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THE DISTRICT has threatened to wield its rarely used jurisdictional veto on the Metro board to force the rail agency to restore late-night service. Let’s hope the hard-line stance is merely a…

D.C. Council members gave Lewis D. Ferebee on Tuesday a window into the political minefield that could await him if he is confirmed as the next chancellor of the District’s public school system.

WASHINGTON — America’s 28th president led the nation to victory in World War I. He appears on many historians’ lists of the country’s best presidents, but a conversation is underway about taking that…

What if you need to call 911 but don't know exactly where you are?

For over 40 years, as the founder of the Studio Acting Conservatory, it has been my great privilege and honor — along with a 20-member faculty made up of committed professionals — to train and…

WASHINGTON — The data collected by your cellphone is proving to be a rich resource for 911 call centers trying to pinpoint the location of people calling for help from mobile devices.

Hilton is finally getting ready to reopen the long-shuttered L’Enfant Plaza Hotel in Southwest D.C.

On the train to and from work, Mary Wright will often read a copy of the Washington Blade that she picks up from one of its street boxes. But when she started reading the local LGBT newspaper on…

WASHINGTON — Walking some of D.C.’s most dangerous streets, a yellow T-shirt-clad team of ex-convicts and former gang members are being paid to root out and mediate problems in neighborhoods before…

The next phase of Southeast D.C.'s major redevelopment of the St. Elizabeths East campus is coming into focus.

For years, D.C. officials and members of the public have struggled with transparency issues within the ballooning charter school system.

We have witnessed technology transform our cities and government services through new methods of transportation, networks of connected devices and accessible digital services. These efforts have made…

Since launching in 2010, the Capital Bikeshare program has increased its offerings to hundreds of bikeshare stations across the city and region. But whiter, high-income neighborhoods generally have…

An affiliate of Ogden Cap Properties, the owner of the 450 K St. NW apartment building, filed an appeal with the D.C. Court of Appeals last week to contest the approval of a hotel development around…

A “town square” development by Redbrick LMD would include a hotel, housing, offices, retail, and a plaza

A new downtown day services center for the homeless will remain shuttered for another two weeks due to construction delays, according to the Downtown Business Improvement District, which is managing…

The latest person to throw support behind statehood for Washington, D.C., is a freshman delegate from Montgomery County.

Maggie Garrett walks her dog, Finn, each day to a small lot on a Columbia Heights corner that residents have long used as an unofficial dog park.

Design nerds, brace yourselves: custom framing e-retailer Framebridge is expanding its online services into an actual brick-and-mortar shop. The 1,200-square foot storefront will open at 1919 14th…

A team led by Redbrick LMD has been selected to redevelop a 4.2-acre portion of the D.C.-owned St. Elizabeths East campus into a mixed-use town square located between the Entertainment and Sports…