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Protesters can visit the theater lobbies to use restrooms, charge their phones, and pick up a snack.

The District’s effort to redevelop Bruce Monroe Park in Park View just suffered a major legal setback, further complicating the city’s plans to provide new homes for residents of the obsolete Park…

Contrary to popular belief, having a robust logging industry is not a criteria for statehood

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a bill approving D.C. statehood on Friday, the first time a chamber of Congress has ever passed such legislation.

After months of back and forth with the D.C. Department of Employment Services, a D.C. resident is suing the city, alleging it owes her at least five weeks of unpaid unemployment benefits. The…

In coming days, more Washingtonians will be chatting over a meal inside restaurants, huffing through a workout in a neighborhood gym or settling into a barber’s chair for an overdue haircut.

The education committee just passed a proposal to move the security guard contract from the police department to DC Public Schools. But advocates argue it's “nowhere near enough.”

Paid family and medical leave has crossed its final hurdle in the District.

A D.C. fireworks wholesaler is suing Mayor Muriel Bowser and Vincent Parker, an administrator with the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, over claims that he was wrongfully denied a…

It’s always been racist, partisan, and nonsensical.

You can live in Washington, D.C. amid the nation’s cherished monuments to democracy and representative government — the U.S. Capitol, the stately congressional office buildings, the White House — and…

Passionate debate from lawmakers representing several states has taken place in the House ahead of a historic Friday vote on legislation to make D.C. the nation’s 51st state.

In the backyard of the nation’s capital, local small businesses are using every ounce of their creativity to stay afloat. Local photographer Violetta Markelou’s project “Inbox Full” captures the…

D.C.’s paid family leave program looks set to launch July 1, meeting the city’s target date even as the coronavirus crisis raised questions about how the policy should move forward.

Work is underway on a project to dust off an old Union Station platform and make it a new passenger platform to increase rail capacity.

Shared electric moped company Revel is betting on more demand as more D.C. workers return to their place of work. It will add another 200 scooters to its D.C. fleet, bringing the total number to 600…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House is moving toward approval of a bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, saying Congress has both the moral obligation and constitutional…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is winning high marks for battling the coronavirus, just as the District stands ready to achieve a win in its longstanding fight — a vote on statehood in the House.

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to take a historic vote on D.C. statehood for the first time in a generation on Friday.

D.C. police shot Marqueese two years ago. They still won’t say why.