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As D.C. emerges from a year and a half of pandemic-induced lockdown, lawmakers unanimously approved emergency legislation Tuesday that will gradually phase out tenant protections.

The D.C. Council adopted a plan on Tuesday to gradually put an end to a slew of protections that have shielded residents during the coronavirus pandemic, including prohibitions that kept landlords…

The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted to temporarily keep in place protections against debt collection, evictions and utility shutoffs that were instituted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A move to rename West Education Campus after civil rights legend John Lewis has begun in the D.C. Council.

Metro says the number of sex offenses committed on trains and buses has doubled during the pandemic, and transit officials are now seeking ways to curb repeat offenders by temporarily banning them…

The Metropolitan Police Department would be required to create a publicly accessible database of officer disciplinary and training records under a new bill introduced by D.C. Council Chairman Phil…

The median home price in the District reached $700,000 in June.

At a time when many employers are facing labor shortages in the post-Covid economy, adult education schools such as Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School are becoming instrumental in…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to rename an elementary school in Petworth after John Lewis, the late congressman and civil rights leader who passed away last year.

The vision for a future Southeast D.C. hospital is coming into focus.

Let’s look at the data, shall we…

Mayor Muriel Bowser last week released the next five-year phase of her plan to end homelessness entirely in the District by 2025. Coming at the tail end of a pandemic that derailed Bowser’s initial…

DC's South Capitol Street pipeline is expanding.

The University of Utah is trading rented intern apartments for owned space with the purchase of property near Dupont Circle.

Metro trains will be single-tracking on the Red Line between Dupont Circle and Van Ness stations starting Saturday through Aug. 29. Crews will be working on the tunnel ventilation system on the…

As D.C. emerges from a year and a half of pandemic-induced lockdown, changes are likely coming to the city’s patchwork of safety net provisions that have protected vulnerable residents since the…

After a competitive, monthslong search process, WAMU has hired Erika Pulley-Hayes to lead the station as its new general manager. Pulley-Hayes, president and CEO of Community Communications, Inc., an…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are proposing $3.7 billion in emergency spending to bolster security at the Capitol, repay outstanding debts from the Jan. 6 insurrection and help the federal…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other urban leaders met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Monday to discuss efforts to prevent gun violence.

What a difference a shocking building collapse makes in the finely tuned political minds of the Bowser administration. Only seven months ago, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) was praising her…