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On Friday, like a lot of people, Amber Gruner went to get a COVID-19 test at the free, walk-up, no appointment needed testing site at Judiciary Square.

Happy Tuesday. This morning's save-the-date announcement from Steny Hoyer garnered local and national headlines for DC statehood.

The D.C. Chamber of Commerce is parting ways with President and CEO Vincent Orange.

More than 400 samples collected at coronavirus testing sites in the District cannot be processed because they were exposed to heat, city officials said Tuesday.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser made international headlines and inspired numerous copycats when she granted permission for a giant “Black Lives Matter” mural in front of the White House.

Nearly three-quarters of people stopped by D.C. police during a recent five-month period were African American, despite the fact that black people make up less than half of the city’s population, according to an analysis of police data by…

Juneteenth is not new. Black people in the U.S. have been observing the holiday, which celebrates the end of slavery, since the 19th century. But this year, there is renewed energy around the date because it arrives as activists and…

Marje Hines spent last year’s D.C. summer youth employment program working as a summer camp counselor. She’d read books with rambunctious youngsters or take them outside to doodle with chalk and play basketball.

When the D.C. Superior Court fully reopens for trials once the coronavirus crisis has subsided, the court will have a broader pool of jurors to call on than in the past, thanks to new changes to its jury policies.

The House is expected to vote next week on a measure that would make Washington, D.C. a state, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced on Tuesday. The measure, dubbed H.R. 51 — to denote that D.C. would be the fifty-first state — is…