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Several D.C. lawmakers are urging the University of the District of Columbia to revoke an speaking invitation to Joshua Lopez, a former city official who was involved in an anti-Semitism scandal last year.

The experiment of tying teachers’ evaluations and pay to student test scores is over. It captured the imagination of decision-makers in D.C., Denver and nationwide a decade ago. As Post columnist David Von Drehle pointed out, the demand to…

Over the last six years residents of Forest Hills may have noticed regular late fall bulletins from the National Park Service (NPS) announcing a “window of opportunity” for sharpshooters to kill deer in Rock Creek Park. NPS claims that the…

Tommy McFly and Kelly Collis, two of the hosts of a beloved local morning radio show that was canceled in October, are branching out on their own with an independent, internet-streaming morning broadcast set to launch Monday.

Another historic district could be afoot for the District of Columbia.

This fall, when you pick up a 24-ounce can of Pabst Blue Ribbon at the store, take a close look at the label: It might bear the work of local artist Tenbeete Solomon. PBR announced Monday that the 26-year-old graphic designer is one of the…

WASHINGTON — Nando’s Peri-Peri reopened its Dupont Circle location Feb. 20 after a two-month renovation, and will hand out free chicken one day next month at the D.C. location to mark the reopening.

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Under a new policy starting on March 1, DC ambulance crews might not take some patients to a hospital but will refer them to a clinic.

WASHINGTON — D.C. has invested heavily in sports facilities in recent years, from the completion of Audi Field and the Entertainment & Sports Arena to the first stages of RFK’s redevelopment coming online this spring and discussions of…

Transparency advocates are calling on the U.S. Capitol Police to do a better job of releasing basic public information.

D.C. nonprofit Jubilee Housing Inc. is targeting a swath of property in Adams Morgan for its next affordable housing project.

The D.C. Council gave final approval to legislation to fast-track sports betting in the District, something that will likely open sports gambling by the start of the NFL season.

Residents and visitors could be casting legal wagers on sports in D.C. as soon as this fall, putting the city among the first adopters of sports betting in the country and far ahead of both Maryland and Virginia.

The nonprofit D.C. Preservation League (DCPL) wants to have roughly 71 acres in Judiciary Square—the Northwest neighborhood housing local and federal courthouses—classified as a historic district. The Historic Preservation Office announced…

D.C. lawmakers Tuesday rejected an effort to provide a reprieve to hundreds of students who applied to one of the city’s most selective public high schools but were disqualified because of a mistake by city officials.

It appears that D.C.’s only full-size public indoor ice rink will be getting a much-needed facelift after all.

More than a decade after Target opened its first DC location in Columbia Heights, four additional outposts of the retail outlet are in the pipeline. Below, UrbanTurf takes a look at where those new locations are headed.

Planning officials are advancing stricter public-space regulations under the city’s Vision Zero initiative

WASHINGTON — Sports betting is coming to the District as soon as this fall.

Northeast D.C.’s Atlas Brew Works is opening a second location, this one in the Navy Yard neighborhood near Nationals Park.