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Two decades before Mayor Muriel Bowser, Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White (D), DC Housing Authority Executive Director Tyrone Garrett and members of the local development and faith-based communities gathered on Robinson Place SE to cut the…

A new report aims to add to the growing body of knowledge about the current state of housing in DC and the surrounding jurisdictions.

Students, Teachers Fight to Rally Council Support

Each year, hundreds of people graduate from the University of the District of Columbia and go out to make a mark in the world. Many UDC graduates are under 25 years old and haven’t yet hit the workforce. And then there are graduates like…

What About Wards 4, 7 and 8?

A clear majority of Washington-area residents oppose congestion pricing — charging drivers a toll to enter the District during high-traffic times to ease congestion — according to a recent Washington Post-Schar School poll.

Police and other officials trying to understand the District’s rising homicide count have attributed it in part to shootings becoming more lethal, and now they say they may know why. A new study found that more victims are being struck by…

The disturbing statistics linking geography in and around Washington with recent life-expectancy rates buries the hard truth: the District is still a city sadly divided by race, class and income.

I.M. Pei, the world-renowned Chinese-born American architect who is perhaps best known for designing the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in D.C., has died. He was 102.

With the ground saturated by rainwater, a mulberry tree near the Washington Monument fell over this week. Shortly after the images of the more than century-old tree laying on its side landed on social media, mourning and remembrances…

By 2025, Washington, D.C., needs to add 36,000 new units of housing.

May 16, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller Norton Highlights Robust Support in the House and Senate for Restoring Neighborhood Parks WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said she opposes President Trump’s plan to put himself at the center of a redesigned Fourth of July celebration in the nation’s capital, expressing concerns about what could be major logistical changes and…

The National Park Service is still deciding how to save a white mulberry tree near the Washington Monument that uprooted last weekend after heavy rains.

The D.C. Council devoted a significant portion of its daylong budget discussion on Tuesday to one plot of land: The long-closed Shaw Junior High School at 9th St. and Rhode Island Avenue NW.

When the D.C. Council agreed to sole source the contract for the city's online sports wagering platform, it was under the impression the application would be available by September — in time for the new NFL season.

The D.C. ethics office issued the Ward 4 rep a formal reprimand. His constituents call on their councilmember to follow the law.

Earlier this month, the Metro Transit Police Department stopped issuing tickets to people for evading their fare, eating or drinking, spitting, and playing loud music on the transit system while they are riding in D.C., Metro spokesperson…

In the 15 months it was open, The Bird in Shaw cycled through a “turnstile” of four chefs, a whirlwind of change that created a lack of consistency in the cuisine, according to David Winer, owner of EatWell DC, which ran the restaurant. He…

Good Thursday morning. There are now two candidates who have declared they are running against Jack Evans for the Ward 2 DC Council seat he's held since 1991, and both say they will use the new publicly financed campaign system.