2021

Metro and the U.S. Department of Transportation inspector generals will be probing criminal culpability as well as communication breakdowns

Two more candidates are running against longtime D.C. Council member Anita Bonds (D), the at-large member who chairs the committee charged with overseeing the city’s beleaguered housing authority.

The party Tomás Banks attended occurred more than three decades ago, and while time has smudged some of his memories of that day, he hasn’t forgotten the birthday card he handed a friend.

The latest wagering statistics continue to paint a grim picture for D.C.’s sports betting program, as the city’s government-run sportsbook still lags far behind private operators active in the District.

Echoes of a notorious “clearing” incident resounded in testimony from councilmembers and housing advocates at a public roundtable yesterday. Most notably, witnesses recalled the screams of an unhoused man accidentally picked up by a Bobcat…

Two years ago, architect Ileana Schinder shared insight with UrbanTurf about why so few detached accessory dwelling units (ADUs) were being built in DC, and it largely came down to inefficiencies during the city review process. Now, the…

A daylong hearing on DC's homeless encampment pilot project aired stark differences in assessments of the program's primary purpose and effectiveness.

D.C. leaders are grappling with the future of the city’s current plan meant to help homeless residents get off the streets — efforts which dozens of witnesses testified Tuesday have cleared many out of the encampments leaving them nowhere…

D.C. had a problem: it was going to run out of new phone numbers later in 2022.

A handful of D.C. schools started the year taking part in a pilot program to reimagine police on campus.

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Event planners aim to hold the National Cherry Blossom Festival in-person next year after the Covid-19 pandemic forced the hallmark tourist attraction to pivot to virtual events for the past two years.

After a hiccup earlier this year, plans to redevelop the former WTTG-Fox 5 headquarters site in Friendship Heights are back on track — and a familiar developer is back on the masthead.

The missing station became a symbol of how the city works—or doesn’t work—for its residents.

Jamal Thomas, who says he’s experienced homelessness for several years, had to leave the NoMa encampment when it was cleared — and will have to leave yet another encampment in Truxton Circle if a planned permanent clearing happens on Nov.…

D.C. lawmakers and activists on Tuesday strongly criticized a new effort by the city to close five large homeless encampments, even as senior city officials strongly insisted that the program is showing success in housing people…