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A literacy-focused program for young students in the District is urging the D.C. Council to prioritize funding in an effort to curb learning loss related to the coronavirus pandemic.

There was one problem with Josh Bell’s visit to the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in mid-April: no kids.

The Funk Parade typically draws tens of thousands of people to U St. NW to party and celebrate D.C.’s homegrown music scene. Today, the 2021 Funk Parade is underway, but U St. is relatively quiet as the coronavirus pandemic continues to…

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has filed paperwork to run for reelection in 2022.

Restaurants and businesses are restless over the city’s pace of relaxing pandemic restrictions, saying it is slowing down their recovery. Two council members are calling on the mayor to present a clear reopening plan.

Andrew Beaujon, a senior editor at Washingtonian, says that signals from management indicated that the magazine had pulled through the pandemic in okay shape. “It was tough for us as it was for a lot of other publications, but the message…

A man who was attacked inside his own D.C. establishment last year is talking about his experience and sharing his views about why it’s vital for businesses like his to exist in American society.

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) filed papers this week to run for reelection in 2022, seeking a fourth term that would make him the longest-serving chairman in council history.

In March, the District lifted restrictions on class sizes in the city’s public schools, traditional and charter. It allowed campuses to bring back more students for in-person learning as long as social distancing requirements were…

There were shots of tequila and half-empty glasses of margaritas strewn about the table like it was Cinco De Mayo in the Before Times. But the restaurant that served them bore scars of a pandemic year.

DC Health on Friday announced that its COVID-19 vaccination sites that use the Pfizer vaccine will begin accepting walk-in patients ages 16 and 17.

For those who have not yet been vaccinated, Chef José Andrés has an enticing offer that could help sweeten the pot: Get a shot and get a $50 gift certificate to one of his D.C.-area restaurants.

Local celebrity chef and humanitarian José Andrés is getting into the vaccine rewards game, and he’s offering more than a free donut or a free beer.

Washingtonian CEO and president Cathy Merrill published an opinion piece in the Washington Post suggesting that employees who choose to continue working from home after the pandemic ends should be reclassified as contractors, and no longer…

D.C.’s walk-up coronavirus vaccination sites opened to 16- and 17-year-olds for the first time on Friday, and the health department said the city is preparing to offer walk-up vaccinations to children as young as 12 soon, if the FDA…

Cathy Merrill’s essay in The Washington Post shocked her employees, who viewed it as a threat to their job status.

In the DC development world, a project can go through many different iterations, many different designs and require a number of different approvals from various entities before the final product comes to fruition.