TheDCLine.org - Local News, Views & Events

As 2022 comes to a close, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that the District's population has increased slightly after suffering losses early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Jan. 3, which begins the D.C. Council’s next two-year term of service, Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) will ask members to ratify his proposed reorganization of the council’s committee structure and his designation of committee chairs.

Settlement ends proceedings in lawsuit by D.C. attorney general that alleged congregation ignored city laws designed to keep children safe

Eligible D.C. residents studying for a degree in some “high-demand” career fields have until Jan. 6 to apply for up to $8,000 in annual tuition assistance.

The nonprofit Washington Housing Conservancy, whose mission is to preserve affordable housing options for D.C. area residents, has acquired a 212-unit apartment building in Northeast D.C.

The Washington Housing Conservancy says its purchase of a 212-unit building in Northeast D.C. will help preserve housing for essential workers

It’s just about now that the Christmas tree you meticulously decorated and piled presents under is starting to smell a little less fresh and shedding far more needles than you feel like cleaning up every day. That’s right: it’s almost time…

New legislation removes the cap on the number of medical dispensaries and cultivators allowed in the District

An effort to increase road safety for D.C.’s young bike users and pedestrians includes coming up with a way for students to document “near misses,” those times they’ve had to take evasive action to avoid a collision.

Three busloads of migrants were dropped off outside the Vice President’s official residence on Christmas Eve.

After a year of significant population loss, D.C.’s population recovered slightly this year, according to new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau.

On Christmas Eve, three buses full of immigrants were dropped off outside the Vice President’s residence in Northwest D.C., and six more busloads of people came through earlier in the week. For months hundreds of migrants who were bused in…

Last December, the omicron variant was tearing through the D.C. region. Cases surged to the highest levels ever recorded, and more people were hospitalized with the virus than at any other point in the pandemic. Healthcare workers,…

Mazza Gallerie, the largely empty shopping center along Wisconsin Avenue at the D.C.-Maryland border, used to be thought of as a local Rodeo Drive. But its stores have been closing over the last few years and now the very last retail…

Three buses full of migrants arrived at Vice President Harris’s residence in Washington from Texas on Christmas Eve amid bitingly cold weather, a mutual aid group said, the latest in an influx of newcomers sent to the Northeast by Southern…