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The D.C. Housing Authority is allegedly responsible for spending nearly $1 million in illegally sole-sourced contracts awarded to a software company, attempts to skirt oversight, and other concerning…

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One audit says DCHA was overcharged by $2.1 million. Another accuses Director Brenda Donald of contracting malfeasance.

The District of Columbia Housing Authority Executive Director Brenda Donald appeared to threaten retaliation against her agency’s own internal auditor last week in potential violation of the…

Later today the D.C. Council is set to cast a final vote on a monumental piece of legislation, a 450-page bill that would completely overhaul the city’s criminal laws. The full rewrite has been more…

Busy and getting busier is how Children’s National Hospital described current cases of pediatric respiratory ailments in the D.C. area.

D.C. officials announced on Monday that student enrollment in the District’s public school system — including at traditional public schools and charter schools — is the highest it’s been since 2007…

In the English language, the idiom “cooking with gas” means to be “doing something very well” or “making very good progress,” according to the dictionary. But if you stop to think about it, it’s…

Michael Saylor lived large while allegedly paying no D.C. income tax. Here’s how whistleblowers unraveled what could be one of the largest tax scams in city history.

More than 96,000 students are attending traditional public and charter schools this year, according to preliminary data

The number of students attending schools in D.C. this year is the highest it has been since the city started an annual tally in 2007, revealing significant growth for the first time since the…

D.C. voters have overwhelmingly approved Initiative 82, which phases out the tipped minimum wage and will require business owners to pay tipped workers like bartenders and servers the city’s full…

A planned renovation of Washington’s train station includes expanded tracks and concourses, underground parking and new amenities over two decades

Union Station had as many as 100 stores more than two decades ago. It’s down to about 40 retailers and eateries while more than half its commercial space sits vacant.

The D.C. Housing Authority illegally contracted with a Virginia-based software company, spending about $1 million without competitive bidding and splitting the amount into smaller purchases to escape…

On Nov. 8, Muriel E. Bowser (D) won a third term as mayor of Washington, in an expected victory in this heavily Democratic city. The Washington Post sat down with Bowser ahead of the election to ask…

The University of the District of Columbia is seeking approval for a new master’s of social work degree program, one that could receive significant D.C. funding to boost the pipeline of front-line…

The D.C. Council’s at-large contest in this week’s election featured eight candidates, with the clear front-runners being three incumbent council members — Anita Bonds (D), Kenyan R. McDuffie (I) and…

D.C. police last year seized 2,410 illegal firearms, a frightening number that has already been exceeded this year. With nearly two months still to go in 2022, police have so far recovered 2,755…

On Thursday, just two days after a landslide victory in the mayoral race with more than 74% of the vote, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced new appointments to a handful of positions in her…