District government

Following a summer spike in overdoses from synthetic drugs, the DC Council voted unanimously today to approve emergency legislation to help law enforcement officers crack down on suppliers of the drugs. Mayor Muriel Bowser proposed the…

The DC Council is set to hold its second legislative meeting since returning from summer recess, with a packed agenda on Tuesday that includes a measure to repeal Initiative 77 and new restrictions on short-term, Airbnb-style rentals. The…

Two years after opening, management of the Arthur Capper Community Center in Navy Yard will transition this January from the DC Housing Authority to the DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR). Residents see the change as an opportunity…

At opposite ends of the Atlantic Ocean last week, both the European Parliament and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation discussed DC statehood. In Strasbourg, France, Alex Mayer, a member of the European Parliament for the East of…

Dolores Kendrick — hailed as Washington’s “first lady of poetry” and a “deeply revered figure in American literature” — served for nearly two decades as DC’s second poet laureate until her death last November at the age of 90. Now, a search…

A new downtown center will open later this year at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church to provide daytime services for homeless men and women prior to the onset of winter weather, thanks to a $1.7 million grant announced last month by…

While kicking off the redevelopment of the RFK Stadium site during a ceremony Wednesday morning, Mayor Muriel Bowser made clear she wants the Washington Redskins to occupy a new football stadium on the campus. Bowser told reporters that…

Zion Kelly stood in the same spot his twin brother, Zaire, had stood to receive his Right Direction Award one year earlier. One month after winning the award, Zaire Kelly was shot and killed only 300 feet from his home. Zion, who…

Chanel Dickerson has the strong will of an ox. As patrol chief for three of the Metropolitan Police Department’s six districts and in her previous positions with the agency, Dickerson has witnessed any number of heart-wrenching crimes.…

Few people are humbler than Josh Singer. Even with a successful career, numerous adoring fans and a Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Award for outstanding government service, Singer would still rather spend time with plants than talk about…

In the wake of last month’s boil water advisory and complaints about inadequate notice about the warning, Ward 4 DC Council member Brandon Todd is touting proposed DC Water consumer protection legislation as an effective way to address the…

Local bus riders have something to look forward to: more efficient service along the often-clogged 16th Street NW corridor. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) just released preliminary designs for improving service and…

Could business owners and others in DC soon benefit from a new bank owned and operated by the DC government? With $200,000 put in the city’s 2018 budget by the DC Council, officials at the Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking are…

Update on Aug. 30: The Capitol View Neighborhood Library will close Sept. 22 for exterior renovations, the DC Public Library announced. An interim facility on the grounds of J.C. Nalle Elementary School will open on Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 9:30…

Lakedia Edwards knows her son is not a criminal. So, when she got a phone call that her 15-year-old son, Jaharee, was being detained for robbery, she couldn’t believe it. “We went to court and the attorney presented his case,” Edwards…

Woodley Park’s commercial corridor has yet to set itself apart as a must-see destination. Later this year, efforts will begin to change that. Ryan Wegman, executive director of Friends of Woodley Park and vice president of assets and…

The District is too quick to give tax breaks to developers without negotiating better pay for workers on projects like the multibillion-dollar Wharf, a new report from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute argues. The 21-page report —…

When Pierre Charles L’Enfant drew diagonal boulevards cutting throughout his grid plan for DC in 1791, he created hundreds of tiny triangular parks in the leftover spaces near intersections. Ever since, many of these have remained patches…