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Funny thing happened on the way to the D.C. Council approving a no-bid D.C. Lottery contact in a fevered rush to launch sports betting ahead of its regional neighbors:

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson have locked horns again over the city’s arts office.

Since the mid-2000s, the District of Columbia has experienced a population boom accompanied by rising housing values—and, in recent years, more students in public schools. In most cities with similar…

The week is set to be bookended by climate protests in the city center

Push from the mayor and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson comes as transit agency prepares for budget season

The road to heaven begins at the White House.

Elevated levels of lead were discovered in at least 17 D.C. school playgrounds, leading to six being shutdown over the summer, according to a recent study.

“We want to be able to get event permits and hire proper security to stay safe. That’s all we want.”

D.C. is a city full of private monuments that the rest of the world doesn’t see.

Georgetown’s chocolate scene is about to get a little sweeter with the addition of L.A. Burdick, a fine chocolatier from New England.

Bills weigh medical pot discrimination, job seeker testing

The District’s alcohol licensing board has dismissed a challenge to the renewal of a liquor license at the Trump hotel in downtown Washington by a group that said the president lacked the good…

A D.C. government employee was charged Wednesday with dealing fentanyl outside his Southwest office building.

At least 17 D.C. public school playgrounds were found to contain elevated traces of lead, and six had to be shut down over the summer, according to a city-commissioned study released this month.

On July 25, Community members from across the District filled the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB)’s courtroom, many wearing stickers that read, “Yes! Barry Farm is historic!” It was a…

Painted in bold shades of blue, red, green and pink, Whitman-Walker Health’s Max Robinson Center has stood prominently in the historic Anacostia neighborhood, just a few blocks from the Big Chair,…

D.C. council members are considering two bills that would do away with marijuana testing of employees at work.

Beach Drive will completely reopen “around noon” on Friday, the National Park Service announced Wednesday afternoon.

The development team reimagining the 6.7 acre former site of the Sursum Corda Cooperative is offering a slightly different look and a different approach to parking and affordability prior to a zoning…

Getting around the nation’s capital on two wheels is easier than ever