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A short walk directly north from the National Mall sits Washington, D.C.’s famed Carnegie Library. Opened in 1903, the District’s first central library is named for Gilded Age steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. Just four years earlier, in a…

America’s drug problem continues to evolve in startling and dangerous ways, and the District of Columbia remains at the forefront of those changes. Drug overdose continues to be a leading cause of death in the United States; according to…

Imagine if each year a company lost about a quarter of its staff, and after five years over half the employees were new. That’s what’s happening with teachers in public schools in D.C., according to a new report commissioned by D.C.’s State…

While summertime, particularly the month of August, is notoriously slow for the housing market, local real estate experts suggest that the fall market is picking up steam in the District. “Across the board, in every price range in the city,…

One of the first things Vanessa Drumm-Canepa did after becoming principal of Langley Elementary in the District three years ago was redesign the school’s tiger mascot. The old tiger was a fearsome beast. Drumm-Canepa wanted the new one to…

WASHINGTON — The Caps are poised to start their 2018-2019 season, which means it’s time to raise the Stanley Cup Champions banner at Capital One Arena. And even those who can’t get inside to see the history firsthand Wednesday night will…

WASHINGTON -- Mayor Muriel Bowser's office had some big news Tuesday for a major mixed-use development east of the Anacostia River. The office announced that it introduced a bill to provide tax increment financing for the Reunion Square…

The D.C. Council unanimously gave preliminary approval to legislation that makes the District one of the most tightly regulated cities in the country when it comes to Airbnb and other similar homesharing services.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday gave unanimous approval to a bill that regulates and restricts home-sharing services like Airbnb, VRBO and FlipKey in D.C., creating a legal framework for the popular practice while curtailing what some critics…

WASHINGTON — D.C. police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the car responsible for a Sept. 5 hit-and-run in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Northwest. The video shows a car turning left from Albemarle Street onto Wisconsin…

In a few hours the D.C. Council will vote on emergency and permanent legislation repealing Initiative 77. But before that could happen, councilmembers had to decide where they stood on Councilmember Elissa Silverman's proposed compromise…

Today, UrbanTurf catches up with the residential pipeline in two East of the River neighborhoods that have received a lot of attention lately: Deanwood and Congress Heights. Deanwood has recently earned a reputation for being hot among…

Nearly a dozen local housing counseling providers and advocates for those facing housing instability received a destabilizing notice at the end of September: The Department of Housing and Community Development would reduce their funding by…

D.C. lawmakers on Tuesday took initial steps to overturn an initiative that would have raised the minimum wage for servers, bartenders and other workers who rely on tips, just four months after voters easily passed the measure. The D.C.…

School of any level can be stressful, but with the mindfulness program at Lafayette Elementary School, students are using simple skills for peace and productivity to help build social and emotional skills.

The mayor of the non-state of nonstates and the non-state’s legislature are positioned for a tug-of-war over public schooling, and guess who’s caught in middle? Why children and parents, of course. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council …

Airbnb lashed out at a proposed bill to curtail short-term D.C. rentals Monday, saying it would cost property owners tens of millions of dollars in lost income and give Washington the most restrictive legislation of any major U.S. city…

Employees of the Washington Post have a lot to be grateful to owner Jeff Bezos for–new tech, many more jobs, reported profitability, free coffee–but management has finally sanded down one longstanding bone of contention: The Post‘s 401(k)…

The District lawmaker who wants to overturn a wage hike for tipped workers that was approved by voters says he has amended his bill to address some concerns raised by proponents of the hike. D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) released…