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Federal intervention, an army of lobbyists, and taxpayer money have helped D.C. charters keep local lawmakers off their backs.

The Council and mayor spent more than $41,000 and courted supermarkets. That's what.

German co-living operator Quarters has bought its way into the District with plans to fully furnish and lease 99 units at The Highline at Union Market, a new development in Northeast.

A blood-oxygen monitor is clipped to the animal’s large pink tongue. An endoscope has been fed down his throat to examine his small intestine. And technician Jayne Hutcheson is swabbing his paws with blue paint for keepsake paw prints.

The order follows a deadly fire at an illegal rental property that killed a 9-year-old boy and a man

D.C.’s police chief issued an executive order Tuesday that establishes new protocols for reporting and responding to potential fire code violations.

D.C. public safety agencies will adopt policies to ensure that life-threatening building code violations are promptly addressed, an effort to prevent the kind of missteps that preceded a deadly fire last month in Brightwood Park, officials…

Douglas E. Moore, a Methodist minister who in 1957 led one of the first sit-ins to protest racial segregation in the South and later served a tumultuous stint on the D.C. Council in the 1970s, died Aug. 22 at a hospital in Clinton, Md. He…

For 186 students in D.C., the new school year brought a new school. Almost.

The repairs, four years in the making, come just in time as Wednesday temperatures top 90 degrees.

D.C. Council member Charles Allen said Wednesday he will schedule after summer recess a hearing on the increase of hate crimes in the city and the lack of prosecution of those crimes by the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of…

When Deborah Rutter became president of the Kennedy Center in 2014, she asked her new colleagues to prepare a creative brief explaining why the institute was expanding for the first time in its nearly 50-year history. In response, she was…

The event will occur during a week of expected climate action in the District

The office vacancy rate in Washington, D.C., has risen to record highs as new buildings deliver with large blocks of available space, but some developers today say they are hesitant to start new speculative office projects.

A German co-living company is expanding to the D.C. market with its sixth and largest U.S. location.

Sports wagering in the District won't be in place for Thursday's NFL season kickoff, but the Office of Lottery and Gaming has adopted the final rules and regulations for the nascent program, with the licensing process set to begin in the…

The thought has crossed the minds of virtually every resident in this area: “Why is it so expensive to live here?”

Education consulting firm EAB has decided not to move its headquarters from D.C.'s West End to a new development by Mount Vernon Triangle, less than a year after Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration had secured millions of dollars in…