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Unionized janitors and building workers will march through downtown Washington streets during the Thursday evening rush for the second time in 10 days to draw attention to labor negotiations that officials say are far from over.

MASS TRANSIT ridership in many major U.S. cities remains flat or in decline, but a few places are starting to buck that years-long negative trend — chief among them the Washington area’s Metrorail system. Could it be that Metro, butt of…

The Golden Triangle in downtown DC lands the first LEED Platinum certification of its kind

"I like for them to know I’m still alive and in their restaurant."

Juvenile sentencing reforms have sparked a face-off between the D.C. Council and U.S. Attorney over who should be released, and when.

The hearing dragged on all day. Eighty-six people signed up to testify about a seemingly esoteric education matter — one that wasn’t an obvious topic to lure droves of people to city hall in the middle of a workday.

Many people who park on the streets of D.C. have probably kept a close eye on the clock and dashed out to “feed the meter.” But an expired meter may not be why you’ll find a dreaded pink-and-white slip on your windshield.

The issue will be the subject of a D.C. Council hearing Thursday

On Tuesday, the D.C. Council unanimously passed emergency legislation that strengthens the firewall between local government and federal immigration agents.

The Homeless Children’s Playtime Project is seeking volunteers for its fifth site

The National Building Museum will shutter its doors for a few months starting Dec. 2 to repair the flooring of its Great Hall.

From the outside, the Cheshire’s unassuming brick facade looks like any other garage space nestled behind 18th Street NW in Adams Morgan. It’s easy to overlook the far-out creations that lie within this nonprofit DIY arts space — music…

Mark Plotkin — a longtime WTOP contributor, analyst, political columnist and passionate advocate for D.C. statehood — will lie in repose at the John A. Wilson Building, the D.C. Council announced Wednesday.

A lot of progress has been made on the conversion of the Buzzard Point Coast Guard headquarters into a mixed-use residential project, with 130 units delivering by next April. In the meantime, the development team is hoping to get a head…

The D.C. Council has voted to change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day — at least for this year.

Metro’s Rail Operations Control Center did not give a train operator permission to move a train immediately before it hit another train at low speeds early Monday morning.

Staff and aides to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser are using the message service WhatsApp to communicate, a practice that’s becoming more common among public officials across the country. But it’s also raising concerns among open-government…

Popular New York restaurant Mexicue will open a D.C. outpost in Northwest.

The D.C. Council has voted unanimously to limit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s ability to enforce immigration law in the nation’s capital.

A Metro train operator moved his train forward despite having received an order to stop, causing it to crash into another train outside the Farragut West station, the safety oversight commission overseeing the investigation said Tuesday.