2023

A battle is brewing in the DC Council over two proposed mechanisms to fund fare-free Metrobus service and new late-night bus routes.

Mental health diagnoses in D.C. during the pandemic were up 15% above the baseline, per a new Georgetown University report for the D.C. Auditor's Office.

Police Chief Robert Contee will undertake one last major initiative before leaving for a new post at the FBI: getting cops out of their cars and walking in their communities.

The D.C. council is moving to increase funding for climate and environmental programs, after Mayor Muriel Bowser proposed a 14% cut in her budget for the upcoming 2024 fiscal year. The council is also proposing to restore the original…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Thursday she will conduct a nationwide search to find the city’s next police chief, seeking to fill what officials say will be a massive void that is left when Robert J. Contee III formally retires…

One day after D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee announced he’d be moving on to a new job at the FBI, he also unveiled a new community policing initiative aimed at reducing crime through deeper neighborhood involvement.

Medical residents and fellows at George Washington University voted to unionize Thursday, joining a growing list of employees organizing in residency programs across the U.S.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser launched a national search to find a replacement for departing Police Chief Robert J. Contee III, with hopes of having someone in place by the time he leaves the post in early June. At the same time, Bowser and…

Speaking frankly and in personal terms, D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee addressed the public Thursday, explaining his decision to step down from the police department after more than 30 years on the force, including two years as chief.

Protesters smeared black and red paint on the case and pedestal of Edgar Degas’s “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” sculpture at the National Gallery of Art in D.C. on Thursday to bring attention to the climate crisis and demand that President…

The sudden announcement of Contee’s departure has officials and critics wondering what’s next for the department.

The D.C. Council’s transportation committee is set to make a transit tradeoff in the budget — free bus fares for the entire city while pausing the long-planned K Street Transitway downtown to pay for it.

Efforts to tinker with decades-old rules that limit long-distance flying at DCA have been met with outcry from lawmakers in the Washington region

Melissa Chapman was recently awarded sole custody of her children — but only after a years-long legal battle. Her ex — who she says had a history of domestic violence against her, leading to a civil protection order — hired a private…

Reagan National Airport has few nonstop flights to the West Coast due to federal limits. Now, Delta Air Lines is part of a new coalition lobbying to allow airlines to make farther nonstop trips.

Just hours after announcing Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee's plans to retire June 3 for a post at the FBI, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the outgoing chief outlined a new policing strategy aimed at enhancing community…

D.C. police chief Robert Contee is retiring from the force and is accepting a role with the FBI, sources tell WTOP.

D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III is retiring and taking a high-level job with the FBI, leaving a department he has served for more than three decades as it continues to struggle with a spike in certain violent crimes and staffing…

D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III is planning to retire, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced in a statement Wednesday evening, as federal lawmakers increasingly turn their attention to public safety in the city and violent crime…