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New affordable housing, child care centers, grocers and even a Home Depot are all possibilities for the eventual redevelopment of Hill East’s Reservation 13, as D.C. officials move closer to picking private partners for the massive site.

As part of her goal to construct thousands of new homes across the city by 2025, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking to invest an additional $400 million into affordable housing over the next two years.

A year after the Covid-19 crisis forced D.C. leaders to push through cuts to the city’s affordable housing efforts, Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing her largest-ever investment in D.C.’s main loan fund for affordable projects.

The experts are vouching for the constitutionality of D.C. statehood and pushing back against criticisms that stand in its way.

Bars and restaurants were allowed to fully reopen on Friday, and Washingtonians were so there for it. Whether it was a crowded Bullpen, long lines for 14th Street bars, or the long, long-awaited chance to sit at a bar, people were out all…

Aaliyah Jones’ high school graduation from National Collegiate Prep was a daylong celebration. She wore all white under a yellow graduation gown, her straight hair stopping neatly at her shoulders from under her cap. As she walked across…

One of the most nettlesome objections to extending congressional representation to the residents of Washington, D.C., is that it requires a constitutional amendment. Many Republicans say this, which is hardly surprising. But it’s also the…

Thousands of D.C. children attend public charter schools that offer no in-person learning — even as city leaders have called on charter operators for months to open their doors alongside the traditional public system.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly five months after being deployed to the U.S. Capitol to help quell the Jan. 6 insurrection, National Guard troops were set to leave and turn over security of the area to Capitol Police.

At this point in the coronavirus pandemic, Jen Cory’s son Maddox, who has dyslexia, is a full grade level behind in reading. So Cory was thrilled when she heard that her third-grader had qualified for expanded summer instruction being…

The Georgetown canal now has water flowing through it, and soon you will be able to ride in a brand new boat on it.

Mary’s Center, a community health center with locations in D.C. and Maryland, started its addiction services program in 2015, offering medication-assisted treatment, naloxone training, counseling and a weekly recovery support group. Over…

A woman with her mask dangling off her chin rushed past a waitress, who was sanitizing a menu, to take a call.

Some of the bravest and hardest-working people who helped the nation — and the nation’s capital — get through the Jan. 6 insurrection, the presidential inauguration, protests and demonstrations, and the coronavirus pandemic work for the…

Terrance Wilson didn’t need to hear how his daughter ended up stabbed at least 48 times.

AFTER THE Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, lawmakers in Washington recognized the urgency of taking steps to prevent future attacks. A landmark commission investigated the attack’s root causes, reforms were made in intelligence gathering and…

Michael Fontaine woke up in a hospital bed confused, completely unaware that he nearly died Aug. 1, when his heart failed on a Northwest Washington street.

The D.C. Council on Friday began to imagine what an end to the long list of pandemic-era aid programs may look like in a city where evictions have been halted, utilities shut-offs have been blocked, and mortgage foreclosures and other…

Summer 2021 is shaping up to be a fun one in the District.

The D.C. Council heard from community experts on how it should navigate assistance programs put in place last year as the city transitions out of the pandemic. While health metrics are improving, unemployment claims are still high, and…