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D.C.’s juvenile justice system seems to be melting down. But Mayor Muriel Bowser seems to prefer a “see no evil, hear no evil” approach to the mounting crisis within the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.

Metro’s first two 60-ft. electric buses began carrying passengers today — a milestone in the transit agency’s plans to fully electrify its fleet and phase out fossil-fuel-powered buses.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Monday declared a public emergency over the opioid crisis, answering critics who say substance abuse should command more attention from the District government as overdose deaths rise.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) declared an emergency for crime among youth, allowing the city to expand placements

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued two emergency declarations Monday intended to address major issues in the city that have sparked intense criticism of her administration: the opioid crisis, and a rise in violence impacting young people.

The women, who still live in the apartment building they purchased for $75,000, now plan to sell it in a neighborhood where buildings go for more than $1 million

Ashan M. Benedict, who served since the spring of 2021 as the second-highest ranking uniformed officer in the D.C. police department, has left the force for a position with the U.S. Capitol Police, officials with both agencies said Friday.…

Eastern Market, which opened on Capitol Hill on Nov. 12, 1873, is preparing to celebrate 150 years.

An office that independently monitors conditions in D.C’s juvenile detention facilities will close in January, with the Mayoral order establishing it set to expire and no potential extension on the horizon.

Much of D.C.’s industrial activity is packed into just a few neighborhoods in Ward 5 — everything from rail yards and bus lots, to trash transfer stations and asphalt plants. New legislation introduced in the D.C. Council this week aims to…

House GOP leadership postponed a vote on a major federal appropriations bill Thursday after a group of moderate Republicans objected to a D.C. abortion-related restriction contained in the hulking package.

The party might have jumped the gun in seeking to stop the initiative, which would bring ranked choice voting and open primaries to D.C. elections.

City officials have blamed a dearth of case workers for the District’s failures to connect homeless people with housing and other supports

A bill that would allow D.C. police to randomly search individuals who are charged with violent crimes led to passionate debate on both sides of the issue Wednesday, as the measure was reviewed by the D.C. Council’s public safety…

The D.C. Council passed a bill on Tuesday that will create a free master’s in social work program at the University of the District of Columbia, aiming to bolster the city’s network of social workers and remove barriers for Black and…

The vote ends a long-running debate over whether students need to get shots or be barred from school

The D.C. Council passed a measure Tuesday urging Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to declare a public health emergency over the escalating opioid crisis, which is on pace to kill more than 400 D.C. residents for the fourth year in a row.

The D.C. Council confirmed Pamela Smith as the city’s new police chief in a unanimous vote on Tuesday. Smith, who has served as acting police chief since D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser appointed her in July, is the first Black woman chief of the…

Smith is the second woman and first Black woman ever to permanently lead the force

The Amtrak police chief and a program for homelessness are teaming up to help the unhoused at Union Station