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The U.S. Department of Transportation will chip in $72 million to rehabilitate part of the Interstate 395 bridge between the District and Virginia, a $90 million project that will also be funded in part by the D.C. government.

Charter school leaders and some teachers are mounting a fierce campaign against what they say is an unfair and unequal offer from Mayor Muriel Bowser for back pay for work during the pandemic, arguing that the charter sector — which…

E-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs will pay the District more than $15 million as part of a settlement over allegations that the company deceptively marketed its products toward teenagers while downplaying their addictive properties, D.C.…

The D.C. Housing Authority’s board of commissioners voted Wednesday to approve a rewrite of two massive documents guiding how the agency manages its housing programs, responding to the scathing 2022 report from DCHA’s parent agency dinging…

Buildings don’t have tailpipes, so you might underestimate how much they contribute to climate change. In D.C., buildings are the number 1 carbon emitter — by far — accounting for nearly three-quarters of the District’s greenhouse gas…

When the D.C. Council created the Baby Bonds program two years ago, lawmakers said it was an intentional and potentially transformational attempt to help low-income children in the city. But a seemingly unintentional mistake by city…

JUUL Labs, the e-cigarette giant, will pay D.C. $15.2 million in a lawsuit settlement over the company’s marketing tactics.

The D.C. Housing Authority director has stonewalled At-Large Councilmember Robert White and thumbed her nose at taxpayers.

Nate Morris III wrote a book on fatherhood that also tells the story of a life transformed

A new facility at Skyland Town Center is offering comprehensive care to elderly D.C. residents living east of the Anacostia River, filling a gap in health care for Black seniors.

Face-to-face for the first time publicly since he gathered reporters on the steps of city hall last month to denounce her agency’s “leadership culture,” D.C. Council member Robert C. White Jr. had a question for Brenda Donald on Monday:…

Female entrepreneurs and people of color who own businesses are significantly less likely to get government contracts, according to a new 409-page study commissioned by the District.

Metrobus planners are unveiling five years of work on Monday — a redesigned “visionary” bus network map for the entire region, something that hasn’t been done in 50 years.

Two gun violence experts will spend the next four years studying D.C.’s violence interruption programs. Their goal is to figure out what these programs are doing right — and where they could improve.

After Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a letter to D.C. leaders complaining about crime rates in the nation’s capital, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb responded Tuesday, putting some of the blame on guns that come across…

You may want to stay out of those bus lanes in the city when you need a quick parking job — in the future, camera-enforced tickets may be coming.

The venerable D.C. movie theater, Washington’s oldest surviving cinema, turns 100 this year

For another year in a row, D.C. broke a deadly record, documenting more fatal overdoses than ever before.

D.C. lawmakers had tough questions for District of Columbia Housing Authority Director Brenda Donald, who — despite myriad issues within the agency, including fraud allegations — received a $41,000 bonus.

The plan is part of a remake of the Metrobus system that transit leaders hope will speed service as growing traffic levels have slowed bus travel