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District and federal agencies are investigating after a hacking group claimed to have accessed 600,000 lines of U.S. voting data maintained by the D.C. Board of Elections, including records from city voters, the agency said in a statement…

D.C.’s Department of Forensic Science, which has been without accreditation since 2021, may finally regain it as early as January 2024, according to Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau.

The union effort at Compliments Only is over after the Dupont Circle sandwich shop’s owners refused to recognize their workers’ union and lead organizers resigned, two former employees say.

Serious collisions occurred this week in Washington, and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) came out the worse for wear. But so did the House of Representatives and neighborhoods in this capital city.

Heather McGaffin, the head of D.C.’s often scrutinized 911 call center, defended her agency’s performance Thursday amid heavy criticism from both the public and lawmakers.

White is backing new hiring incentives for DFS. But without accreditation, the lab still can’t test much of the evidence it collects at crime scenes.

The Council is considering legislation that would prohibit questions about a housing voucher applicant’s citizenship or criminal record.

The director of the District’s beleaguered 911 call center, before a D.C. Council committee on Thursday, denied any missteps by her agency in a response to an August flash flood that killed 10 dogs at pet day care facility, saying “there…

On a dreary morning in mid-September, Kenilworth Courts resident Sheila Herring walked us through the complex, taking a brief reprieve from her own apartment. It’s being treated for a mouse infestation so severe that the critters have…

At-large councilmember Robert White introduced a public safety bill Wednesday aimed at uniting the city’s multi-agency response as homicides reach their highest rates since the 1990s.

Low-income families who rely on food assistance and workers who were excluded from pandemic aid, such as undocumented immigrants, are expected to receive millions in boosted benefits and cash, respectively, after the District ended up in…

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D) was attacked Monday in front of his Navy Yard apartment building, police said, which houses other lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans

A program with Anacostia High teaches students about environmental science — and justice

Pepco will pay more than $57 million to the District after the electric utility discharged toxic chemicals in the city for decades, polluting the Anacostia River and other areas.

For decades, Pepco knowingly discharged toxic chemicals into the Anacostia River, using the river and other District waterways as a “cost-free dumping ground,” according to lawsuits filed by D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb.

Unionized building workers, including many immigrant office cleaners, marched through downtown D.C. streets during the Monday evening rush to draw attention to labor negotiations and their demand for higher wages.

A source says the AG is targeting RealPage, a company facing class action lawsuits and federal scrutiny for alleged anticompetitive actions.

Roughly 300 D.C. employees have lodged complaints of sexual harassment in city government since Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s anti-sexual harassment order took effect in 2017.

Daniel Thompson smiles and his eyes widen as he imagines the return of his city’s football team to the soil on which it once played — and where he says it still belongs — down the street from his Northeast Washington rowhouse.

City officials say they are trying to balance many imperatives, including student populations, equitable resources and proximity for families