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The Metro Board is poised to dissolve its only direct mechanism for rider feedback and advocacy, the Rider Advisory Council (RAC), according to testimony during a Thursday morning meeting. “You have a…

If watching the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee today is triggering your buried memories of assault—or even that time a friend told you…

Four people have been killed on bicycles and scooters over the past few months, and 27 total people killed on DC roadways this year. In the shadow of those tragedies, advocates and councilmembers…

The D.C. Council will vote next Tuesday on a bill repealing Initiative 77, the ballot measure approved by D.C. voters in June that would gradually raise the minimum wage paid to tipped workers. …

Incumbent At-large Councilmember Elissa Silverman released a poll that indicates she is the leading non-Democratic candidate running for one of the two citywide seats, a show of popularity after Mayor…

The developments planned for the intersection of North Capitol Street and Florida Avenue NE continue to pile up. Nonprofit So Others May Eat (SOME) has filed a zoning application to deliver an…

When I worked in DC schools, I heard from families every day about what they wanted to see in our education system. Every day, I heard about the challenges and obstacles that families must overcome to…

They move so quickly to clear the trails that I saw more and more of their work, but no trace of them. They started to take on a mythical quality.

AT 10:45 P.M. last Wednesday, hours after fire broke out at a senior housing complex in Southeast Washington, a member of the company that manages the property delivered the news that all the elderly…

WASHINGTON — A spike in overdoses in D.C. linked to the dangerous street drug known as “K2” is draining critical District resources, officials said Wednesday. “Our emergency responders continue to…

In June of last year, a freshman at Roosevelt High School in Northwest Washington reported to Principal Aqueelha James that she had been sexually assaulted by another student in a school bathroom.…

Public school officials in D.C. have underestimated the demand for new SmartTrip cards for students, which could leave many kids stranded at Metro stations and bus stops next week. Starting Monday,…

Remember the historic firehouse renovation-turned-Airbnb rental in Logan Circle? Well, that's not the only historic property that owner Michael Abbenante has big plans for. Last December, Abbenante…

Two traffic-related deaths in the past week have kindled anger and doubt over D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s “Vision Zero” plan to reduce traffic deaths. Meanwhile, the mayor has asked the D.C. Council to…

Edward Segal documents the leaks obsessively. The Georgetown resident has lived in his neighborhood off and on  for 17 years. He is, by his own admission, protective of it. So whenever he sees a gas…

The D.C. region is known for producing basketball talent. For years, sportstalkers like WOL-AM’s Butch McAdams have suggested that the area’s reputation for quality youth basketball is a reason the…

Another proposed development is joining several others planned near the North Capitol Street and Florida Avenue intersection. Maedwell Companies is applying to the Historic Preservation Review Board…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday cut the ribbon on the first of six family homeless shelters being built to replace D.C. General. The long-troubled shelter will be closed this fall as part of…

The Metro board intends to dissolve its Riders' Advisory Council next month, cutting ties with its rider liaison group at a time when the agency’s staff is prioritizing its online survey community,…

The management company that operates the senior apartment complex in Southeast Washington that burned last week has launched an internal investigation following reports of several safety deficiencies,…