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DC's Department of General Services announced Thursday night that 15 recreational fields across the District failed testing. The reason — the artificial turf fields, which are filled with tire rubber crumbs, are too hard.

Wouldn’t you know? Just as low-income and middle-class residents began breathing the slightest sighs of relief thanks to federal tax cuts, the District’s progressive pickpockets are raising taxes. Beginning Oct. 1, the start of the fiscal…

Thanks to the District’s growing economy, the city is collecting a lot more tax revenue this year than expected, creating an immediate opportunity to meet some of the city’s most urgent needs, like housing and schools. This is a chance to…

One of the busiest corners in the fast-growing NoMa neighborhood could soon be developed into a mixed-use project.  Aria Development Group bought the Exxon property at the corner of Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street for $25.5M from…

The D.C. Board of Elections is scheduled to hold a hearing Friday on allegations of signature fraud that could derail the candidacy of S. Kathryn Allen, the business community’s pick for an at-large seat on the D.C. Council.

A spokesperson for Mayor Muriel Bowser confirms that the majority of staff members in the Mayor's Office of Community Relations and Services––including 13 Ward-based liaisons and the agency's director––have been reassigned to different city…

Most conventional debates over gentrification in DC position the process as one that replaces long-time black residents with newer, wealthier white residents. Given the context, this framing makes sense: DC has a well-established black…

Since his release from prison weeks ago, Kareem McCraney has spent time wandering around Washington, barely recognizing the places where he grew up. The apartments and homes he knew have been replaced by upscale shops and condos.

WASHINGTON — Why should anyone care about a restaurant that closed 24 years ago? In the case of one Duke Zeibert’s, it’s because the restaurant holds a unique place in the history of the nation’s capital — and, to an extent, a unique place…

“Hold this. How much do you think it weighs?” Will Crane hands me a plastic garbage bag, the kind you buy at grocery stores, careful to have me grasp it by the top. The bottom hangs low and limp. I think I know what’s inside. I don’t think…

Washingtonians: Meet the first baby of the District — and on national television, no less. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) introduced her daughter Miranda to a national audience on Thursday in an interview with “Today” host Hoda Kotb.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company has reached across the Atlantic and tapped British director Simon Godwin as its new artistic director effective next August, signaling a commitment to large-scale classics on its two downtown Washington…

It’s about comfort. And durability. And stealth. After decades wearing light-blue uniform shirts, D.C. police are switching to navy blue. The shift from light to dark comes with a new design — hidden, internal suspenders to more evenly…

Aaron and Barbara Levine spent 20 years purchasing art by Marcel Duchamp, the pioneering conceptual artist considered a giant of the 20th century. Attracted by Duchamp’s intellectual curiosity and sense of humor, the Levines describe their…

I don’t understand the elitist, “let them eat cake” attitude of the Sept. 1 editorial “It’s okay to be cash-free.” Note that the banning of cash transactions is clearly a gentrification strategy to keep out the riffraff and has been imposed…

Interim Chancellor for D.C. Public Schools Amanda Alexander announced on The Kojo Show Wednesday that she's applied for the permanent position as chancellor of the school system. It's the first time she's publicly confirmed she will be…

WASHINGTON — Several D.C. tax rates change effective Oct. 1, coinciding with the start of the District’s 2019 fiscal year.

Fort Totten is getting a lot of attention from developers this year, and now an older project is picking up where it left off, albeit with a very eye-catching detail. The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation is seeking zoning review for…

The Smithsonian Institution says it will submit a “revised project later this fall”

WASHINGTON — Hours after Friday’s crash between two fire engines responding to an apartment fire, D.C.’s fire chief has ordered a change in protocol to lessen the chance of apparatus colliding on the way to a fire scene.