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It’s been just under five months since the District’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs broke up into two smaller agencies — and reviews of the change, at least so far, are mixed.

The rent is already too damn high, and the Rental Housing Commission just OK’d a historic rent increase.

Metro riders might be able to move freely between rail cars when the new 8000 series trains are introduced into Metro’s fleet.

A new bill introduced by D.C. Councilmember Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7) seeks to beef up the ranks of the Metropolitan Police Department by offering retiring officers a bonus equal to a year’s pay to…

Metro is exploring a drastic change to its upcoming new 8000-series trains: an open gangway. Open gangway trains have no doors between cars, allowing riders to freely move through parts of or the…

Melani Bey went back on the ice to skate one last loop. Then one more.

The burglary at D Light Café & Bakery in late January was yet another incident that made Vira Derun feel less safe at her business. She runs the café in D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood with her…

“It’s a bad bill,” Chairman Phil Mendelson says.

Gun violence has increased significantly in the District over the last five years.

Two new lawsuits allege that D.C. fails to provide special education services to students incarcerated in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, violating federal law and denying students their right to…

A regional fair-housing plan contains that finding, and offers ways D.C. and its suburbs can work together toward changing the situation

Visitors to Northwest D.C.’s Smithsonian National Zoo will be able to walk among 56 different species of birds at the newly-renovated Bird House, starting March 13.

The National Zoo will reopen its nearly century old Bird House next month after a six-year renovation, with three new aviaries mimicking the migratory patterns of more than 50 bird species.

Three protesters are suing the Metropolitan Police Department over its alleged use of non-lethal weapons and projectiles like stinger grenades, rubber bullets, and flash bang devices against racial…

Promising a “complete policy overhaul,” the new leader of D.C.’s heavily-criticized 911 call center said she would be beefing up oversight within the agency and implementing increased training…

The District is getting ready to begin construction of a pedestrian bridge over Route 295 in Northeast, replacing a span that collapsed over the highway two years ago after it was struck by a truck. …

A civil justice organization accused D.C. police of violating demonstrators’ rights to free speech and assembly during the 2020 racial justice protests by using excessive force with stinger grenades,…

The District’s revised criminal code faces its final hurdle before becoming law in the U.S. Congress, where even D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson — who has long championed the revision — has…

Historic bird building re-creates the quiet habitats of migratory birds that visitors can experience

In a salacious lawsuit, the developer claims city officials catered to insiders, leading to the dissolution of the project at Fifth and I streets NW.