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A majority of the D.C. Council has revived an effort to ban outside employment for lawmakers, the latest fallout from an ethics scandal swirling around council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2).

D.C.'s largest private sector office tenant is not slowing down its growth in the region.

Matt Wixon, owner and founder of Bookstore Movers and partial owner of Capitol Hill Books, died on March 22, two years after he was diagnosed with colon cancer. He was 41 years old.

A D.C. Council member wants an investigation into who is feeding the city’s homeless after she learned a small business is charging the city double that of its competitor for meals served in a shelter.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) appeared to suggest as much Monday night, when a provocative image of Harper altered in the likeness of Benedict Arnold — the Revolutionary War officer who infamously defected to the British — appeared on…

Serial investor and entrepreneur Mark Ein is making another splash, taking over the managerial responsibilities of the Citi Open, the region's premier annual pro tennis tournament.

But good luck trying to access the video, or police records on any councilmember, for that matter.

"'Blockbuster' became sort of a pejorative word. I don't know what's wrong with being too popular frankly."

Nearly a year ago, Howard University narrowed down the teams in the running to redevelop the 2.2 acres between Georgia Avenue and 8th Street NW between V and W Streets. Now, a development team has been selected and the vision for the site…

In May 2014, the administration of then-Mayor Vincent Gray selected a team led by the Peebles Corp. to develop the D.C.-owned lot at Fifth and Eye streets NW. Peebles was chosen in part, the announcement declared, because it bid the…

Metro has opted to lease its existing headquarters property in downtown D.C. instead of sell it, and says it plans to be completely moved out of its home of 45 years by 2022.

The 1.1-acre site spans an entire city block.

A D.C. Council member has requested an investigation after a catering company won a city contract to feed the homeless despite a lower bid by a competitor.

It has been nearly a year since the popular and historic fountain at Meridian Hill Park was last turned on. Now, it’s looking like it will be at least several months before North America’s longest cascading fountain is flowing once again. …

The fight over the D.C. private school voucher program, the only federally funded program of its kind, is heating up as the Trump administration wants to double the size of the program while House Democrats scrutinize its operations.

A ballooning ethics scandal involving the D.C. Council’s longest-serving member is prompting lawmakers to rethink two of the perks of the job: the ability to hold outside employment and to manage funds that are used to help constituents in…

Mark Ein can’t do anything about the rain that often bedevils Washington’s Citi Open. He can’t change the tournament’s date, either, despite August’s withering heat and humidity — nor should he. It occupies a prime spot on the global…

A D.C. lawmaker wants to form a government commission to conduct a sweeping review of symbols, markers and street names across the city that could be considered offensive.

The District’s half-acre site at Fifth and Eye streets NW is without a developer, again.