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There are accessibility issues at a D.C. memorial honoring President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was unable to walk without assistance after a bout of polio when he was child.

D.C. lawmakers are deciding what bills to craft out of a hefty police reform report issued last month.

A D.C. police employee was sentenced to six months of intermittent incarceration and six months of home confinement for taking more than $40,000 in bribes to divulge confidential information from traffic crash reports that was later used…

D.C. residents weighed in on the new proposed soda tax during the bill’s first public hearing Wednesday.

In Maze’s song “Joy and Pain,” Frankie Beverly sang that “joy and pain are like sunshine and rain” — and that’s been one way to describe this year so far. In the past year, wards 7 and 8 have weathered their share of hardships, including…

First, the D.C. crime lab lost its accreditation. Soon, the Department of Forensic Sciences will be without a director. Last night, officials announced Jenifer Smith, who has led DFS since 2015, will resign effective May 26.

In Southeast D.C., officials hope newly installed solar panels will help to lower electric bills for hundreds of residents.

D.C. officials now plan to pursue a $50 million city-backed financing plan for a massive new development in Ward 7, which will someday become home to the Department of General Services headquarters and, perhaps, a grocery store.

Critics of the McMillan Sand Filtration site redevelopment have tried just about everything to slow its progress — and now they’re heading to federal court.

The House on Thursday approved more than $66 million to replenish the District’s emergency security fund, which was repeatedly depleted as costs spiked for protests and other events during the Trump administration, including the Jan. 6…

Leo John Arnett didn’t expect to spend his junior year at Georgetown University living in Virginia.

After 5 years of intense public input and massive revisions, the D.C. Council unanimously approved the Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2021 on Tuesday. The decision was made only hours after a lawsuit was filed by 12 District residents…

In November 2020, the DC Housing Authority selected a co-development team including Pennrose, EYA and Bozzuto to redevelop the 15-acre Greenleaf Gardens housing community in Southwest. Their goal was to use the “build-first” model in which…

A few blocks from a new condo project that UrbanTurf reported on last week comes another new development where all the residences are affordable to households earning up to 50% of area median income.

Starting Friday, spectators at Washington Nationals games who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 won’t be required to wear face masks at Nationals Park.

Swingers, the massive indoor golf venue coming to Dupont Circle next month, has pushed its opening date back a week to gear up for full capacity right off the tee.

The head of the District’s troubled Department of Forensic Sciences has resigned after reports of technical errors and management lapses at the crime lab caused its accreditation to be suspended, officials said Wednesday.

The director of the embattled D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences is stepping down.

The director of D.C.’s forensics lab, Dr. Jenifer Smith, has resigned amid mounting pressure from local officials for leadership changes within the city’s Department of Forensic Sciences.

Following this week’s announcement from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser about loosening more pandemic restrictions, the D.C. State Athletic Association is officially permitting all high school sports to resume on May 21.