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The DC Council Committee on Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization held a nearly nine-hour hearing on Thursday that covered five pieces of legislation related to rent control in the city. However,…

Malik Sneed has lived in Ward 7 all his life, but says he’s never seen a market in the ward or in the region specifically for Black-owned businesses. He says that some markets and stores are not…

A formerly homeless veteran who served as vice chairwoman of the D.C. Housing Authority board said the city terminated her last month after she sought to learn whether the agency inappropriately…

The National Park Service has awarded a $50,000 grant to D.C. for a study about women’s history and suffrage in the District.

A month ago, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) stood on a balcony overlooking the bright yellow words “Black Lives Matter” painted on the pavement of the recently renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza. She…

Taste of Georgetown, a one-day event that draws crowds to Georgetown for big restaurant deals, will not be held this fall, for the first time in 27 years. But it’s being replaced by a more…

The event is being moved because of visibility concerns.

The District of Columbia’s Office of Unified Communications will be investigated by the Office of the DC Auditor after “recent events call into question the effectiveness of OUC’s 911 Operations…

A long-simmering conflict over accusations of racial insensitivity at the Eckington studios boiled over last week. Now the arts community is taking sides.

Tenant advocates have been pushing to overhaul rent control in D.C. for about a year. But over more than nine hours of public testimony Thursday, it became clear that those advocates do not like most…

A flyover of vintage planes in the Washington region scheduled for Friday morning is being postponed a day because of weather.

As Douglas Development looks to move forward with its massive New City development in Ivy City, DC is looking to give the project a boost.

D.C. is joining four other states in giving certain law school graduates a pass on taking the bar exam to practice law because of COVID-19.

A group of D.C. lawmakers is demanding Mayor Muriel Bowser release more information about how D.C. Public Schools will keep students and teachers safe if campuses open for in-person learning in…

Metro board members representing the District and Maryland questioned the agency’s commitment to transit equity Thursday after learning it skipped doing a full analysis on how emergency budget cuts…

Dorea Batté could not avoid the unwanted text messages and phone calls from a law school classmate at George Washington University. She tried blocking the man’s phone number, but he reached her using…

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the District Department of Transportation announced seven potential routes for the DC Circulator bus in Ward 7, and asked transit riders to give their opinions.

By Broad Potomac’s Shore: Great Poems from the Early Days of Our Nation’s Capital comes out Oct. 6 from the University of Virginia Press.

They talked of Deon Kay wanting to explore the world, about his prowess on the football field and basketball court, about how the young man “was creating plans for his future.”

Bookworms, behold: D.C.’s central library reopened its doors Thursday after a three-and-a-half year, $211 million modernization.