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While the DC Council certainly introduced several commendable bills which weren't passed in 2018, one that UrbanTurf quite liked seemed to recede into the background with a whimper.  In January, Councilmember Charles Allen introduced the Go…

In the early 1960s, long before bluegrass was streamed into the living rooms of genteel NPR listeners or championed by retro-craving hipsters, the place to hear the best hillbilly music around was the District of Columbia, and the people to…

WASHINGTON — The District could soon have its own “red flag” gun safety law on the books.

Two "poison pill" amendments to the deal to build a new hospital in Ward 8 have forced Councilmember Vince Gray to propose more changes that give greater consideration to Howard University's medical school.

On a chilly December morning, nearly three months after the runner’s death, her makeshift memorial was still visible.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday could pass new laws restricting the ability of gun owners to modify weapons and require police to seize guns while enforcing protective orders in domestic disputes.

If you’ve spent any time in downtown Washington recently, you’ve probably seen one of the hundreds of electric scooters that, for better or worse, have become ubiquitous on city streets and sidewalks.

The D.C. government is suing Providence Health System, alleging the Northeast D.C. hospital violated the terms of its newly renewed license by scaling back many of its services Friday.

WASHINGTON — When the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments gets to work next year, the first thing it’s expected to do is approve proposed board leaders who are all African-American. And, the Council of Government’s 2019 Corporate…

Humiliated. That’s how Stephen Benson felt as a teenager standing in Union Station, wondering how he ended up in handcuffs.

An unprecedented series of drenching rain storms, culminating in this weekend’s soaking, has catapulted 2018 to the wettest year on record in Washington. This year’s rainfall tally shoves aside the previous top mark which stood for nearly…

WASHINGTON — 2018 will officially go down as D.C.’s wettest calendar year on record.

How the D.C. institution serves as a blueprint for young entrepreneurs

The District government filed suit Friday against management of Providence Hospital, saying its move to shutter most of its operations has violated the terms of its hospital license.

It’s hard to not get worked up about a new stadium possibly getting built on the existing RFK site, especially with Washington’s football team owner Daniel Snyder in the picture. “Think your NFL owner is bad? Dan Snyder’s always worse” was…

A new analysis of U.S. Census data by the D.C. Policy Center (DCPC), a local think tank, underscores big demographic differences between the east and west sides of the District.

After 11 years of centralization, Lewis D. Ferebee, the choice of D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to be the next D.C. schools chancellor (subject to confirmation by the D.C. Council), will bring a fresh perspective to D.C. Public Schools.…

Pedestrian deaths seems to be on the upswing this year, despite a promise from the District to make walking and bicycling in the city safer.

Arlington bar owner Scott Parker will debut his first DC venture—a full-service restaurant called Roy Boys—in the former Tasty Burger space in Shaw’s Atlantic Plumbing development. Parker, a co-owner, says Roy Boys should open by…