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If you think your commute through the District is hellish, well, at least one fringe conspiracy theory says there’s a reason for that.

D.C. is launching a program to help public educators buy a house in the communities where they teach.

Public school teachers in the District will be able to get help paying for a home in an initiative announced Wednesday that aims to put property ownership within reach of government workers even in booming cities that are increasingly…

For most young people, Halloween is all about the sweet loot. It’s about bite-sized Snickers tossed into bags with miniature packets of Twizzlers and Skittles and that candy with the grandest of names and the most meh of tastes, Milky Way.…

The District of Columbia saw slight increases in math and reading proficiency among fourth and eighth graders in the 2019 Nation’s Report Card, while Maryland and Virginia saw slight declines in those same areas.

Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans is among the local officials voicing disapproval of the latest plans for bagel juggernaut Call Your Mother‘s forthcoming Georgetown location.

The one downside of the fact that the Nationals (hurrah for our brave boys!) are in the World Series is that now the New York Times is trying to inform its readers about this curious hamlet with few restaurants and less culture in which…

Ward 2 D.C. Councilmember Jack Evans this year was forced to resign from the Metro Board and was fined $20,000 because of ethics violations that included using his government email to seek business for his consulting firm.

Two prominent local government leaders recently penned letters opposing Call Your Mother’s planned opening at the corner of 35th and O streets, despite an earlier vote to allow the deli to operate in the residential neighborhood.

Happy Wednesday. Go-go will be heard throughout the Wilson Building tonight — after a hearing to make it the official music genre of the District.

With DC’s homegrown music style in the news, here’s a quick primer for the uninitiated.

The Bureau of Prisons has extended its contract with D.C.’s men’s halfway house for another six months, buying the agency time to resolve a contract dispute that has threatened to leave the District without a men’s halfway house for…

Over the past eight years, UrbanTurf has been following the proposed Burnham Place development, which would deliver more than three million square feet of walkable mixed-use development using the air rights above the Union Station…

Nationals fans attending Game 7 watch parties around Navy Yard and the downtown area will be able to take Metro home after the World Series concludes Wednesday night.

There may not be a baseball game in Washington Wednesday night, but there could be a pretty big party.

While a budget item that Mayor Muriel Bowser pushed earlier this year to subsidize workforce housing was gutted, the city is now turning to a new tool to facilitate homeownership for DC Public Schools (DCPS) staff.

Four Metro stations will stay open late for the final World Series watch party at Nationals Park, Metro announced Wednesday.

The ongoing controversy about the fitness of Hope Village to house returning offenders in Ward 8 continues. Recently, the facility received a six-month extension to keep its doors open from the federal government despite efforts from…

The D.C. Council will nominate a former U.S. Department of Transportation official to represent the District as a voting member on the Metro board of directors, filling the seat left vacant by Council Member Jack Evans.

The on-again, off-again Arena Football League is off again — the entire league is closing its team services and business operations in all of its local markets, including Washington and Baltimore, at least for the time being, according to…