2022

Improving D.C.’s walkability should go beyond infrastructure fixes to account for levels of policing, environmental quality, and other factors that affect how much people walk, according to new research.

Several D.C. Council members are probing DC Health on why the agency failed to submit COVID-19 data to the CDC for two weeks.

COVID-19 may be moving into a more manageable phase, but some D.C. businesses are keeping their pandemic-era protocols alive for the foreseeable future.

D.C. Council candidates shared their plans to address the District’s housing crisis, a major focus during a forum Sunday, hosted by the D.C. Tenants Advocacy Coalition, TENAC.

Five large heritage trees, protected by D.C. law, are standing in the way of a project to build nearly 200 apartments a site near the Minnesota Ave. Metro Station in Ward 7, according to a developer. The company, City Interests Development…

A group of 252 works spanning the influential Black photographer’s long career will be housed at the Washington HBCU’s research center.

Nearly half of Metro’s 500 operators have lapsed recertification, WMATA said in a statement Sunday. As a result, train services will be delayed beginning Monday.

An operator shortage on top of an ongoing train shortage is expected to create longer wait times this month, Metro said

If you have a medical condition and have to get to a bathroom fast in D.C., a new bill may make it easier.

A data-driven report published by D.C.’s independent Criminal Justice Coordinating Council outlines 16 short- and long-term strategies for reducing violent crime.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is asking residents not to hoard baby formula as a nationwide shortage has sent parents searching in the region.

In a downtown Washington retail space that was once the real Woodward & Lothrop building before it was a real Forever 21, Michelle Allen examined a real coffee mug in a faux version of Central Perk, the fake coffee shop from the sitcom…

In a mayoral election headlined by three candidates who already hold city office, James Butler’s pitch to D.C. voters is straightforward: The lawmakers on the ballot have had years to remedy issues plaguing the District, he says. And if…

A D.C. police captain is speaking publicly about what he said was retaliation from his superior for how he handled a robbery call earlier this year.

Public safety and schools. Those two issues are key to the health of any city, and they explain in large part why the District of Columbia rebounded from its hard times in the 1990s to thrive. Mayor Anthony Williams (D) overhauled police…

The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council published the plan as the city struggles to address a surge in violent crime

Randy Clarke, chief executive of Austin’s public transit system, has been hired to replace retiring Metro general manager Paul J. Wiedefeld

A niece of Gilbert Hartke says a dress that is set for auction was donated to him, not to Catholic University, and she should inherit it

An D.C. police captain is suing the department, alleging that he was retaliated against after he reported the decision of his supervisor to authorize a police chase that violated MPD’s General Orders and ended in a 16-year-old being…