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The workers at more than two dozen local farmers markets run by the nonprofit FRESHFARM have unionized with United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400.

A new study from the Urban Institute shows a decline in Black homeownership in wards 7 and 8, home to nearly half of D.C.’s Black residents.

Wards 7 and 8 east of the Anacostia River have long been majority Black communities, but the percentage of Black homeowners is decreasing, according to a new report from the Urban Institute.…

A moment of silence for a mechanic who died while trying to protect passengers from a gunman at the Potomac Avenue Metro Station preceded the announcement of a collaboration between D.C. police and…

D.C. police will soon start patrolling five Metro stations in the District to augment the transit police force that is struggling to protect the region’s vast rail and bus system from rising violent…

Late and no-show buses have caused students to miss class time and have left families frustrated, scrambling and not knowing what to expect one day to the next

Metro will pay D.C. police officers overtime to beef up patrols in five rail stations during rush hours.

Outside the National Mall, it can be nearly impossible to find a public bathroom in D.C. But a new bill could change this reality by increasing the number of public restrooms across the city.

The D.C. Council voted 12-1 on Tuesday in favor of temporarily extending legislation it passed last spring requiring daily hotel room cleaning, a measure that has pitted labor unions against hotel…

Case numbers are still down significantly from historic highs

The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation Tuesday to spend $850,000 to design suicide barriers on the William Howard Taft Bridge.

D.C. has dropped from high to moderate among jurisdictions dealing with HIV, according to health experts who gathered on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day to release the latest data.

After several years of declining infections, a new report illuminates how the pandemic has impaired the city’s efforts to eliminate HIV/AIDS, and widened the already existing disparities between…

Kevon King is co-owner of the Village Cafe and Lab, located at Union Market in Northeast Washington. The cafe not only serves good food but also buys much of its fresh produce and coffee beans…

A House committee on Monday night advanced two disapproval resolutions seeking to repeal a pair of bills passed by the D.C. Council, sending the measures to the full House for a vote later this week.…

D.C.'s inclusionary zoning program has ramped up production of housing units — but the program isn't serving all income levels that most need affordable homes.

Charter teachers are underpaid, but the union’s backers wonder whether it’s fair to give them benefits they didn’t negotiate for.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Monday announced a bill to amend several aspects of the criminal code revision approved by the D.C. Council in November — changes she says will address her concerns about…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday unveiled a package of changes she’d like to see made to the recently passed overhaul of the city’s century-old criminal code, just as House Republicans are pushing…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants criminals to be held accountable, and she says the changes she’s proposing to the District’s new criminal code to increase penalties for certain crimes will send that…