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The Chesapeake Bay got a C in the latest annual Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card released Tuesday by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) – the same score it received in the 2021 report.

The D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles now says that it had been notified about three DUI convictions involving the woman who is now charged with a fatal crash on Rock Creek Parkway that killed three people, walking back past claims that it…

The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to cap rent hikes in rent-stabilized buildings after record-high inflation threatened historic rent increases.

In her decades working for the D.C. City Council and District government, Amy Mauro served as the prototypical staffer, who whispered in the ears of the people in power to ensure the right message was delivered before the taxpaying public.…

The D.C. Council is expected to vote on a bill Tuesday that would require private insurers, Medicaid, and the D.C. Healthcare Alliance to cover infertility diagnosis and treatment for District residents. At-large member and Health…

Three councilmembers advancing competing proposals to limit rent increases have found some common ground.

Capital Bikeshare had its highest ridership month of all time in May with more than 428,000 rides, signaling a return to normalcy after the pandemic. It beats the previous record of 408,000 rides set back in September 2018.

In the digital age, checking your local air quality seems pretty straightforward: a quick internet search, or a glance at the weather app on your phone. But there are big gaps in this air quality data — it’s a bit like when the weather app…

Transit officials said riders who qualify for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can sign up for the fare discount

Low-income residents who are enrolled in SNAP benefits will qualify for a new Metro half-off fare discount. The program, called Metro Lift, starts June 20.

The D.C. attorney general’s office has offered to settle out of court with a fraternal police lodge after the city’s liquor board concluded it illegally sold and shipped hundreds of bottles of whiskey without proper permits, according to a…

The FAA’s analysis comes as a coalition of business groups is pushing for more long-distance service at the airport outside Washington

D.C.'s election laws will be next to enter the crosshairs in the GOP’s oversight of the District in Congress, with a hearing next week set to delve into D.C. “election integrity.”

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s (D) administration this week opened a new respite center for U.S. asylum seekers arriving on buses from Texas and Arizona, adding a second clearinghouse in the region for those individuals amid expectations…

Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday announced that the city has picked a team to redevelop the Franklin D. Reeves Center, the large government building standing at the iconic intersection of 14th and U Streets NW.

Chris Magnus is the city’s new Deputy Auditor for Public Safety. He’s the first to occupy the job, which was recommended by the city’s police reform commission in 2021 and ultimately created by police reform legislation the D.C. Council…

A pair of House committees have scheduled a hearing for next Wednesday on elections in D.C., which could build towards legislation that would require photo ID for voting, eliminate same-day voter registration, and largely do away with the…

A group of D.C. firefighters who want to retire sued the District on Thursday, alleging officials reneged on promises to let them transfer to a more generous pension plan after the city’s fire and ambulance services merged more than 15…

The National Park Service plans to rehabilitate and heighten nearly 7,000 feet of sea wall that lines the Tidal Basin and West Potomac Park in an effort to deal with daily flooding.

Five current and former Black firefighters were promised pension funds. Decades later they’re ready to retire, but where’s the money?