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More than a year-and-a-half after the proposed apartments at the 16th Street Scottish Rite site survived an attempted challenge, it has withstood another.

There’s a new effort to stabilize rents in D.C. and focus on setting limits when it comes to what landlords can charge.

The Kimpton Palomar Washington D.C. will drop the Kimpton brand and get a new name and new management before the end of 2020.

Regular customers are opening their wallets or aiding their favorite D.C. haunts in other ways.

As D.C. prepares to greet an incoming Biden administration, it’s still seeking tens of millions in reimbursement from the outgoing Trump administration.

Walk along any block in D.C.’s downtown core and you’re bound to see lots of plywood covering up storefronts. Some of it has been there for months now, the result of damages suffered during demonstrations over the summer.

The longstanding local food nonprofit DC Central Kitchen has been selected to operate the new café at D.C.’s recently reopened central public library.

Drivers rolled through the streets honking their horns. People banged on pots and pans. Go-go music blared downtown as crowds danced in the street.

The D.C. Public Library has chosen D.C. Central Kitchen to operate the cafe at the newly reopened Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, and José Andrés’ ThinkFoodGroup will consult on the cafe’s operation and menu.

An unusual culprit is up for landmark status in DC: a steakhouse.

Seven months into the coronavirus pandemic, downtown D.C. is showing more signs of economic activity after coming to a screeching halt after the first outbreak — just not much more.

Surfside, the D.C. taco restaurant, which now has three locations in the District, is opening its third spot at The Wharf Nov. 6.

D.C.’s new coronavirus travel restrictions start Monday, just ahead of the holiday travel season and as daily COVID-19 case numbers are rising across the U.S.

About two months after the Smithsonian partially reopened six of its Washington museums, attendance remains low but safety protocols are working, said Lonnie G. Bunch III, head of the nation’s largest cultural institution.

DC officials asked all businesses and property owners to remove boards and fencing that were put up last week across the District.

The president of Howard University on Sunday celebrated America’s choice of alumna Kamala Harris as vice president-elect.

Drivers rolled through the streets honking their horns. People banged on pots and pans. Go-go music blared downtown as crowds danced in the street.

A WIN. That is how the president of the Washington Teachers’ Union characterized the decision by D.C. school officials to abandon plans to provide in-person instruction this year to high-needs elementary school students. No doubt the union…

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Howard University have been in the spotlight during the 2020 presidential campaign, as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has often spoken fondly of the Black Greek organization. Some of her sorority sisters…

Washington-area leaders are feeling relief and looking forward to the far-reaching impact a Joe Biden presidency could have on the region.