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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 5, 2019 CONTACT:  LaToya Foster (EOM) Statement on the Confirmation of Chief Technology Officer Lindsey Parker (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, following the Council of the District of Columbia’s…

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library is slated to reopen in 2020 as part of DC Public Library’s “Know Your Neighborhood” plan to modernize and increase library usage. Construction began on the $211 million project in early 2017, which…

District gay nightclub Cobalt announced Tuesday it had closed its doors for the last time.

At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman introduced a bill on Tuesday that would increase penalties for landlords who refuse to rent to people who use federal rental assistance vouchers (previously called Section 8 vouchers) to pay their…

A longstanding debate among parents over vaccinations has one D.C. lawmaker thinking: What if you take parents out of the equation?

Yet the agency's former director claimed under oath that she didn't know until February of 2018.

A majority of the D.C. Council on Tuesday scuttled legislation to increase a popular tax break for homeowners, following an uproar from progressive groups that said the proposal would drain the treasury and disproportionately help the…

D.C.-area residents have long savored the reporting stylings of Pat Collins, the longtime NBC Washington correspondent who is equal parts famous for his snow stick challenge and that time he dressed up like a grape to interview a student…

The Murrell Building, an Upshur St. spot owned by Paul Ruppert and former home of the now-shuttered Slim’s Diner, has a new venture: a co-working space on its third floor.

Weeks after taking a look at the developments planned for just east of South Capitol Street, today, UrbanTurf picks up where we left off in the Navy Yard neighborhood. While a couple of projects have either recently delivered or will soon…

The D.C. condo market has experienced years of undersupply, with developers favoring the booming rental segment. But large projects under development are preparing to deliver a host of new for-sale options for D.C. buyers.  

The store south of Dupont Circle is called the Proper Topper. A better name on Saturday would have been the Improper Stopper.

After more than a year without a permanent head for D.C. Public Schools, the D.C. Council voted unanimously to confirm Lewis Ferebee’s nomination, approving him to become the fourth Chancellor of the District of Columbia.

Metrobuses are crashing into people, cars and other things more often, adding to issues already facing the system. New data also shows Metrobuses have been breaking down more frequently than in recent years.

Cobalt is officially closing its doors, after the building that housed the Dupont gay nightclub was sold to a developer over the summer.

Lewis D. Ferebee was confirmed Tuesday as chancellor of the District’s public schools, receiving a vote of support from each of the 13 D.C. Council members.

The chair of the D.C. Council’s Finance and Revenue Committee is apologizing in response to accusations he used his elected, public position for private gain.

The Armed Forces Retirement Home has canceled plans to let a private developer convert the historic Grant Building on its Northwest D.C. campus into an assisted living facility, an initiative launched to generate additional revenue for the…

Chairman Phil Mendelson is calling for the D.C. Council to reprimand Jack Evans, the Ward 2 councilmember facing mounting allegations that he has used his elected office for personal gain. Emails released by the Washington Post last week…

Popular D.C. gay bar Cobalt has closed, citing a number of reasons for its decision to leave the 17th Street neighborhood.