2018

A private company has won a five-year, $60 million federal contract to open a halfway house for 300 former inmates in Northeast Washington.

Nine long-defunct call boxes in downtown D.C. are about to get a second life as public art.

WASHINGTON - Muriel Bowser is the first mayor to win a second term in the District of Columbia since 2002 and she is the second woman ever elected mayor in the nation’s capital. It's an honor this fifth-generation Washingtonian doesn't take…

Responding to protests from Washington artists and arts leaders, the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities has reversed a controversial new measure to censor its grant recipients.

A D.C. fire truck whose ladder became stuck during a three-alarm fire in September failed again last week, leaving Eastern Market without its services for 2 1/2 days.

Two days after winning a second term, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Thursday announced a shake-up in the leadership of several prominent city government agencies.

The news release detailing these changes came in after 6:15 p.m. on Thursday.

Startup incubator 1776 plans to shutter its District campus when its lease expires at the end of the year, saying it couldn't agree on new lease terms with building owner DivcoWest.

In three new lawsuits announced on Oct. 17, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine accused building owners in wards 7 and 8 of “neglecting their properties and forcing tenants to live in conditions that threaten their health and safety,”…

Call it the Nightmare on the Fifth Floor — the wing of the John A. Wilson Building that Mayor Muriel Bowser’s team occupies.

Eric Shaw has departed as chief of the Office of Planning, WAMU'S Martin Austermuhle reported Thursday morning. OP oversees land use and design review, historic preservation, and neighborhood planning; Mayor Muriel Bowser tapped Shaw to…

The District is filled with august memorials to dead men. But for decades, the city’s very best grave was built for a woman who was very much alive.

The District’s most hyperlocal political arena—Advisory Neighborhood Commissions—saw at least half a dozen longtime incumbents voted out on Tuesday, in some cases signaling shifts in neighborhood views on development, transit, zoning, and…

Next week, the DC Council is scheduled to have a final vote on a piece of legislation which would establish a regulatory framework for short-term rentals. Now, the company which largely inspired the legislation is asking the Council to hold…

If you’ve seen the meandering music video for Radiohead’s “Daydreaming,” you might already have a feel for finding your way to Reverie.

This week, the D.C. government took an alarming turn toward censorship—albeit a brief one.

The group that protested outside a Fox News host’s home is encouraging others to “confront at their homes!”

E-scooter companies that want to continue operating in the District will need to offer a cash payment option to customers, restrict scooter speeds to 10 mph and pay substantially higher fees to the city under the latest round of regulations…