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Happy Wednesday. The Bowser administration has found an extra $8.5 million or so for the DC Small Business Recovery Microgrant Program, enabling officials to provide at least some money to all of the eligible applicants.

D.C. United has challenged its players to keep fit at home and now, with Mayor Muriel Bowser, the challenge is on you.

The development pipeline around Tenleytown and AU Park picked up some momentum over the last six months. In late 2019, the long-delayed Superfresh development was given a key approval and a raze permit could be approved soon for the new…

A downtown grilled cheese restaurant has launched a class action lawsuit against its insurance company after the business was denied coverage for lost income during the pandemic.

As one of the most intensely gentrifying cities in the nation, the District cannot afford for this crisis to further fuel displacement. The D.C. Council has passed impressive measures protecting residents during this unprecedented time.…

The coronavirus public health emergency has come close to succeeding where civil unrest, a recession and gentrification failed when it comes to beloved D.C. eatery Ben’s Chili Bowl: force it to close.

St. Coletta of Greater Washington students need routine, one-on-one instruction

At a telephone town hall Tuesday afternoon, a group of D.C. leaders spoke on plans to aid businesses and workers during the COVID-19 public health crisis, and to help them rebuild afterward — with an emphasis on equity.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser allowed herself a moment of reflection when asked how the coronavirus pandemic had changed the course of her second term in office.

A little more than a year ago, the Hope Village halfway house in Southeast Washington — a decades-old institution that earned millions in federal contracts while battling allegations that it offered substandard care — seemed poised to make…

San Francisco and Seattle have enacted such legislation, and Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles are considering it.

A D.C. grilled cheese restaurant has filed a class-action lawsuit against its insurance provider saying the insurer refused to pay out claims for business interruption losses as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A crop of well-connected allies and lobbyists have been named to serve on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s ReOpen D.C. Advisory Group — but D.C. Public School parents and owners of local bars and restaurants say they are underrepresented on the…

Tracye Lynn McQuirter, a D.C.-based public health nutritionist, knows about racial disparities in health outcomes. She understands how centuries of systemic racism created and sustain the inequities. And she realizes that remedying the…

Happy Tuesday. Grocery store workers in DC will now be able to obtain a COVID-19 test if they have had contact with someone who has tested positive. Their union praised the change as a step toward their goal of making free testing…

The workers were appreciative, but the social distancing was lacking

A residential development that will span the block across the street from the Takoma Metro appears poised to move forward.