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Several area school systems – including Montgomery, Prince George’s, Fairfax, and Loudoun counties – have decided to start the school year virtually. Now the NAACP DC branch and the Washington…

The D.C. Council unanimously approved its Fiscal Year 2021 budget after months of adjustments to the bottom line, as the pandemic reduced the city’s revenue by $770 million.

Concerns remain about onboard crowding as people start commuting back to work

When the District’s public libraries began gradually reopening in late May, many residents rushed to check out books for the first time in six weeks. By mid-July, the library was opening its doors…

The Justice Department’s internal watchdog will investigate federal law enforcement officers’ response to protests in D.C., including the use of tear gas and rubber bullets to clear protesters from…

After a few extra days of legislative wrangling, the D.C. Council signed off on a budget that now includes about $42 million in tax increases but will not feature a controversial advertising sales…

The call in the July 18 editorial “The D.C. Council needs to get real” for the D.C. Council to “wake up to reality” was hardhearted and wrongheaded.

The D.C. Council on Thursday repealed a new and controversial tax on the sale of ads before unanimously approving an $8.5 billion budget for 2021. With the votes, lawmakers closed out a testy and…

The D.C. region is one of the wealthiest in the nation, with the second-highest median income of any metro area. Still, hundreds of thousands of residents don’t consistently have enough to eat, and…

Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau wasn't invited to the "cool kids' table."

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Wednesday signed emergency policing legislation passed by the D.C. Council earlier this month amid mass demonstrations sparked by the killing of George Floyd during…

Since her swearing-in ceremony late last month, new D.C. lawmaker Brooke Pinto has jumped into important legislative meetings about the District government’s spending plan for next year. She now…

Metro expects to bring rail service to 90% of pre-pandemic levels by Aug. 16, but if a new surge of Covid-19 cases should plunge the region into a second wave of shutdowns, the system would likely…

Nurses who work at Medstar Washington Hospital Center are demanding new personal protective equipment, saying the hospital continues to provide disinfected masks to reuse.

As Metro service gets ready to ramp up next month, there are concerns about potential crowding in the rail system, as well as current crowding on buses.

As the rest of D.C. was shutting down amid rising cases of the coronavirus this spring, at least 14 homeless service providers and community organizations received support from the Paycheck…

Paulette Matthews, one of D.C.’s more than 20,000 residents who live in public housing, often testifies at the D.C. Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners meetings, and thus is the person many…

A new 46,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market opened in D.C. Thursday with a Spike Mendelsohn restaurant located inside.

Washington's NFL team has settled on the "Washington Football Team" as its temporary name for the upcoming season while it continues the search for a permanent moniker.

The D.C. government is taking a look at who its public spaces are named after.