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Elizabeth Davis was reelected as the Washington Teachers’ Union president Monday, beating out a crowded field to secure her third term as one of the most powerful labor leaders in the District.

Two federal lawmakers warned Tuesday that the District needs more money for a fund that covers the unique security needs of the nation’s capital, saying it has been depleted by inadequate congressional payments and President Trump’s…

D.C. schools facing budget cuts are poised to get some relief after the D.C. Council voted Tuesday to direct nearly $5.4 million to those 31 campuses.

Nearly $24 million will be poured into repairing dangerously dilapidated public housing complexes in the nation’s capital after D.C. lawmakers voted Tuesday to redirect money that was originally in the reserves of the Washington Convention…

The D.C. Council on Tuesday deferred a $46 million tax abatement for a swanky Adams Morgan hotel after an initial finding by the city that the developer failed to fulfill hiring requirements mandated when lawmakers approved the subsidy.

The New York Avenue Men’s shelter is slated for an update

A new exhibit shows early plans for various monuments that ended up getting scrapped.

Sunyatta Amen, a naturopathic physician and fifth-generation herbalist, has been offering tea and natural remedies for whatever ails you at her Calabash Tea & Tonic cafe on 7th Street in Shaw since May 2015. The store has been featured…

The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to spend roughly $25 million on repairs to the city’s aging stock of public housing, and to set aside more money at the end of this fiscal year to do the same.

The D.C. Council unanimously passed emergency legislation Tuesday that protects some prospective and current city employees from employment discrimination for being medical marijuana patients, though many of the workers facing blowback for…

The controversial Dacha beer garden is back in headlines this week.

The D.C. Council has come out ahead in its effort to divert tens of millions of dollars from the agency managing the city’s entertainment venues, averting the need for a hotel tax increase and freeing up cash for badly needed public…

Metro Board Chairman Jack Evans forcefully defended himself Tuesday amid allegations of ethics violations, while not addressing an independent law firm’s findings regarding conflicts of interest and attempts to use public office for his…

The continued rise in construction costs has made D.C.'s ongoing projects more expensive, and developers say the next wave of new projects will be hit the hardest.

It was a little past 6:30 p.m. when Tyra Mitchell arrived at her photo exhibition’s opening reception earlier this month, rushed but poised and bright-eyed as she composed herself to welcome her guests. “My Uber got pulled over and I was…

Fox News’ ever-expanding definition of socialism grew just a little larger last week.

After decades of discussion, Metro kicked off a study this week of a new, second station at Rosslyn and other changes that could overhaul the way trains on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines run throughout the system. It could also prove to…

The site of a shuttered Chinese carry-out spot on the D.C.-Maryland border could soon welcome a host of new senior residents.

Since 2015, a group of aspiring young journalists has chronicled every homicide in the District on the site D.C. Witness. No killing goes unnoticed. Every victim gets a story, usually accompanied by a photo. Every arrest. Every courtroom…

Over a year ago, DC's Department of Housing and Community Development awarded the development rights to deliver an all-affordable development on city-owned land in the Truxton Circle area. Now, those plans are moving forward.