2023

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has selected a former appointee in President Joe Biden’s General Services Administration to lead the city’s planning and economic development office, filling a position left vacant by the departure of embattled…

D.C. has a new economic development chief, and she knows a thing or two about empty office space.

Having watched video of the House Judiciary Committee field hearing on crime in Democratic-led New York City in April, I wasn’t the least bit surprised by the approach taken by House Republicans during this week’s Judiciary subcommittee…

The culture of any institution emanates from its top leaders.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has tapped a top official in the General Services Administration to join her cabinet overseeing economic development in the District, a critical position that had been without permanent leadership after its…

Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced Nina Albert as her choice to head the District's economic development efforts — a far-reaching agenda that includes reinvigorating downtown, gaining control over the RFK Stadium campus and boosting…

Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday praised the choice of "Mamie 'Peanut' Johnson Plaza" as the name for the redesigned intersection of Florida and New York avenues NE.

House Republicans probed the rise of violent crime in D.C. in a contentious hearing Thursday, describing the District as embroiled in a “culture of lawlessness” and pressing authorities to impose harsher punishments on those convicted of…

A hazardous D.C. intersection once informally referred to as “Dave Thomas Circle” will be renamed to honor female African American baseball pioneer Mamie “Peanut” Johnson, officials said Wednesday.

GOP members of the House of Representatives convened a hearing on violent crime in D.C. yet again Thursday, echoing sentiments expressed in multiple previous hearings on the topic. Republicans lambasted local officials for what they…

We’re a society that doesn’t like to talk about death, and that’s not good for life

‘This is a really good business that we overshot on expense,’ interim CEO Patty Stonesifer said. Now the company is hoping to reduce staff through buyouts.

Beth Barkley was honored for her work with newcomers to the United States

The Thursday hearing, out of a House Judiciary subcommittee, is part of a continuing effort by GOP members to use crime in some Democratic-led cities across the country to their political benefit.

The WTU says DCPS still hasn’t come back to the table, even as the clock has started ticking to avoid another delayed contract.

Adams Morgan's concrete plaza has defeated its latest threat: luxury condos.

Billed on Mayor Muriel Bowser's schedule as a celebration of the International Day of the Girl, her visit to Cardozo Education Campus this morning turned into a surprise announcement that Beth Barkley, who teaches at the school's…

The staff reductions come after Post leaders determined that recent revenue projections were overly optimistic