2019

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday that the District will provide mortgage assistance loans to furloughed federal workers, as the partial government shutdown stretches on.

It's the first dispensary east of the Anacostia River.

If you happened to walk down Wisconsin Avenue earlier this month, you might have noticed a towering oak tree in front of the old Fannie Mae headquarters. In the morning, the 65-foot-tall tree stood on the south edge of the property, where…

As councilmembers decided how to establish sports betting, connected lobbyists swarmed the Wilson Building.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos offered strong support Wednesday for the nation’s only federal school voucher program, foreshadowing what could be a bitter appropriation process in the Democrat-led House.

Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy, one of the District’s oldest and most prominent charter networks, announced Wednesday it will close two campuses — a move that affects the education of hundreds of students.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine had legislation introduced at the D.C. Council on Wednesday that would make clergy and other religious leaders mandated reporters of child abuse. Racine has been floating the legislation, seeking input…

Don’t doubt the “Shark Tank” effect.

Don’t be fooled by its homely appearance, the empty lot at 3601 M Street NW in Georgetown (formerly an Exxon station) is one of the hottest pieces of real estate in town. Coveted by the Georgetown-Rosslyn Gondola Coalition (full…

The Washington Convention Center just got a midcentury modern makeover.

Once one of the District's most construction-filled corridors, over 1,600 new residential units have delivered on the H Street Corridor in the past few years. Now, as the redevelopment and resurgence of the corridor continues to migrate…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday her city will offer zero-interest loans of up to $5,000 to people who might not be able to make their next mortgage payment because of the partial government shutdown.

Furloughed workers, contractors, and small-business owners are invited to attend the event this week

Yes, D.C.’s Chinatown is small in comparison to others around the world, but it still has a storied history. Here are ten things we bet you didn’t know.

A wide thoroughfare dividing two of the city's quadrants with monumental views of the U.S. Capitol, North Capitol Street has the potential to be one of D.C.'s premier corridors.

D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) is proposing legislation to add clergy to the list of mandatory reporters who must tell authorities about suspected child abuse or neglect, the latest fallout from a growing clergy sexual-abuse…

WASHINGTON — Furloughed federal workers who live in the District could be getting help with their mortgages from the D.C. government.