2023

The D.C. Council unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that aims to get fewer cars and more e-bikes on D.C. streets.

As the opioid crisis worsens, the community must find ways to help

Ward 2 D.C. councilmember Brooke Pinto unveiled a comprehensive and controversial public safety legislative plan on Monday to increase carceral penalties for violent crimes and heighten law enforcement surveillance. Pinto says it is a…

A growing share of renter households in D.C. are spending more than half of their income on housing costs, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.

Well after closing time, the staff at Abunai, a poke restaurant in Northwest D.C., grew accustomed to leaving on the lights for a single customer. They had good reason to treat this 27-year-old former data scientist so well. His patronage…

D.C. just took a big step toward providing relief in a part of Northeast prone to chronic flooding.

The Ward 2 councilmember’s crime legislation drew rebuke from judicial leaders who say warrantless searches might violate the Fourth Amendment.

Package of plans released Monday drew criticism from D.C. judges concerned about the legality of proposed searches

Bipartisan efforts in Congress to extend the District's lease on the RFK Stadium campus and allow mixed-use development there — potentially including a new Washington Commanders stadium — are moving ahead.

Part of a massive economic redevelopment project is expanding the reach of health care to D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood in a state-of-the-art facility.

Almost 25 years ago, a coalition of local environmental groups filed a lawsuit against DC Water for allowing billions of gallons of untreated sewage to spill into the District’s rivers. Now, work is complete on a massive system of tunnels…

A student-led petition urging Georgetown University to ban legacy admissions has gained more than 800 signatures in several weeks.

Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon this morning on Whitman-Walker's new 118,000-square-foot health care and research facility on the St. Elizabeths East campus that will allow the organization to triple the number of patients it sees in…

The Department of General Services, which is responsible for maintaining school buildings, said crews are working “as hard as possible”

There’s now some relief for those looking to get in vitro fertilization treatments in D.C., as health insurers now have to cover the often costly treatment.

Construction on a new tunnel has just finished in D.C., with the goal of alleviating dangerous flooding during major storms.

Local nonprofits will plant tens of thousands of trees across the D.C. area in Black and brown neighborhoods that currently lack tree canopy. It’s an effort to promote ‘tree equity‘ — making sure the many benefits of trees reach everyone. …

Action in Congress is needed before D.C. can pursue plans to redevelop the site of the aging RFK stadium