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The most closely watched race on Tuesday’s ballot in the District is highlighting the debate over how much control the mayor should exert over the city’s schools and the role the D.C. Council plays as a check on mayoral power.

The region’s late-night economy became officially stymied on Monday when Paul J. Wiedefeld, the general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, did not recommend restoring late-night service for Metrorail as part of…

Khalil Thompson was going for a treble. The low-key campaign operative, who worked in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration as recently as this summer, offered his now-infamous nominating circulation gathering services to three candidates…

Infill development in DC historic districts often incorporates existing structures into new multi-family projects. Far less often, existing structures are moved to make way for new multi-family projects. But that is what is happening in…

Muriel Bowser is poised to become the first D.C. mayor to win a second term since 2002. She is facing no notable competition in the general election, and she’s raised $2.5 million for her reelection campaign—significantly more than her…

In 1942, an exclusive poker club was formed in the District by a handful of distinguished African American men. At the monthly gatherings, members took turns visiting each other’s homes on the weekends, where they’d socialize and play…

FINAL WEEKS of political campaigns are often marked by political noise, with too little attention spent on core issues. That, sadly, has been the case in the race for two at-large seats on the D.C. Council. Unsubstantiated claims about…

In late August, fall classes at Trinity Washington University had just begun, but Bre* was already thinking ahead to winter break. When the semester ends and the dorms close, she will be homeless again. The possibility that she would have…

It turns out Mayor Muriel Bowser did not violate D.C. campaign finance laws, as the nonprofit watchdog group Public Citizen alleged last week. Bowser appeared on CSPAN's Washington Journal as part of its 50 Capitals Tour today and again…

In her campaign for reelection, council member Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) has faced a barrage of attacks for supporting a paid family medical leave law that challenger Dionne Reeder and Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) say is a burden to…

It’s supposed to rain again on Friday, and all Carlton Moxley can think about is his stuff: several guitars, drums, clothes, and irreplaceable family jewelry lying under the swollen, fire-damaged, caved-in roof at the Arthur Capper Senior…

D.C. politics just got a big dose of national media attention, honey. The District’s Attorney General, Karl Racine, was this week’s guest on “Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness.” Can you believe!? In the Venn Diagram of people who know…

Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld’s budget for fiscal 2020 includes several service improvements, but some Metro Board members are wary of a proposed fare increase. Mr. Wiedefeld’s budget calls for extending rush-hour service, replacing…

Without much ado, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday officially shuttered D.C. General, the former hospital that had served as a homeless shelter since 2001 and had housed more than 260 families a night at peak levels in recent years, making it…

On Thursday, At-large Councilmember David Grosso opened public testimony on two bills addressing sexual assault in schools: the School Safety Act of 2018 and the Student Safety and Consent Education Act of 2018. Grosso says that his staff…

The owner of a Georgetown mansion once owned by former first lady Jackie Kennedy was labeled a “tree killer” in a Halloween display after neighbors complained some of the property’s premier timber recently disappeared.

Three Ward 8 projects creating over 300 new affordable units will soon move forward with financing from the District. The D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development announced Wednesday it provided $40M in loans to two projects and…

The idea of church-to-residential conversions in DC often conjures images of high-ceilinged condos with majestic windows. A new conversion on the boards is delivering a different type of offering. OPaL is restoring and retrofitting the…

Ireland, that is, the sovereign state, has acquired a large Massachusetts Avenue NW townhouse adjacent to its embassy as it seeks to expand its mission in the nation’s capital.

Most Washingtonians know all too well that D.C. residents pay federal taxes, yet have limited representation on Capitol Hill. Hence, our “taxation without representation” license plates and ever-present bid for statehood.