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In the center of Capitol Hill, there are two elementary school campuses, Peabody and Watkins, with an unusual setup. Peabody serves the cluster’s prekindergartners and kindergartners. Watkins, about…

"We believe it can be repurposed because the investment that Black people made in the statue is important"

While the coronavirus pandemic has kept Washingtonians close to home for months, it’s been decades since they’ve breathed fresher outdoor air.

Brooke Pinto, the 28-year-old lawyer who won the Democratic primary two weeks ago for the Ward 2 seat on the D.C. Council, led the field Tuesday night in the special election to fill the seat for the…

On Friday, like a lot of people, Amber Gruner went to get a COVID-19 test at the free, walk-up, no appointment needed testing site at Judiciary Square.

The D.C. Chamber of Commerce is parting ways with President and CEO Vincent Orange.

More than 400 samples collected at coronavirus testing sites in the District cannot be processed because they were exposed to heat, city officials said Tuesday.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser made international headlines and inspired numerous copycats when she granted permission for a giant “Black Lives Matter” mural in front of the White House.

Nearly three-quarters of people stopped by D.C. police during a recent five-month period were African American, despite the fact that black people make up less than half of the city’s population,…

Juneteenth is not new. Black people in the U.S. have been observing the holiday, which celebrates the end of slavery, since the 19th century. But this year, there is renewed energy around the date…

Marje Hines spent last year’s D.C. summer youth employment program working as a summer camp counselor. She’d read books with rambunctious youngsters or take them outside to doodle with chalk and play…

When the D.C. Superior Court fully reopens for trials once the coronavirus crisis has subsided, the court will have a broader pool of jurors to call on than in the past, thanks to new changes to its…

The House is expected to vote next week on a measure that would make Washington, D.C. a state, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced on Tuesday. The measure, dubbed H.R. 51 — to denote that…

(CNN) — The House of Representatives will vote on a District of Columbia statehood bill on June 26, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced Tuesday.

The House has scheduled a vote next week on a bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, marking the first time since 1993 that Congress will have voted on the issue.

House Democrats plan to bring the issue to floor on June 26

“This is not just an issue of local governance and fairness, it is a major civil rights issue as well,” says Steny Hoyer.

For the second time in two weeks, the D.C. Board of Elections attempted to hold an election almost entirely by mail — and on Tuesday, at least in the initial hours of the day, it seems to have…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats controlling the House have slated a vote next week to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, an issue that they say has become far more important in the aftermath…

Statehood has long been a goal of D.C. leaders, and a bill to make the District the 51st state will arrive on the House floor next week.