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Workers across the D.C. region are feeling the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. But some are feeling them a lot more acutely, according to a new report from the Urban Institute.

Happy Wednesday. Earlier this week, DC officials highlighted 16th Street Heights and Columbia Heights as two neighborhoods seeing particularly high levels of COVID-19 infections. Today, the District for the first time released data by…

Many in the District are wondering when D.C. will begin to move to Phase 1 of reopening. But according to the mayor, the city isn't ready yet.

Crowds gathered at restaurants across Washington for to-go margaritas and tacos.

Tamika Morris and her two children were staying at her aunt’s house when the coronavirus lockdowns began. But it was a little too crowded.

Looking for a quick mood boost? A new video highlights go-go culture with a focus on on the DC dance style called Beat Ya Feet.

Wednesday is National Nurses Day, and a nurse who has spent more than 50 years caring for patients in the D.C. area recently reflected on how the profession has changed.

In a waiting room overlooking a road that cuts through some of the D.C. neighborhoods hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak, a grandmother sat in a chair six feet from her granddaughter as they waited for their names to be called.

On Tuesday morning in Columbia Heights, a small crowd gathered — within the guidelines for mass gatherings in the District — for an event that by any measure has to be considered an act of extreme optimism: A groundbreaking.

Last week, the District announced agreements to build two new hospitals to serve residents in areas of the city with less health care access (and, generally, worse health outcomes): one at the St. Elizabeths campus in Ward 8, and a new…

Violent crime is down across the board in D.C., yet an annual push to reduce gun violence in targeted neighborhoods is kicking off.

Sidwell Friends School, the elite Washington private school, has been under attack over its decision to keep $5 million in federal bailout money, a move its critics say undermines the program’s ability to help small businesses and low-wage…

Longstanding gay leather bar DC Eagle is closing permanently, the second LGBTQ institution to announce it is shuttering this week.

After the Council excluded undocumented residents from COVID-19 relief, D.C. lawmakers pointed to philanthropic funds that could help them. Weeks later, workers haven't received any of that money.

President Trump this week explained why he thinks the District will never become the 51st state, despite activists’ best efforts: too many Democrats.

There are a lot of reasons that some lawmakers list for not supporting statehood for the District of Columbia—including strict readings of the Constitution and claims that the city is incapable of governing itself, a racist dog whistle.

A push to make it easier for D.C. small businesses to claim coronavirus-related damages under business interruption insurance policies is on hold, after the insurance industry mounted a fierce local lobbying campaign against the change.

As several states across the country impose restrictions or close doors for abortion providers’ doors, clinics in the D.C. region are still finding ways to stay open in the middle of the pandemic.

Happy Tuesday. Much of today's debate on the DC Council's latest coronavirus response legislation focused on a provision that didn't end up making the cut: a requirement for insurers to pay out on business interruption policies held by…