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D.C. joined Seattle and San Francisco in passing legislation that institutes a 15 percent cap on the commission fees third-party delivery services can charge restaurants and bars throughout the duration of the city's public health…

Small businesses have largely struck out when trying to get their insurance companies to pay out claims related to the revenue they’ve lost due to COVID-19. Business owners believe their business interruption insurance should kick in. Some…

The D.C. Council on Tuesday passed emergency covid-19 legislation that would require landlords to accept rent payment plans and delay foreclosure actions. But lawmakers dropped provisions that would force insurers to pay business…

Landlords in D.C. will now be required to offer payment plans for rent to tenants who are facing financial hardship caused by the pandemic. And foreclosures and new evictions will be put on hold not only during the state of emergency — but…

WASHINGTON — President Trump says Washington, DC, won’t ever be a state because Republicans aren’t “stupid” enough to add guaranteed Democratic seats in Congress.

Today, the DC Council unanimously passed more emergency legislation in response to COVID-19 that adds protections for renters in the city, ensuring the option of payment plans to satisfy rent charged during the public health emergency. The…

Universities are facing mounting pressure from students and parents who say the institutions are not fulfilling promises of robust, in-person instruction, after the coronavirus forced campus closures and moved classes online.

Union Station normally teems with life on weekday mornings. Congressional staffers emerge from the Metro, headed for the Hill. Customers line up at half a dozen coffee shops for their first cup of the day. Amtrak trains and intercity buses…

E-Cigarette maker Juul Labs is shifting its headquarters to D.C. as it aims to influence federal regulations, according to multiple reports.

Last week, the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) unanimously voted in support of a concept to retrofit a Mount Pleasant laundromat into a residential project — if it is three stories.

Studio Acting Conservatory has decided to keep the mammoth frieze, which it discovered by accident when renovating its new home.

D.C. police have launched the department’s annual summer crime prevention initiative to drive down violence by pouring law enforcement resources into some of the most troubled areas of the District.

The coronavirus has been called an “invisible enemy,” but every day Malachi Stewart wakes up trying to find it.

Chase Rynd, executive director of the National Building Museum, will retire at the end of September after 17 years on the job.

D.C.’s primary is on June 2, and it’ll work a little differently this year thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.

The nation’s capital remains under a stay-at-home order, but at some point restrictions will be eased and tourists will begin to come into the city once again.