2019

It didn’t matter that Noreen Beatley didn’t know any of the homeless children. When she learned that they needed to cross two busy roads and then take multiple forms of public transportation to get to and from school, she offered to serve…

Apartments.com and Zillow aim to help protect Section 8 participants

As Howard University prepares for the next phase of its campus plan and redevelopment of off-campus properties, another site is on the table.

At-Large Councilmember David Grosso announced a couple weeks ago that he will not seek a third term in the Wilson Building. He then promptly went about setting fire to his soon-to-be former workplace—or at least to his soon-to-be former…

D.C. Council member Jack Evans displayed no hesi­ta­tion when an investigator recently asked about his compensation from a prominent Washington law firm.

In fleeing, the striking driver hit a D.C. Circulator bus and a parked car

D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen introduced two bills on Tuesday that would grant new rights and privileges to members of Native American tribes, particularly those indigenous to the D.C. area. One bill would allow people to include their…

Authentic. Groundbreaking. Compassionate. Loving. These are some of the words that come to mind when I think about the Whittier Education Campus community. I often joke with my staff that Whittier is the best-kept secret in the District of…

Happy Wednesday. Sitting in the third hour of the DC Council’s hearing on Jack Evans yesterday as investigators recited his dizzying conflicts of interest over the years, DL wondered whether the city might be witnessing the height of…

Following months of public meetings held by the District Department of Transportation to gather information about ways to improve the transportation network west of Massachusetts Avenue, one proposed plan has stood apart from the rest.

Philadelphia-based incubator chain 1776 has officially announced that its D.C. campus — which has been operating since August — is open.

Early last year, UrbanTurf reported on the potential routes and stations for the Northeast Maglev train, which would facilitate travel between DC and Baltimore in 15 minutes. Now, as the Federal Railroad Administration and Maryland…

A 3-year-old girl with autism allegedly was force-fed by a teacher at school last week. The alleged abuse happened at School Within School @ Goding in Northeast D.C.

Tens of thousands of Washingtonians have criminal records getting in the way of jobs and housing, and many of them never even committed a crime.

A local teacher had an extra ticket to attend Michelle Obama’s book signing at Politics and Prose, so he took one of her biggest fans—a fifth grade student.

An ad hoc committee of the D.C. Council on Tuesday questioned the lawyers who investigated and reported on how council member Jack Evans‘ private consulting firm influenced his decisions as a public official.

In an evening of celebration of the work and legacy of the Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington, the 40th annual interfaith concert featured performances from seven different faith traditions with song, dance, and music at…

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has sued San Francisco food delivery company DoorDash over a controversial tipping policy it abandoned last summer after a public outcry.

The attorneys who completed an investigation into alleged ethics violations by D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) told a Council committee on Tuesday that there was little question that he broke the rules — but they refused to…