2018

The District hasn’t conducted a comprehensive study of Connecticut Avenue in 15 years. In about 15 months, we could have a new perspective of vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian safety on the Avenue, the reversible lanes, and the impacts on…

Riders who don’t pay their Metro fare would no longer be charged with a criminal offense if the D.C. Council passes the Fare Decriminalization Act during today’s council meeting.

On a rainy fall afternoon, community outreach specialist Assata Tafari and her teammates huddle at the corner of North Capitol and P Streets. The area, she explained, is a known hot spot for use of the synthetic drug known as K2 or Spice.

WeWork has moved from growing its leased footprint in the D.C. region to becoming an investor in the buildings it occupies.

Twelve-year-old Talayia Richardson wore a lovely flowered sun dress that complimented her milk chocolate-colored skin; her long black hair was perfectly coifed; the sun seemed to burst across her smiling face as DC Attorney General Karl…

Proponents of decriminalization analyzed more than 30,000 citations given over a 25 month period and insist enforcement highlights a racial disparity

On the eve of a D.C. Council vote to decriminalize fare cheating on Metrobus and Metrorail, the News4 I-Team found fare evasion remains rampant on the transit system.

Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday named Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lewis D. Ferebee of as the new chancellor of D.C. Public Schools, apparently rejecting her advisory panel’s recommendation.

Drum roll, please, for the new leadership of D.C. Public Schools (DCPS): Paul Kihn, who’s slated to become the deputy mayor for education, and Lewis D. Ferebee, named Monday as the incoming chancellor.

Thanks to a Supreme Court decision earlier this year, the District may legally impose sales taxes on online purchases from retailers who lack a physical presence in D.C. Policymakers are set to green-light such taxes on Tuesday, during one…

WASHINGTON -- Kipp D.C.’s Quest Academy is in Deanwood: One of the toughest neighborhoods in D.C. But in five years, staff and students have turned a trouble school into an inspiring place to learn. Principal Alison Artis has watched that…

The DC Council voted seven to six to table the bill that would have lowered the voting age in DC to 16. The Vote16 activists vowed to continue to push for the legislation despite the setback.

WASHINGTON – D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has picked a new schools chancellor for the District.

After a months-long search, Mayor Muriel Bowser has announced Lewis Ferebee, the former superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools, as her pick for the new D.C. Public Schools chancellor. But this isn’t the end of the process—the D.C.…

The Council’s education committee won’t move on the nomination until next year.

Lewis Ferebee has been named the new D.C. Public Schools chancellor following an extensive search that officially kicked off this summer.