Editor 25036 posts 0 comments

Ward 2 community members and advocates for the unhoused say they’re disturbed by the sudden announcement this month that the D.C. government will delay the opening of a homeless shelter in the West End by six months.

One observer called the situation with the city’s Science Advisory Board a “shitshow” as the Bowser administration works to stamp out oversight and transparency of another critical public safety agency.

The Office of Police Complaints identified a pattern of White officers pulling Black people’s hair during minor stops, when the person was compliant, and when the officer was in no imminent danger.

The Southeast Library, near Eastern Market, will close on Jan. 4 for a multi-year, $33 million renovation that will modernize, expand, and restore parts of the historic library, one of the oldest in the DC Public Library system. The…

D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb (D) said Monday that the city has sued a home-renovation company that claims to increase home sale prices but traps District residents into financially devastating contracts.

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb has filed a lawsuit against Potomac, Maryland-based home renovation company Curbio, alleging it uses a fraudulent scheme that targets elderly and financially disadvantaged homeowners in the District.

It’s the AG’s second lawsuit in as many months against a real estate tech company.

For the past five years, Right Care, Right Now program redirects non-emergency calls to nurses who diagnose patients over the phone

The red neon sign was in place over the entrance and the shelves were neatly stocked with wines, whiskeys and vodkas. Sorab Dilawri was ready to launch his new liquor store on that corridor of D.C. cool known as H Street NE.

Officials hope to introduce instruction during the 2024-2025 school year

A jubilant crowd — many of them Ward 8 residents and some of Marion Barry’s greatest admirers — gathered at a usually busy intersection in the community he loved, to witness the District’s latest honor for its former mayor.

The blue tarp covering the new street sign finally fell and the crowd erupted.

The six-month delay comes as neighbors who oppose the project have filed a second lawsuit to block it, raising zoning concerns.

A novel study on housing insecurity in the District estimates that more than 82,000 residents – 12% of the city’s population – do not have stable housing. The overwhelming majority of those are Black and Hispanic households.

D.C. activist and go-go music advocate Ronald Moten finally broke ground Wednesday on the long-awaited Go-Go Museum and Café coming to Anacostia in a ceremony attended by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a number of councilmembers, Del. Eleanor…

Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George introduced a bill Wednesday that seeks to prevent property owners with histories of housing code violations from renting out new buildings to tenants, in an effort to combat the conditions issues…

D.C. Council member Anita Bonds (D-At Large) held a long-awaited hearing examining the District’s sexual harassment policy Tuesday, weeks after Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) rolled out a new anti-sexual-harassment order and months after…

The latest National Climate Assessment shows the D.C. region is especially at risk of extreme weather, flooding, and sea level rise as the earth warms. The congressionally mandated assessment, released today, also shows uneven progress in…

Incidents of injury and assault at D.C.’s youth detention facility have reached their highest reported level in nearly two years, according to data provided by an independent monitor.

The Aston has drawn opposition from wealthy neighbors and property owners since the city proposed the project earlier this year.