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From high-rise office buildings to affordable housing projects, D.C. property owners are installing more and more solar panels on their rooftops.

Almost a decade after the District’s last great soda tax debate, the D.C. Council will once again consider implementing a hike on the cost of sugary drinks.

Several members of the D.C. Council’s transportation committee think the $35 residents pay each year for most residential street parking is way too low. They’ve proposed raising the fee to $50, with additional vehicles costing more.

Events D.C., the District’s official convention and sports authority, has approved a 35,000-square-foot retail and entertainment space and potential sportsbook at Nationals Park, as the city prepares for legalized sports betting.

Driving into part or all of D.C. could require paying a toll in the future, under a $480,000 study proposed by the D.C. Council.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser pitched legislation Thursday to allow for the sale of recreational marijuana in the city.

The location at 14th and U streets NW closed mid-March

Unsuck DC Metro, with the help of Judicial Watch, has sued the agency over a customer survey

Mayor Muriel Bowser is introducing her plan to make it possible for recreational marijuana dispensaries to open in the District.

In 2016, the plans to redevelop the McMillan Reservoir and Sand Filtration Site were about to get started. However, an appellate court decision put a halt to the project later that year, and it has been stuck in limbo ever since.

The complaint says embattled former director Melinda Bolling fibbed to the Council twice.

As the District of Columbia and its suburbs grapple with a shortage of housing — particularly affordable homes — a new and controversial strategy has gained support among elected officials, the nonprofit sector and developers alike.

Some participants mopped floors rather than receiving the training they signed up for.

Providence Health System has officially shut down the remainder of its acute-care services in Northeast D.C., ending a long battle to close its struggling hospital in the face of political and community opposition.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced legislation Thursday to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana dispensaries in the nation’s capital, setting up a potential showdown with the federal government.

One of the great things about D.C. is its status as an international city, with people speaking a panoply of languages, eating various foods and listening to different kinds of music. And this weekend, people will have the chance to sample…

District officials announced on Wednesday the start of the annual summer crime initiative that includes saturating six of the most violent neighborhoods with extra officers and other resources as homicides continue to climb.

The number of people experiencing homelessness in D.C. is down 5.5 percent from last year, according to the city’s annual census of its homeless population.

The number of homeless people counted on the streets and in the shelters of the nation’s capital has dropped for the third straight year, D.C. officials announced Wednesday.

Many overdose patients end up in hospital emergency rooms, but before this week in D.C., they couldn’t get treatment for their addiction. Instead, hospitals would refer patients to treatment programs outside of the hospital.