2021

The city says it will revise a plan that would limit the number of scooter providers operating in the nation’s capital

The record is clear: Parole boards don’t work. In the 1970s, more than 70 percent of all releases from prison were based on the discretion of a parole board, but, over time, parole boards became increasingly stingy. They often limit the…

If it seems like it’s been a rainy few weeks, that’s because it has been — August 2021, was, in fact, the rainiest August in D.C. since 1967. That’s not even counting the downpours on Sept. 1, as the remnants of Hurricane Ida swept through…

D.C. is extending contracts with MedStar and two other health care insurers who provide coverage for more than 250,000 D.C. residents through Medicaid after MedStar threatened to cancel its agreements with its fellow insurers.

Armand Lione wants more Washingtonians to know of the American Indian tribes in the region

For months now, parents and kids across the country have been getting ready to go back to school, but for Pamela Uqdah, there’s always a different concern: Will her daughter’s school be ready for her?

The images of Afghans desperately clinging to the chance for a fresh start in a new land resonated with Washington, D.C.'s shadow Representative Oye Owolewa.

More than 250,000 D.C. residents who rely on Medicaid won’t have to worry about losing health insurance, as Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration extended all three of its provider contracts, going against a judge’s order.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) declared a state of emergency this week to extend the city’s lucrative contract with MedStar an additional nine months, a move that city leaders hope will end a simmering conflict that could have disrupted…

MPD says it will publicize investigative information—eventually.

A D.C. police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to reckless driving and agreed to pay $350 in penalties after authorities said she and another on-duty officer crashed two marked police cars while drag racing in a Northeast Washington…

South Capitol Street creates a stark divide before you hit the Anacostia River. Navy Yard is on the east side, with towering apartments and condos, some of which rent studios for $2,000 a month. These high rises loom over the modest homes…

Fulfilling a mission that started 1,000 miles away, an emergency disaster team from D.C.-based Humane Rescue Alliance headed to New Orleans this week in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida and rescued a dog trapped underneath a collapsed shed. …

Animals in overcrowded shelters in Louisiana were moved as part of a $45,000 rescue effort. They’ll be available for adoption from 11 D.C.-area shelters.

Share a Seed and Friends of the Mount Pleasant Library team up to launch a seed library on Sept. 11.

D.C.’s Department of Motor Vehicles is reminding residents with expired driver’s licenses and ID cards that the deadline to get those renewed is Sept. 9.

Some of D.C.’s largest landlords say they’re still struggling to get rent relief money from the District to cover balances owed by tenants, in yet another sign of the city’s troubles deploying the federal aid before evictions resume.

In D.C., as in cities across the country, there is a long history of tense relationships between residents of Black neighborhoods and the police, fueled by instances of police harassment and, in some cases, brutality.