2018

Local music venues hope D.C. will rival Austin, Nashville and New Orleans for live music.

D.C. Council Member David Grosso (I-At Large) on Wednesday urged Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), the city’s nonvoting congresswoman, to do all she could to block what he called a “backdoor attempt” to pave the way for the Washington Redskins to…

Mike Isabella’s restaurant group is going out of business and many of its restaurants could close as early as the end of the year, according to new filings in the disgraced chef’s bankruptcy case.

The District has always been home to a large contingent of transplants. Some of these new residents never leave, while others remain here for only a short period of time. D.C.-born residents have never accounted for a large majority of the…

WASHINGTON — The new Metrorail Safety Commission’s CEO slammed Metro Board Chairman Jack Evans and other District politicians Wednesday over D.C.’s push to restore Metro’s former late-night hours.

Ronald Simms stood in the same spot for several hours on a recent frigid morning, holding a sign asking for “Help, Please.” But he had noticed fewer drivers than usual rolling down their car windows and slipping bills into his hands.

Washington, D.C., officials have quietly altered a $13 million plan to ease water bills after a former water board member threatened to sue, calling the plan unfair and unconstitutional.

There has been a buzz among Ward 8 that its branches of the District of Columbia Public Library are in line for cutbacks — particularly speculation that the Bellevue/William O. Lockridge Branch in Southwest will be reduced to three full…

During a hearing last month, D.C. Superior Court Judge John M. Campbell indicated that he will side with American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia (ACLU-DC), Black Lives Matter DC and Stop Police Terror Project DC in…

A typical late-afternoon scenario unfolds at a D.C. day care center as parents arrive to pick up their children.

Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC), together with community activists, spent the past week collecting signatures to put a referendum on a future ballot that would revive Initiative 77—the ballot measure that sought to eliminate…

The company has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy less than a year after a sexual harassment scandal

A D.C. judge issued a ruling on Wednesday afternoon that likely kills a nascent effort to revive Initiative 77, the voter-approved measure that sought to raise the base wage paid to tipped workers in the city.

A D.C. Superior Court judge halted efforts Wednesday to force a new referendum on a law approved by voters- but repealed by the D.C. Council - that would overhaul how servers, bartenders and other tipped workers are paid.

During the campaign for Ward 4 Member of the State Board of Education, Ward 4 Councilmember Brandon Todd threw his public support and endorsement behind Rhonda Henderson for the open seat. The question and concern, alleges Zach Teutsch, an…

DGS and Moya Design Partners got a rude awakening on Monday morning at their meeting with community stakeholders on the redesign of Eastern Market Metro Plaza. The meeting with the Eastern Market Metro Park Advisory Team was scheduled to…

Todd is accused of using constituent email addresses to promote a political ally.

The office of D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced today that it’s suing six Maryland parents for $700,000 in fines for allegedly faking D.C. residency to send their children to D.C. schools for free.