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What do silent discos, fashion shows, restaurant discounts, wing-eating contests, and art galleries have in common? They’re all offered as part of D.C.’s Art All Night event, which hits all eight wards this Friday and Saturday.

A train shortage is threatening the transit system’s ability to open the long-awaited Silver Line extension in Northern Virginia

Metro officials said Thursday they’re committed to safely returning more troubled 7000-series railcars to service, though they’re still at a loss as to what’s caused the wheel-set issues that sidelined much of its fleet.

The Washington D.C. Economic Partnership is beefing up its staff as it looks to take a more active role in attracting companies to the city's business districts.

What do silent discos, fashion shows, restaurant discounts, wing-eating contests, and art galleries have in common? They’re all offered as part of D.C.’s Art All Night event, which hits all eight wards this Friday and Saturday.

Starting this Friday, monkeypox vaccine appointments at D.C. clinics will be available on a walk-up basis only — no pre-registration is required. Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Health made the announcement today. Eligible individuals can visit…

The mental health care field needs more social workers, and a proposal in front of the D.C. Council might help provide them.

Starting Friday, you no longer need an appointment to get a monkeypox vaccine in D.C.

Metro plans to pair mental health experts with transit police and operating staff to respond to emergencies where extra support is needed. The new public safety initiative announced Wednesday aims to provide the appropriate response to a…

When David Krucoff knocks on a door in D.C. and introduces himself as a Republican running for local office, he’s often ready to deliver a set of quick additional disclosures.

DC Health continues to grapple with its wastewater surveillance project to support the CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS). Despite joining the national program in December of 2020, D.C. has contended with limited funding,…

The Metro wheel problems that caused a train to derail outside Arlington Cemetery nearly a year ago and prompted WMATA to sideline its newest 7000-series trains may also have been the result of issues with the tracks themselves. And the…

The full D.C. Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve legislation aimed at stopping drivers from turning right on red lights in the District.

A U.S. House committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said would provide the biggest expansion of D.C. home rule in nearly 50 years.

A years-old engineering report cites older examples of a track problem that has caused wheels on rail cars to move apart

The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted to create a government office that lawmakers say will offer immediate support to the thousands of asylum seekers being bused to the District at the direction of GOP governors from states on the southern…

District voters might feel a sense of deja vu over a hotly debated ballot initiative to change how tipped workers are paid. After all, the city’s voters passed a very similar measure in 2018 with 55 percent of the vote, before the D.C.…

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine says in a new court filing that Metro is too sensitive a place to allow regular commuters to carry handguns, because trains and buses carry large numbers of federal workers and also D.C. school children on…

Despite the furor over Initiative 77, Initiative 82 looks safe should voters approve it in November.

The D.C. Council will vote Tuesday on an emergency bill to establish an Office of Migrant Services to handle the thousands of migrants being bused to the city.