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WAMU employees announced Thursday that they are forming a union with SAG-AFTRA and will ask American University for recognition.

The District’s food insecurity rate is estimated to be at least 16 percent this year, up from 10.6 percent before the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report by the D.C. Office of Planning that analyzes national and District data. …

The D.C. native is one of eight challengers taking on D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.

D.C. Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt announced Wednesday that he anticipates nearly $800 million in lost revenue over the next four fiscal years due to reduced economic activity from the coronavirus pandemic.

D.C. saw massive flooding in September, and DC Water is offering financial relief to homeowners that saw damage.

As Election Day nears, conservative lawmakers like Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming have warned that Democrats plan to “stack the Senate” by admitting new states to the union if they win control of the presidency and Congress. We certainly…

Happy Wednesday. As the District prepares to enter a new fiscal year, CFO Jeff DeWitt offered updated revenue estimates today that show projections made at the start of the pandemic were a bit too dire for fiscal 2020 but not quite dire…

Dozens of restaurant workers demonstrated Wednesday outside the high-end Capital Grille, demanding wage reform as their industry and their livelihoods have been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic.

NoMa has another new park on the way. The NoMa Parks Foundation announced Wednesday that it has acquired a vacant lot that will be turned into an 8,400 square-foot public park.

On the day I spoke to author Lawrence Roberts about his new book on the 1971 Mayday protests in Washington, news broke that the Defense Department had inquired whether a heat ray might be available to use against Black Lives Matter…

The $38.5 million loan for the mixed-use project "disregards the city's enormous need for affordable housing," they say.

Washington’s chief financial officer presented a revised revenue report Wednesday showing the coronavirus did not damage the city’s bottom line as much as previously feared — but will likely hurt worse than expected in 2021, as the…

The number of new coronavirus infections this week has fallen to levels last seen in mid-July across the Washington region, although leaders and health officials worry that the return of colder weather could reverse the trend.

Alberto, a server at a restaurant in Shaw, is already preparing for winter.

D.C. officials will face a daunting fiscal picture over the coming years as the financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit city coffers.

The bad news for District leaders is they have a $782 million budget gap to close over the next four fiscal years, as revenue projections have grown gloomier while the pandemic drags on.

A heated dispute over whether to endorse the Democratic opponent of a popular gay candidate running for the Ward 2 D.C. Council seat as an independent resulted in a decision on Monday night by the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club not to…

In 2003, Bella Evangelista, a respected performer and transgender woman was shot to death on a D.C. street. Five years later, Tony Hunter, an openly gay man, was on his way to a bar when he was assaulted and ultimately died due to a…

When it comes to D.C.’s budget forecast, there’s good news and there’s bad news.