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The one year anniversary of Dupont Circle Business Improvement Development marks progress through cleaner streets, planned events and expanded and new businesses.

Last week, WMATA put forth six proposals to address congestion on Metro's Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines, one of which would create a Georgetown Metro station and extend a new Blue Line through DC into Prince George's County.

After getting a bad rap for years, Brookland Middle School saw the highest enrollment increase of all Washington middle schools after administrators and parents turned its reputation around.

The black-owned Industrial Bank has spread northeast into Harlem, New York and two locations in New Jersey. Opened on U Street in Shaw in 1932, owners hope to continue their legacy of providing good customer service to the various…

A Northwest D.C. building where some tenants participated in a rent strike for more than a year has traded hands.

Dozens of Greyhound buses roll in and out of Washington, D.C. each day. While they’re here, many of them sit idling at Union Station, in violation of the District’s environmental laws, according to D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine.

With its arched exterior, classical ornamentation, and vaulted, gilded ceiling, Union Station appears to be a Beaux Arts triumph, built to stand the test of time. You might not guess that the District’s stately transit hub is a bit of a…

Taylor Simons says it was taking a while for her party to split their check. The restaurant thought they were trying to leave without paying.

Racial housing segregation in the United States wasn’t created “by accident or the result of private prejudices,” but through “racially explicit policy on the part of federal, state, and local governments.” It was enacted by conservative…

More than four years after its initial introduction, and two months after a contentious two-night hearing, the Zoning Commission voted unanimously to approve a planned unit development (PUD) for the former Superfresh grocery site just off…

It’s not often that a D.C. government agency goes on something of a massive hiring spree. But that’s exactly what the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs has quietly done in recent months, training hundreds of new inspectors to…

Good news for commuters who use Interstate 295. D.C. has scaled back the boundaries of a speed reduction zone, where photo enforcement cameras issued thousands of tickets to drivers exceeding the 40 mph limit.

More than 1,000 low-income D.C. residents will receive free or discounted SmarTrip cards as part of a pilot program to eliminate the cost of transportation as an impediment to jobs, services and recreational opportunities, officials…

Several universities in the Washington region have taken the rare step of suspending study abroad programs in Hong Kong after clashes between pro-democracy protesters and police escalated last month.

D.C. is looking into how to create more equity on Metro. By paying some riders’ fares and not paying for others, the new study aims to examine whether subsidies would change how low-income riders use the transit system.

"I can't help but think that this is, at least in part, about revenue generation," said Ward 3 councilmember, Mary Cheh – who also oversees the Committee on Transportation and the Environment.

In many cities, new buildings have to achieve a certain level of energy efficiency. Late last year, D.C. became the first to pass a law requiring efficiency upgrades to old buildings as well. The city is working on one piece of that law…

Nearly three weeks ago, a 15-year-old girl named Genesis Lemus was hurt in a confrontation with police officers as she sold plantain chips and atole de elote on a Columbia Heights sidewalk with her younger brother nearby. The incident was…

It’s a mild Sunday afternoon in December, and Steven M. Cummings is relaxing in his converted carriage house in a back alley off H and 8th Streets NE. The cozy space has a loft, self-made art on the brick walls, and a ton of cameras he’s…

ON THE POST’S editorial page, perhaps no writer on state and local topics has spilled more ink, or commanded greater expertise, than Robert L. Asher, who died Friday at age 83. “Some think I have power,” said Katharine Graham, The Post’s…