2023

Fifty-four-year-old Earnest Wilkerson didn’t foresee leading his neighbors through the sale of their apartment building when he moved into Minnesota Commons five years ago.

House Republicans scrutinized DC's election laws at a public hearing today, as Democrats on the two committees holding the joint session pushed back against claims that procedures such as widespread mail-in voting and same-day registration…

The Chesapeake Bay got a C in the latest annual Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card released Tuesday by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) – the same score it received in the 2021 report.

The D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles now says that it had been notified about three DUI convictions involving the woman who is now charged with a fatal crash on Rock Creek Parkway that killed three people, walking back past claims that it…

The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to cap rent hikes in rent-stabilized buildings after record-high inflation threatened historic rent increases.

In her decades working for the D.C. City Council and District government, Amy Mauro served as the prototypical staffer, who whispered in the ears of the people in power to ensure the right message was delivered before the taxpaying public.…

A week after a rancorous debate on the same subject, the DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to reduce the allowable rent increases for residents of buildings that fall under the District's rent control laws, generally meaning they…

The D.C. Council is expected to vote on a bill Tuesday that would require private insurers, Medicaid, and the D.C. Healthcare Alliance to cover infertility diagnosis and treatment for District residents. At-large member and Health…

Three councilmembers advancing competing proposals to limit rent increases have found some common ground.

Capital Bikeshare had its highest ridership month of all time in May with more than 428,000 rides, signaling a return to normalcy after the pandemic. It beats the previous record of 408,000 rides set back in September 2018.

In the digital age, checking your local air quality seems pretty straightforward: a quick internet search, or a glance at the weather app on your phone. But there are big gaps in this air quality data — it’s a bit like when the weather app…

Transit officials said riders who qualify for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can sign up for the fare discount

Low-income residents who are enrolled in SNAP benefits will qualify for a new Metro half-off fare discount. The program, called Metro Lift, starts June 20.

Near the start of her second term, Mayor Muriel Bowser directed her team to identify opportunities to relocate DC agencies east of the Anacostia River as an economic development tool. Now, four years later, she marked the opening today of…

The D.C. attorney general’s office has offered to settle out of court with a fraternal police lodge after the city’s liquor board concluded it illegally sold and shipped hundreds of bottles of whiskey without proper permits, according to a…

The FAA’s analysis comes as a coalition of business groups is pushing for more long-distance service at the airport outside Washington

D.C.'s election laws will be next to enter the crosshairs in the GOP’s oversight of the District in Congress, with a hearing next week set to delve into D.C. “election integrity.”

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) administration this week opened a new respite center for U.S. asylum seekers arriving on buses from Texas and Arizona, adding a second clearinghouse in the region for those individuals amid expectations…

Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday announced that the city has picked a team to redevelop the Franklin D. Reeves Center, the large government building standing at the iconic intersection of 14th and U Streets NW.

Chris Magnus is the city’s new Deputy Auditor for Public Safety. He’s the first to occupy the job, which was recommended by the city’s police reform commission in 2021 and ultimately created by police reform legislation the D.C. Council…