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A bill that would decriminalize sex work in Washington D.C. will be reintroduced at the D.C. Council on Tuesday, this time with four councilmembers in support.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has filed suit against drug manufacturer Purdue Pharma and the company’s former president, alleging the company misled patients and doctors to increase opioid drug sales.

The District's primary vehicle for funding affordable housing is coming under scrutiny, with a new audit raising concerns over the selection process for over $100M in affordable housing awards last year.

Two locations for stand-alone toilets will be recommended by a working group

Skip has suspended its scooter service in the D.C. area after one of its vehicles caught on fire last week.

The Supreme Court Monday rejected an appeal from right-wing provocateur Pamela Gellar, who had sought to post advertisements throughout Washington’s Metro transit system depicting the Prophet Mohammad.

A new store slated for 504 K Street NW (map) would have an unenclosed outdoor patio. The proposal was presented at last month's meeting of the ANC 6E.

The Bowser administration has established a commission to address disparities in D.C.’s health care system, as areas east of the Anacostia River experience a gaping hole in services and residents increasingly suffer from a lack of access…

Pedestrians and cyclists gathered for a vigil in Ward 8 on Friday evening to demand safer streets in D.C., though the solemnity was often broken by the sound of cars speeding up Martin Luther King Junior Avenue.

“Pharmacies are heavily concentrated in D.C.’s downtown and daytime centers”

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is forming a commission to make recommendations for transforming the city’s health-care system, a stark acknowledgment of continuing disparities and troubling developments under her watch.

As flooded email inboxes and Twitter feeds make it tough to reach voters during election season, political campaigns are turning to texting. But in late 2017, automated phone systems were the only real option — and because of regulations,…

If you drive or park in this new bus lane, you risk a $200 fine.

Two D.C. hotels will be under new management come July.

Starting Monday morning, lanes on two of D.C.’s busiest commuter corridors will be dedicated solely to buses as part of a new, summer-long pilot program to help test the impact of bus lanes downtown.

The District is accepting new permit applications for dockless vehicle providers

Some of our apartment building neighbors are here thanks to vouchers making their rents more affordable. And they are, as The DC Line puts it, “spawning debates over how best to provide housing for DC’s most vulnerable residents.”

Chatter from power lunches and happy hours could soon be heard emanating from a prominent street corner in downtown D.C. that has sat dormant for about 25 years.

Physically isolating or restraining a student is one of the most significant actions a school official can take to control that student’s behavior. But unlike their counterparts in Maryland and Virginia, officials in D.C. schools have no…

A group of D.C. lawmakers wants to make the nation’s capital the first jurisdiction to restore voting rights to prisoners while they’re still incarcerated.