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Mayor Muriel E. Bowser made the commitment in 2015 to reduce traffic fatalities, but deaths have been trending up

Two sites have been selected for the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, pending legislative action from Congress. The Smithsonian’s Board of…

The Smithsonian has narrowed down sites for its next two museums in D.C.

The headlines and calls to action following the dramatic drop in test scores for D.C. students during the pandemic were clear: The city needs to do more to help students, especially Black and at-risk…

Now the Smithsonian must get approval from Congress to proceed with the locations on the southwest portion of the Mall, land that is controlled by the National Park Service

D.C.’s Office of the Attorney General will investigate the proposed $20 billion merger between grocery chains Albertsons and Kroger, and attorneys general in the District and five states want…

When art collectors Mera and Don Rubell open their long-anticipated contemporary art museum in Southwest D.C. this week, the public will finally get to see the result of a $20 million renovation over…

On Nov. 8, D.C. residents will not only be voting on mayor, attorney general, and D.C. Council seats, but also the state board of education.

A week after the D.C. Council awarded multibillion-dollar contracts for insuring D.C.’s Medicaid patients to three insurers, seeming to finally end a years-long struggle to right the city’s Medicaid…

The owner of the historic Blues Alley jazz club in Georgetown said he hopes to reopen for business early next week, after his venue shut down Tuesday evening when smoke poured from the top of the…

At the start of the year, crime spiked in the District.

A new report from two labor groups says that many bars and restaurants in D.C. are failing to report required data on how much tipped workers are being paid, but an association representing the…

On Nov. 8, D.C. voters will head to the polls to decide several important races, including a tightly contested race for two at-large seats on the D.C. Council and a high-profile ballot initiative on…

Voters will elect two at-large D.C. Council members to represent the entire city in the highly competitive Nov. 8 election.

An unprecedented trial began this week at D.C.’s federal courthouse, where two D.C. police officers face a combination of second-degree murder, obstruction, and conspiracy charges related to the…

Following a history lesson, defense attorney Michael Hannon claimed officers were obligated to stop Hylton-Brown.

Two years ago, after a young Black man on a moped was fatally injured in a traffic collision during a D.C. police chase, scores of irate protesters converged on a police station in Northwest…

The agreement allows Metro to put many more trains into passenger service, but it also requires wheel checks to continue every four days

Metro has the green light to bring all the 7000-series trains back to the tracks, with restrictions.

Much of D.C.’s criminal code dates to the original version Congress passed in 1901. That it is badly in need of an overhaul is apparent from its references to “common scolds,” prohibitions against…