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Administrators and parents at Duke Ellington School of the Arts say a significant share of families accused of residency fraud have been cleared of wrongdoing — an assertion that appears to undermine…

A former D.C. schools chancellor and another top official ousted by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) for helping the chancellor’s daughter skirt the competitive school lottery said the mayor had been…

Sherwayne Carter assumed that his senior-year schedule would be as grueling as the three before. Early morning alarms. Fifteen-hour days. Buses and trains trundling across the District to the Duke…

WASHINGTON – The search is over for the driver of a sedan D.C. police say struck and killed a cyclist in downtown D.C. last month. Police arrested 20-year-old Phillip Peoples of Suitland, Maryland, on…

The top three elected officials in the District would get $20,000 raises next year — their first pay increase in more than a decade — under new legislation set to be introduced. D.C. Mayor Muriel E.…

Metro is considering raising fares for big events. How many cliches fit? Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. Penny wise, pound foolish. Here today, gone tomorrow. I spent five years working for the…

When the crackling rail-car loudspeakers come on during rush hour, they might as well say: Get your wallets out, this is a train robbery! Despite consistent declines in Metro ridership, shoddy (and…

The Dupont Circle building that for nearly 40 years housed Restaurant Nora, the United States’ first certified organic restaurant, has been sold. Prolific D.C. restaurateur Ashok Bajaj, whose…

The mayor, chairman of the D.C. Council, and city's attorney general could be getting a raise in the near future. A bill was introduced on Friday to give Mayor Muriel Bowser a 10 percent pay bump,…

The so-called Exorcist Steps, the site of that demonic fall at the end of The Exorcist and a ton of huffing and puffing from folks trying to get up the 97 steps from M Street NW to Prospect Street, is…

The positive effects a Whole Foods opening can have on a neighborhood are well-documented, but one Northwest D.C. neighborhood is becoming a case study for what happens to a community when the popular…

Race is a subject many in D.C. politics prefer not to discuss. But it is at the forefront of the city’s most competitive election this fall. That contest pits incumbent D.C. Council member Elissa…

Three years ago, Valor Development gave the Spring Valley and American University Park neighborhoods a glimpse of a proposed development which would replace the shopping center that previously hosted…

Last week, an eviction of a Deanwood strip mall made the news, prompting questions about the fairness of the one-day, safety-citing notice to vacate and leading one of the tenants to challenge the…

Don Peebles, a national real estate developer who began his career in D.C. in the 1980s, has seen the nation's capital go through several distinct waves of hospitality development. The latest…

Monday is the last day you can submit comments on the National Park Service's proposed permit rule changes.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a police officer on patrol in Florida or a correctional officer a California prison? Do you want to know what it feels like to sit in a real police cruiser…

A D.C. TEENAGER who had been shot more than a year earlier died from his injuries on Jan. 5, becoming the city’s first homicide victim of 2018. Five days later, on Jan. 10, another teenager — Paris…

If the first week of school is any indicator of what to expect for the year, D.C. Public Schools could have a serious problem on its hands. School-by-school attendance data compiled by DCPS and…

Night mayor, night manager, night czar: The job has many names, but the idea is similar. Last week, the District of Columbia joined a small but growing number of cities worldwide when it posted a…