2021

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser appointed a Philadelphia schools official to a top education job in the District, filling a key role as the city tries to recover from a pandemic that has upended learning for more than a year.

“WHAT’S THE point of spending millions of dollars on a crime lab if people don’t trust its findings and won’t use it?” That is the question we posed in 2015 about the District’s Consolidated Forensic Laboratory; unfortunately, it is time…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Thursday that she would nominate a Philadelphia school official who oversaw that city’s sprawling charter sector to serve as the District’s state superintendent of education — one of D.C.’s top…

WASHINGTON, DC — A fireworks celebration that was hosted last July by the Republican National Convention and that took place at the prompting of then-President Donald Trump caused more than $42,000 damage at the National Mall, according to…

The key to getting workers back into downtown D.C. and revitalizing the economy is through child care, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday.

Mayor Bowser took three hours worth of questions from councilmembers who are eager to get their own ideas into the budget.

Weeks after the National Zoo reopened following the latest six-month pandemic closure, the union representing its police officers says it should be closed again because there are too few officers to ensure safety.

For now, the head of D.C.’s public housing agency is out of a job. But someday, Tyrone Garrett believes his tenure heading up the D.C. Housing Authority will be vindicated.

With the lyrics of Britney Spears’s pop songs soon to fill an esteemed D.C. theater built for Shakespeare’s soliloquies, what can we expect next? Serious drama on the jumbotron at Nationals Park?

Over the last year, the 1,400 people held at the D.C. Jail have weathered a 23-hour daily lockdown and complaints about conditions ranging from access to education to where transgender inmates are housed. When the men and women who live in…

Thousands of National Guard troops are gone, but nearly five months after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, fencing still blocks the public from the grounds surrounding the iconic building.

As George Washington wrapped up his presidency, he picked up another endeavor, perhaps a bit less noble but just as thrilling: making top-notch booze.

Over the past few years the challenges of revamping Union Station into a multi-modal transit hub had been all over the regional news. But with a devout train rider as president, and federal push for more efficient transportation and…

Veteran choir soldiers undeterred through pandemic with Zoom rehearsals

For the past few years, Helena Fábryová rented kayak gear whenever she was on vacation.

City State Brewing Company will open to the public Friday, several months after originally planned, because of pandemic-related delays.