited public health emergency” has been declared in D.C. until Jan. 26.

D.C., Maryland and Virginia have all declared public health emergencies to help hospitals better manage demand driven by a surge in COVID-19 cases, but hospital associations across the region say they’re still stretched thin.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Tuesday imposed a public health emergency in the District until late January, an action that allows hospitals to address staffing needs and other concerns as hospitalizations rise throughout the region.

One day in 1975, college student Jay Bruder walked into the Northeast American Rescue League thrift shop on H Street NE and flipped through the records for sale. Elvis Presley’s first album was there — score! — but so was something less…

A new leader is joining the Preservation of Affordable Housing at a time it's ready for a big project in Southeast D.C.

A first-of-its-kind municipal law now requires many employers in Washington, DC to provide cash to workers who turn down their company-sponsored parking benefits — and experts say it could serve as a model for other American cities that…

Artists from across the country are showing off their skills to honor Betty White at a D.C. gallery.

New York City restaurateur Philippe Chow is coming to The Wharf in Southwest D.C., joining a handful of other restaurants and retailers that have committed to the project's second phase.

A D.C. Council joint committee hearing features testimony on flooding, solar installation, and climate resiliency.

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton usually spends her time in Congress fighting for the city’s right to govern itself free from Republican intrusions, but this week she’s focusing on a slightly more pedestrian concern: email.

A portfolio of adjacent properties on D.C.'s H Street NE corridor, assembled parcel-by-parcel by longtime local real estate veteran John Formant, is for sale more than two years after his death at age 58.

Victor Martinez was terminated in New York after he authorized the sale of new, unused equipment.

About 100 D.C. bars and restaurants instituted vaccine requirements before the mayor announced a citywide mandate. Enforcement has been rough and rewarding.