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Most people walk by trash they pass on streets and sidewalks. Some people don’t even notice it. Then there’s Billy Adams. He not only sees it, he picks it up — all of it.

Leaders in the District, Maryland and Virginia made a joint request to the federal government this week, asking that it take responsibility for vaccinating tens of thousands of essential federal workers who live in the Washington region.

Weeks after a federal bailout helped Metro veer away from a fiscal crisis, the transit agency plans to borrow nearly $350 million through bond sales to expedite construction projects officials say will make the system safer.

Pastor Joseph Daniels folded his 6-foot-3-inch frame into the mobile coronavirus vaccine clinic outside Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church in Southeast Washington on Wednesday and joked that he was no fan of needles.

A Republican senator from Utah is trying to block D.C. Council legislation that would allow children as young as 11 to receive vaccinations without the consent of their parents.

The leaders of D.C., Maryland and Virginia are asking the federal government to set aside COVID-19 vaccines, supplies and sites for federal workers and contractors, as well as Metro workers.

The U.S. Capitol Police says it expects a union vote of no confidence in its leadership, which includes Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman, appointed to replace the chief who failed to adequately prepare for the violent invasion of the…

The Biden administration has removed key Trump appointees from several federal agencies that oversee the look and feel of D.C. neighborhoods and buildings — and city officials are pushing for more.

Forty-five years after it was founded in January 1976, members of D.C.’s Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city’s largest local LGBTQ political group, voted in a Zoom meeting on Feb. 8 to change its name to the Capital Stonewall…

D.C. began distributing COVID-19 vaccines to people experiencing homelessness in low-barrier shelters and Pandemic Emergency Program for Medically Vulnerable Individuals, or PEP-V, centers this month.

The cost of hotels and similar facilities used to provide safe shelter to people experiencing homelessness since the start of the pandemic will be covered entirely by the Federal Emergency Management Administration, according to guidance…

(CNN) — Members of the US Capitol Police plan to hold a vote of no confidence Thursday, more than a month after the January 6 riot at the Capitol that left dozens of officers injured and led to the death of officer Brian Sicknick.

“We’re going to address the problem even more so, because I don't want the chancellor to get the sense that because the majority voted to continue that he can sort of relax on the standard. No.”

D.C. social impact nonprofit Halcyon has tapped its first director of impact investing, and she’s no stranger to the work — or the organization.

The District could get roughly $2.2 billion in federal aid as part of the proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill working its way through Congress, an amount that includes hundreds of millions of dollars the city was shortchanged…

Avision Young has announced the completion of a major, largely interior renovation to the Franklin Square building in downtown D.C.

The Lunar New Year — a holiday that celebrates light from darkness, honors family ancestors and includes traditions that sweep away bad luck — begins Friday.

It appears that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) listened to those who registered their disapproval of the recommended path forward for the expansion of Union Station.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee — an outspoken critic of federal interference in state and local affairs — is leading an effort to block Washington, D.C., from allowing children as young as 11 years old to obtain vaccines without their parents’…

Homicides in D.C. hit a 15-year high last year, and 2021 has brought more death. Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White recently called for the District to declare a state of emergency after three teenagers were fatally shot in the span of two…