TheDCLine.org - Local News, Views & Events

SMYAL, a nonprofit in Eastern Market, is working to bridge the gap left by Casa Ruby, the once high-profile group serving LGBTQ+ people that shut down abruptly last summer.

The lack of DC statehood means a loss of up to $3.2 billion annually in potential revenue, according to the estimate developed by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute in a new analysis released this morning.

Hope may be on the horizon for D.C. residents exasperated with the sound of loud vehicles disrupting their lives round-the-clock: One lawmaker has a plan to find and fine the offenders.

Racine twice supported McDuffie’s political rivals, and now McDuffie is blocking a resolution honoring the former attorney general.

If D.C. were a state, it would top the list of new LEED-certified building projects per capita in 2022, according to new rankings.

The D.C. Department of Transportation is moving forward with a plan to place anti-suicide barriers on the William Howard Taft Bridge, the 115-year-old span that carries Connecticut Avenue across Rock Creek Park.

On the heels of the residency scandal that helped tank an ex-deputy mayor, Bowser tapped Timothy Spriggs to run DPW despite him residing in Maryland.

Thirteen-year-old Karon Blake was fatally shot less than a week after D.C. Council member Zachary Parker was sworn in.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington, D.C., mayor and city council are locked in a public dispute over how to respond to rising crime rates and spiraling public tensions over gun violence in the nation’s capital.

In the wake of yesterday's 12-1 vote by the DC Council to override the mayoral veto of the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, Mayor Muriel Bowser says she'll send legislation in the next 30 days to address some of the concerns she has…

After spending eight years fighting to protect consumers, often from alleged corporate malfeasance, former D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is taking on a new role representing corporate clients who may find themselves in the crosshairs…

On Tuesday, National Park Service crews began cleaning up hundreds of tires that were found dumped under an Interstate 295 overpass in D.C.’s Anacostia Park.

The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to override Mayor Muriel Bowser’s veto of a sweeping overhaul of the city’s century-old criminal code, with multiple lawmakers decrying what they called “fear-mongering” and “dangerous rhetoric” around the…

The D.C. Council unanimously approved emergency legislation Tuesday postponing the implementation of ballot-approved Initiative 82 by a few months. D.C. employers are now required to raise the wages of their tipped workers from $5.35 per…

Adults ought to stop blaming children for violence and look at themselves

Law enforcement leaders had expressed concern about the bill, which reduces some maximum sentences and allows for jury trials in nearly all misdemeanor cases

D.C. will consider offering rebates for e-bikes, in line with other cities looking to incentivize bicycle commuting.

The former owners of six D.C. assisted living facilities will pay over $1.5 million for failing to fully compensate their front-line health care workers during the height of the pandemic.