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Last year, the Washington Post declared that food halls were “having a moment,” and it appears that moment continues with a forthcoming spot called Ferza Food Hall in Mount Vernon Square.

In the grip of an affordability crisis that’s displacing low-income Washingtonians—many of them lifelong residents—the District of Columbia government floated one possible tactic for increasing the amount of affordable housing in the city:…

Pineapple and Pearls is adding a 5 percent "People Program" charge starting tomorrow.

Heran Sereke-Brhan will serve as the commission’s fourth director in two years.

Changes to the campaign finance law go into effect this week and Councilmember Grosso suspects Evans worked behind the scenes to weaken its effectiveness.

D.C.’s not done with food halls yet, apparently. The latest? A new food hall called Ferza planned for the Anthem Row development at 8th and K streets NW across from the Carnegie Library Apple Store.

Several public elementary and middle schools in D.C. have a strong track record of helping students classified as at-risk improve their learning outcomes—but many neighborhoods with the highest concentration of at-risk students lack easy…

Craft beer is big business, and those working in the industry are paid well. D.C. ranks behind only New Jersey for what it pays.

Senate Beer was once the city's top brew. It's been revived after decades off the shelves

University of the District of Columbia President Ronald Mason is once again the highest-paid person on the District payroll — but he has some new company in the $300,000 club in 2019.

Nearly two years ago, the DC Council considered a bill to provide tax breaks to developers who convert vacant office buildings in certain downtown areas into residential space. While that bill stalled out, it spurred creation of a task…

THE REPUTATION of former Metro chairman Jack Evans wasn’t the only thing that was tarnished amid the swirl of allegations that he used his public office to advance his private interests. Public trust in the Metro board was also badly…

It was game day. Ballou High School’s football team was facing rival Anacostia High. Two powerhouses vying for the Southeast Cup championship. In typical high school tradition, Ballou held a pep rally in its gymnasium ahead of the Friday…

Freedom, they say, is not free. And in 1950, neither was the Freedom Fair.

The Girl Scouts had come to volunteer at Rock Creek Park, but now they were enthralled with a man in a bison costume. The bison was wearing a doctor’s coat and a stethoscope. The bison was handing them colorful prescription bottles.

As increasingly large and frequent protests have flooded the District’s streets in recent years, federal officials have searched for ways to offset the cost of supporting such demonstrations.

A man driving a stolen van has been sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to striking and killing bicyclist David Salovesh, a well-known advocate of bicycle safety in D.C.

Volunteers from Monumental Sports & Entertainment, Eagle Academy Public Charter School and the community joined Kaboom to transform an empty space into a playground designed by students themselves.

The District’s traditional public school system was unable to close a budget shortfall on its own before the close of the fiscal year. But city leaders have shifted funds to ensure the school system ends the fiscal year on Monday with…

The day before she celebrated her 17th birthday, Ophelia Sal­ovesh should have been at Basis D.C. charter school, where she is in her senior year.