Editor 25036 posts 0 comments

District officials said Tuesday that a city-owned psychiatric hospital will be without potable water until next week after a strain of bacteria that can cause a fatal illness was discovered in its water system.

A block of Columbia Road NW near the Ace Hardware. A block of M Street NW in Georgetown. And a block of Chinatown near Capital One Arena.

The D.C. Council faced a full agenda Tuesday, taking up a proposed new tax on sodas and sugary drinks, a ban on noncompete agreements for workers in low-wage jobs and tougher new restrictions on cooperating with federal immigration…

Modern Luxury, which owns DC luxury magazine Capitol File, announced a plan Tuesday to stop printing the glossy magazine and transform it and its West Coast sibling LA Confidential into “national digital destinations” in the beginning of…

The D.C. Council has voted to rename Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the District.

United Bank is planning to open a second branch in Georgetown — this one at 3030 M St. NW.

Other parts of the Comprehensive Plan will be updated in the coming months

Back in July, when the D.C. Council was deciding whether or not to strip Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans of all of his committee assignments in light of a growing ethics scandal, the close vote was ultimately decided by one person—Evans…

Lawmakers passed emergency legislation Tuesday to make the change

A student at a D.C. elementary school has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, prompting officials to alert parents of the diagnosis and urge them to have their children evaluated for the disease.

Pretrial Services Agency says it doesn't use the recording capacity, but one attorney begs to differ. Meanwhile D.C. police monitor parolees' GPS data.

KIPP DC, a network of pre-K through 12 charter schools, wants to convert the former Ferebee-Hope building into its eighth site.

The ongoing process to amend D.C.'s Comprehensive Plan received a key approval vote Tuesday after Council Chairman Phil Mendelson removed language that had caused concerns among planners and housing advocates.

Another day, another move in the chess game between D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council over control of the city’s arts commission.

The D.C. Council has finally passed its first set of amendments to the city’s comprehensive plan, marking the end of a roughly 3-year-long debate over changes to the opening chapter of the District’s most influential development and land…

Some parents of students at a D.C. elementary school are being urged to take their children to the doctor after a case of bacterial meningitis was reported at the school.

The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to approve a planning document that serves as a blueprint for a growing city, with new language that stresses the importance of affordable housing and shields development projects from litigation.

St. Elizabeths Hospital could have potable water again by early next week, more than a week after officials discovered two types of dangerous bacteria in its supply.

After serving 22 years in prison for a murder he committed when he was 16, a District man was released from prison on Monday under a city law that allows judges to reexamine life sentences for juvenile offenders.