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President Trump has appointed National Civic Art Society President Justin Shubow to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that oversees the design and construction of all…

Some Metro officials are not convinced the agency can win back riders fleeing the system because of sparse off-peak service — or that it should try — in the face of looming financial obligations,…

While H Street Main Street's lofty vision of a massive redevelopment at the Starburst intersection (map) may still be theoretical, other development extending east of the H Street Corridor is still at…

By day, she’s the mayor of the District of Columbia. But on Wednesday evening, Muriel Bowser was just another voter sitting through a debate between a half-dozen candidates running for two At-Large…

Thirty-four families are still living at D.C. General, the large, dilapidated former hospital-turned-homeless shelter that Mayor Muriel Bowser is working to close by the end of the year. The city…

The costs to oversee, operate and maintain Metrorail, Metrobus and paratransit services are ticking upward. Earlier this week, officials gave a wink and a nod to a quasi-independent safety panel —…

The ashes of Matthew Shepard, a gay man who was murdered because of his sexual orientation, will be interred at the Washington National Cathedral later this month. Shepard’s remains have been in…

Emergency anti-K2 legislation recently passed by the D.C. Council and signed by Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) expands the definition of synthetic cannabinoids and reinstates expired enforcement policy, part…

In 1986, Juanda Smith was saving money toward her dream of becoming a homeowner. It wasn’t enough. “I saw a condo I liked, and I was so fortunate that the sales person there encouraged me to contact…

In the battle over clean energy and global warming, the District of Columbia rates barely a speck on the nation’s landscape, a tiny 68 square miles out of the nation’s nearly 3.8 million square miles.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s recent embrace of Dionne Reeder, who is trying to unseat D.C. Council Member Elissa Silverman next month, has filled Reeder’s campaign coffers - with much of the cash coming…

Residents of Northeast D.C. are trying to secure housing from the National Shrine.

The Democratic Socialists of America are on the rise nationwide, and the D.C. chapter is currently focusing their efforts on the ANC races.

The hornets almost made me turn back. I was standing beneath the Oxon Cove Bridge, an unremarkable stretch of the Anacostia Freeway that crosses over Oxon Creek just before it empties into the…

A D.C. business group that has previously criticized the District’s unemployment and estate taxes as well as its progressive paid leave law for being too costly has a different message in its latest…

When we discuss the District’s rental housing supply, those discussions usually center on units in apartment buildings, as opposed to units that are rented out by their owners. However, in the…

This week D.C. will hold its third and final round of public meetings for a little-known planning process that could reshape the city’s balance between neighborhood schools and charters. For the past…

Patients, nurses and community leaders testified during a standing room-only D.C. Council committee hearing on Wednesday about the planned closure of acute-care services at Providence Hospital in…

WASHINGTON — Scammers are working the phones again, D.C. police warn. This time, the crooks’ angle involves the use of “spoofing” technology, which makes the call appear like it’s coming from a Police…

D.C. Council leaders say Wednesday they will work to keep Providence Health System open for at least the next three years, despite the Northeast D.C. hospital's announcement that it would shut down…