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The agreement includes raises, stipends and more planning time for teachers

Metro announced that all trips on rail and bus will be free after 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. The agency also extended all service until 2 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1.

D.C. Councilmembers Elissa Silverman and Brooke Pinto announced legislation to revamp the city’s embattled public housing authority, DCHA, on Wednesday, opposing the emergency bill introduced by Mayor Muriel Bowser and Phil Mendelson…

The plan to give D.C. residents $100 monthly SmarTrip stipends has taken a backseat to free Metrobus service across the city.

D.C.’s public school system could soon have a funding model requiring that campuses to get at least as much money as they did the year before — an effort D.C. Council members say will bring stability to a budget process in which some…

The Washington Teachers’ Union approved their long-awaited new contract Tuesday night, with just a handful of unfavorable votes.

D.C. government officials and the city’s hospital association are scheduled to meet later this week to discuss the staffing shortages that are resulting in crowding and long wait times across the city.

Metro’s safety regulator said Tuesday it is monitoring the transit agency’s plan to return to automatic train operation while also continuing to gather data that would allow Metro to restore all of its suspended rail cars to passenger…

A bill that would add protections for pets and help prevent animal cruelty in the District is on its way to becoming a law. The Animal Care and Control Omnibus Amendment Act passed a first vote unanimously in a marathon legislative session…

Heading into the holiday and influenza seasons last month, only 31% of D.C.’s nursing home residents and 30% of staff were up to date with all their COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Vacant shops and rising crime are just a few reasons that an increasing number of Washingtonians steer clear of Union Station except to catch a train.

Months after the monkeypox – now called mpox – outbreak surged in the D.C. region, cases have continued to fall dramatically, which experts say underscores the efficacy of smart public health strategies, while also illuminating ongoing…

The D.C. Council is on track to pass a bill with some new protections for the city’s four-legged residents.

The D.C. Board of Elections on Monday sided with council member Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) in her appeal of a decision from the campaign finance office, ruling that she did not misuse campaign funds while polling the Ward 3 Democratic…

The D.C. Board of Elections has thrown out a complaint filed by the city’s Office of Campaign Finance against outgoing At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman over alleged misspending of public campaign funds.

Sometimes, according to retired police sergeant John Brennan, being a good police officer means you might have to break the rules a little.

Tens of thousands of mail ballots sent out to registered D.C. voters ahead of the June primary and November general elections were returned as undeliverable, a reality that critics say stems from inaccurate and outdated information in the…

The pandemic has been hard on the city’s dining scene, but for many restaurants, 2022 — the year vaccines became available for the youngest kids and many people started going back to the office — felt like it should have been the comeback…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare for the District of Columbia and other major cities that public transit was a lifeline for essential workers and that even modest fares could be a burden to them. So the nation’s capital is…

Sixteen juveniles have been fatally shot so far this year. The grim tally is more than double the number of youth killed by bullets at the same time in 2021.