The District’s incarceration rate is higher than any state in the nation — and any country. In large part, that’s owed to a period of excessive mandatory-minimum-sentencing guidelines, which!-->…
An effort is underway, led by D.C. Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), to hasten the release of convicted murderers and rapists, including child sex offenders.
A proposed 200-bed shelter in D.C. to house detained immigrant children is likely to face a number of legal and regulatory obstacles from city officials and residents, including a possible public!-->…
After a three-year rehabilitation project, the Washington Monument will be reopen to the public on Sept. 19, the National Park Service announced Friday afternoon.
Eight years after it was rattled by an earthquake and three years after it was closed for elevator and other repairs, the beleaguered Washington Monument will reopen Sept. 19, the National Park!-->…
For many a convention and conference, what’s on the inside has mattered at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. But Events DC., which oversees and manages the behemoth 2.3 million square foot!-->…
The Johnny Rockets burger chain space in Georgetown is being marketed for lease, suggesting the store could be teeing up a closure after more than two decades in the neighborhood.
In July, The Metropolitan Transit Authority announced that it was close to fixing its chronically broken cooling systems at Dupont Circle, Farragut North, and Union Station.
After a three-year closure for renovations, the Washington Monument will reopen to the public Thursday, Sept. 19, the National Park Service announced Friday.
Former Metro chairman Jack Evans threatened the jobs of the agency’s top lawyer and board secretary in an effort to keep secret that the panel’s ethics committee had found he committed a violation,!-->…
Two years ago, UrbanTurf reported on the sale of the former Medhane Alem Eritrean Church in Bloomingdale. Today, work begins on what will take the place of the church.
Street photographer Michael Lang of D.C. stands in front of a framed black-and-white photograph in the Touchstone Gallery in downtown D.C. It’s of a man sitting in a wheelchair on a New York City!-->…