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As last November’s midterms swept women into offices nationwide, Mayor Muriel Bowser also made electoral history of her own in the nation’s capital.

Change is underway in our nation’s capitol, and Stephen Clapp is making (some of) it happen. Late last year, the choreographer/dancer/administrator/cultural strategist stepped down as Executive Director of Dance Metro DC and stepped up as…

The Wharf is preparing for the hotel that will be part of its next phase — with a model room to be built in its existing parking garage.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday narrowly authorized the city to grant a sole-source contract to run its new foray into online sports betting, a move that concerns critics who believe the lucrative deal should be competitively bid.

From redlining and urban renewal to gentrification and displacement, the prejudicial impact of housing policy and city planning is hidden in plain sight. In order to illustrate disparities in urban investment, Chicago artist/activist…

Columbia Heights residents have worked for years to save their neighborhood dog park. They led letter-writing campaigns, signed petitions, lobbied lawmakers and ran a social media campaign featuring photos of pups pleading city officials…

Only two days after the Super Bowl — one of the most lucrative days for legal and illegal wagering — the D.C. Council took a first step towards ensuring that residents and visitors will be able to legally cast bets on the next big game.

Property Group Partners is seeking permission from the District to swap a hotel in for a residential building at Capitol Crossing with the hope of generating more daytime and evening activity at the mixed-use project being developed above…

A man wearing a Confederate hoodie was spotted at an American University dining hall last week, prompting nearby students to express their concerns about him to a university police officer. After reviewing the incident, school officials…

Scores of D.C. defendants will be prosecuted for federal gun crimes rather than local charges in the next year as part of a citywide crackdown on convicted felons caught illegally possessing a firearm and repeat violent offenders, four…

Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau wants to revoke the D.C. Housing Authority's status as an independent agency. She introduced a bill on Tuesday to fold the Authority into the purview of the Office of the Mayor.

WASHINGTON — D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson will pull from Tuesday’s Council agenda the vote on a resolution targeting the mayor’s plan to divert funding from Fort Dupont Ice Arena renovations.

The District landed two of the top 20 luxury hotels and resorts in the U.S., according to the latest U.S. News Best Hotels ranking, and 12 in the top 10 percent of the nearly 4,000 hotels considered.

A year ago, rumblings first began that the residential component would be nixed at the two million square-foot Capitol Crossing development. Now, Property Group Partners (PGP) is following through on that plan.

February 15. That’s when the temporary deal that reopened the federal government after the recent 35-day partial shutdown ends, leaving open the possibility that the whole thing may happen again.

WASHINGTON — If D.C. were a state, it would rank first again on an annual list of the top 10 states for leadership in energy and environmental design, the most widely-used green building rating system.

Dr. Lewis Ferebee has been running the public school system in Indianapolis since 2013. He reportedly beat out 40 other candidates for the job in the nation's capitol.

WASHINGTON — D.C. is moving to ban right turns on red lights at another 100 intersections by July.

The emerald-green musical fantasia “The Wiz” at Ford’s Theatre led the way Monday with 13 Helen Hayes Awards nominations, easily heading the field in the annual cavalcade that is greater Washington’s theater awards.

A group of Republican lawmakers has cast suspicion on the findings of an inspector general's report critical of the GSA's handling of the Old Post Office Building lease to an affiliate of President Donald Trump's hotel business once the…