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If the vespa-like scooters — which comfortably seat two and are rented via app — come to D.C., they would be the latest addition to the District's evolving dockless bike and scooter pilot program.

The D.C. Council is at a tipping point. In a time of elevated racial and economic tensions, councilmembers are searching for a constructive way forward. They’re looking to prepare for future conflicts. But they’re stumbling along the way.

D.C.'s annual Crafty Bastards craft fair, entering its 15th year, may be more political than ever. Artists have always used their work as a form of expression, and, at times, protest, but Washington City Paper's long-running gathering of…

WASHINGTON — Intense public pressure led the Metro Board to back down from a plan to scrap the Riders’ Advisory Council on Thursday. Metro Board Chairman Jack Evans pulled a vote to end the council from the board’s agenda at the start of…

Community members in the city's Mount Pleasant neighborhood organized a punk-rock benefit to support a local grocer and stop a rumored CVS takeover.

WASHINGTON — D.C. public and charter schoolteachers appeared before the D.C. State Board of Education Wednesday night to offer some of the reasons why the District has an unusually high turnover rate of teachers.

Officials unveil a slew of plans and proposals as critics press for results

The District’s zoning commission moved ahead quickly Wednesday to review a unanimous plea from the D.C. Council to permit short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods and thus smooth the way for planned legislation to regulate…

Government watchdog organization Public Citizen says D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser potentially violated campaign finance laws when she hosted a get-out-the-vote rally earlier this month where two candidates for the D.C. Council were fêted as…

An oversight by the D.C. Board of Elections meant more than 10,000 absentee ballot envelopes sent to voters did not include a reminder to include stamps, creating confusion two weeks before Election Day.  Those envelopes normally have an…

Former At-large Councilmember Vincent Orange's title is technically the president and CEO of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, but really, he's the president and CEO of having amazing blazers. Over the weekend, he posted a photo of himself and…

The NoMa Parks Foundation is ready to officially turn on the 4,000 light rods hung in the M Street NE underpass on Thursday evening. The 6:30 p.m. ribbon cutting for Rain marks the completion of the first of four long-delayed light…

D.C. COUNCIL member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) does not bother with any pretense when he talks about a proposal to legalize sports betting in the District . He doesn’t gamble, doesn’t like gambling, and acknowledges the risks and dangers of…

The owner of a couple of D.C.'s original waterfront restaurants is banking on the city's newest waterfront destination: Buzzard Point. A proposed 12,000-square-foot restaurant in the RiverPoint development at 2100 Second St. SE — the…

Bartender Zac Hoffman spent a recent Wednesday filling out his application to become D.C.’s first director of nightlife and culture. More than 100 people have applied to be the city’s so-called “night mayor,” a full-time job that will pay…

When Troy Holley was looking for a new place in the D.C. region, he found himself drowning in listings for luxury apartments. “I was kind of amazed that you couldn’t really find anything that wasn’t ‘luxury’ in the title,” says Holley. Even…

The District of Columbia is becoming increasingly more segregated by race and income in many areas. As outlined in the Urban Institute report The Color of Wealth in the Nation’s Capital, this segregation is built on racist public and…

Law faculty are giving new cops in Washington a crash course on implicit bias, use of excessive force, homelessness, mental illness and other problems affecting their day-to-day job.

Subscribers to the Chevy Chase Community listserv were surprised last week when a member shared that she had received a $200 ticket from DPW—just for failing to separate recyclables from regular trash. Are garbage cops now combing through…