2019

By many measures, George Washington University looks healthy. The largest school in the nation’s capital boasts growing enrollment, solid finances, expanding research prowess and robust demand for programs such as politics and…

We will never solve the country’s persistent affordable housing problem unless fiscal and land-use policies change dramatically, and unless views and attitudes of American voters and their elected representatives also change.

Kids in Ward 7 and 8 travel the longest to get to school -- many over an hour.

Councilman Allen concerned by number of police stops.

The D.C. government has a law on the books: D.C. charter schools have a “first right of offer” on vacant school buildings. But the D.C. government has a conflicting policy: If a schoolhouse owned by the city is closed, first right of…

Metro board leaders on Thursday proposed requiring future ethics investigations be made public, after the secrecy surrounding the recent inquiry into former board chairman Jack Evans drew widespread scorn.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s daily free commuter newspaper, Express, always prided itself on wit. The paper is published by The Washington Post and when Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos bought the Post in 2013, Express ran the headline:…

Every weekday morning, David Anderson’s alarm goes off at 3:45 a.m. He takes a bus from Oxon Hill, Md. into D.C. and switches trains twice to arrive at the Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metro to distribute the Washington Post Express to…

The Office of Campaign Finance also found record-keeping errors and a questionable expenditure for "personal shopping."

I’ve always known this day would come, but I’ve chosen to think of it the way you might contemplate the death of the sun. Sure, it’s inevitable, but no need to worry about it today.

Earlier this year, UrbanTurf took a look at the timelines and locations for the new Target stores slated to open in the District. Now, one of those locations has an opening date — and it's ahead of schedule.

Only a few cars were parked in a lot near the Wiehle-Reston East Metro stop when O’Neil Paul pulled up around 5 a.m. in a white flatbed truck. The truck was filled with Washington Post Express papers stacked in the back.

The D.C. Council is nearing a final vote on the first set of amendments to the city's comprehensive plan, but planning officials and advocates are raising concerns around changes that they say could allow more of the appeals that have…

In the wake of Jack Evans’ ongoing ethics scandal, the Metro Board is set to change conflict of interest rules to increase required disclosures and promise a public accounting of any future ethics violations.

But that doesn’t mean everyone is rushing to the pharmacy for it.

Local leaders want affordable homes near transit. Zoning, NIMBYs, and land costs stand in the way.

As the United Nations Climate Action Summit opens in New York later this month, a coalition of activists plans to bring D.C.’s streets to a standstill by blocking key intersections around the city.

Business is booming in the Washington region. And the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments says the D.C. area needs 320,000 housing units by 2030 to keep up — 75,000 more than originally forecast.

Happy Thursday. Columnist jonetta rose barras reported this morning that the law firm hired by the DC Council to investigate Ward 2 member Jack Evans may be having trouble completing its report on time.