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Not many universities can boast that they developed their own Covid-19 test or are regularly screening thousands of on-campus staff and students, but George Washington University says it is doing both.

Soupergirl owner Sara Polon has secured $2 million in her first external raise, 12 years after starting her vegan soup company and about six months after setting out to raise this capital — all while shifting the business model and pushing…

Parents and teachers are demanding D.C. Public Schools reinstate the longtime principal of a highly regarded magnet school, after school system officials announced the principal’s sudden departure earlier this week.

Despite Covid-19 crippling the hospitality industry, hotel projects that were already under construction during the pandemic continue to deliver. Next up to bat in D.C. is the newly-dubbed Hotel Zena.

D.C.’s top zoning officials say they are stuck waiting until lawmakers finalize updates to the Comprehensive Plan to advance a variety of big projects, joining a chorus of others urging immediate action on the issue.

Hotel Zena, the new hotel managed by West Hollywood, California-based Viceroy Hotels & Resorts in D.C.’s Logan Circle, isn’t just a boutique hotel. It aims to serve as a cultural hub celebrating female empowerment though provocative…

A nonprofit organization broke ground Thursday for a new, state-of-the-art horse stable for U.S. Park Police mounted patrols and an education center on the National Mall.

Metro’s Board of Directors is beginning to formulate its budget for July 2021 through June 2022, and so far it is filled with uncertainties and question marks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. How soon will schools return? Will workers be…

Plans for a new men’s halfway house in D.C. could once again be stalled due to neighborhood opposition.

Health officials across nearly the entire D.C. area are calling on people who work at the White House or anyone who attended the recent Supreme Court nomination announcement in the Rose Garden to contact their local health departments and…

As D.C. leaders and residents continue to push hard for statehood, politicians on Capitol Hill are pushing back.

The vast majority of eviction cases filed in D.C. don’t result in an actual eviction, and many renters receive multiple notices from the same landlord over the course of their tenancy, according to a report published Thursday by Georgetown…

Health officials from nine jurisdictions around the region are calling for individuals connected to recent events at the White House to self-identify and get tested following their possible exposure to the coronavirus.

To some critics, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s response to the coronavirus crisis has been overly deferential to local business interests, leaving key health concerns unaddressed.

The health directors of the District and nine jurisdictions in Maryland and Virginia issued a letter on Thursday urging anyone who has worked in the White House in the last two weeks or attended a Sept. 26 event unveiling of Supreme Court…

A small group of property owners who collectively hold 21 percent of the District’s rental market is responsible for nearly 50 percent of the city’s eviction filings, according to a report released Thursday by Georgetown University’s…

The union alleges the principal was fired because he was against the reopening plan.

The Washington Teacher's Union has questioned it, as have parents and students. Now, popular long-time DCPS principal Richard Trogisch has been abruptly dismissed, and many school watchers are speculating if it was because he opposed the…

The public now has a chance to help rename a D.C. public high school bearing the name of a former U.S. president who the school system and others says perpetuated racism in D.C.