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The D.C. Council is rushing to approve legislation this year that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, force retailers to take cash payments and make it easier for former prisoners to get jobs and — in some cases — win early release.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Monday said she expects a rise in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks, underscoring concerns about holiday travel as leaders across the region lobby the federal government for more financial relief.

As the dream of a COVID-19 vaccine gets closer to becoming a reality, leaders in Washington, D.C. are pushing to secure enough doses in the initial rollout to cover healthcare workers.

An effort to crack down on tax fraud in the District has sparked a fight between several prominent D.C. lobbying groups and powerful lawmakers on the D.C. Council, including the usually business-friendly Chairman Phil Mendelson, D-At…

As concerns persist about DC residents' ability to pay for housing, small landlords' ability to pay their mortgages, and the need to preserve affordable housing in the city, another COVID-related rent relief program is being released.

If you’re anticipating getting a coronavirus vaccine once it’s shipped to the District, you might want to temper your expectations.

Dorie Nolt consulted the ZooLights Express routes and schedules, and picked a spot where the festively decorated 24-foot truck would pass close to her home in Bloomingdale.

D.C. officials will hand out grants to some landlords to forgive back rents and stay afloat financially while the pandemic drags on.

"We want boutique fitness to receive the same treatment as traditional gyms and restaurants."

An eco-friendly product hit the shelves of MahoganyBooks in March, courtesy of Mahogany Young, the daughter of bookstore owners Ramunda and Derrick Young.

Five years after launching an accelerator for underrepresented entrepreneurs, Juliana Cardona Mejia is preparing to spotlight a group of startup founders from all corners of the District.

A year ago, you might have crossed paths with friends, family, colleagues and 30-plus strangers in a Metro car — all in the course of one day. Now, every so-called “close contact” could mean exposure to a deadly virus that has surged…

A key member of the D.C. Council lays out his expectations for the next police chief, as the city begins its search for a new leader once Chief Peter Newsham leaves the post.

Cranes still cut across the clouds above Washington. Stroll the Southwest Waterfront or swing by NoMa, and you’ll see that D.C. has not stopped building, not even during a pandemic. Near the end of March, Mayor Muriel Bowser deemed the…

The feeling of intimacy and aesthetic intensification you get from a visit to the Phillips Collection, which turns 100 next year, is unlike any other art-going experience in the District. Just thinking of it is somehow a tonic.

WASHINGTON — Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris, her husband Doug Emhoff, and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser visited the downtown holiday market in DC Saturday afternoon.

One of the most famous shoppers in D.C., and her husband, broke out their wallets for Small Business Saturday at the D.C. Holiday Market near Gallery Place.

During a different decade, before I had this column or children or a single piece of non-Ikea furniture, I had a candid conversation with the Prince William County police chief.

A Colonial-era house is the largest exhibit inside the National Museum of American History. It originally stood in Ipswich, Mass., and was disassembled in 1963 and moved to the Smithsonian museum.

The proposed expansion of a District law that gives certain prison inmates a chance at early release has broad support of advocates for criminal justice revision while sparking pushback from critics concerned about the return of violent…