2020

Heading to college can be an exciting and challenging time. Now, there’s a new program in the District focused on providing eligible high school graduates with a network of support well after they leave the public school system.

WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser’s cellphone rang earlier this week from an unfamiliar number: It was the White House calling to say President Donald Trump wanted to talk.

Brandon T. Todd’s devotion to constituent services is hailed in the neighborhood. His opponent Janeese Lewis George critiques his voting record.

New York may have the Empire State Building, lit up in festive hues to mark holidays big and small, but in Washington’s Petworth neighborhood, residents look to the front lawn of a blue rowhouse to celebrate the passage of time.

This brings Evans' ethics tab to $55,000.

TGIF. While DC continues to plan for Phase 1 of reopening, White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said today the Washington region is among several areas of the country that continue to see a troublingly high rate…

Former Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans agreed to pay a $35,000 fine to the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability on Friday, finally settling the oldest open government investigation into the embattled former lawmaker’s ethical…

The D.C. city ethics board on Friday fined former council member Jack Evans $35,000 for violations related to his outside employment while in office, as voting started in the primary election where Evans is attempting to reclaim his old…

As some areas in D.C., Maryland and Virginia reopen or plan to in the next couple of weeks, the White House coronavirus response coordinator said the area is the highest in the nation in percentage of positive test results.

Exploring the former Lorton Reformatory with an ex-inmate.

Dr. Deborah Birx says the D.C. metro area has the highest rate of coronavirus tests coming back positive in the nation – a troubling sign as parts begin to reopen.

The ReOpen DC task force is recommending that bars open much later than restaurants

The lead coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force said Friday that the District and its suburbs have the highest rate in the country of people testing positive for the infection, despite implementing the same restrictions and…

A D.C. woman has reached a settlement in a lawsuit against the District of Columbia Housing Authority for cutting off her housing benefits after she left her allegedly abusive husband.

For generations of Washingtonians, Cleveland Park’s Uptown Theater was already a D.C. landmark. But now, there is an effort underway to make that status official.

"Does the city have our back?"

D.C. Public Schools will offer a virtual summer school session in June, but some students could return to classrooms in August if the spread of the coronavirus continues to slow.

When the world was not beset by a pandemic, the neighborhood listserv offered a platform for reporting suspicious activity, finding a contractor or tracking down free potting soil.