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It’s a historic year for D.C. statehood: a bill that would make D.C. the 51st state has a record-breaking number of sponsors and co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, and the lower chamber has scheduled a hearing on the measure for…

If residents of Wards 2 and 3 don't want more dense development in their neighborhoods, maybe they should build an accessory dwelling unit in their backyard.

The number has actually gone up since 1989.

The shift is intended to avoid a conflict with the Mueller hearing

D.C. emergency officials have been trying to reduce the number of ambulance rides for patients who don’t need them by diverting patients to clinics and rideshares instead. But over a year into the initiative, there’s still a long way to go…

A majority of Americans oppose making the District the 51st state, according to a new poll released Monday.

A neatly dressed woman got into a big white shuttle near Fort Totten one recent afternoon carrying bags full of okra and broccoli leaves.

People with disabilities will soon be able to use a smartphone app to navigate Metro’s rail and bus systems, the transit agency said.

The District’s public school system is facing a $23 million deficit, drawing criticism from city lawmakers and from the D.C. auditor, who described the shortfall as a “red flag” that suggests a lack of internal controls.

Having a kid changed a lot of things — including how Jeremy León enters restaurants.

The first House hearing on potentially granting statehood to the District of Columbia will be postponed after a hearing of two House committees involving former Special Counsel Robert Mueller was moved to the same day.

Taylor Berlin starts her day like thousands of other college students in the District: interning on Capitol Hill. But she ends it as an elected official, carrying out the duties of local government.

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is postponing a hearing on D.C. statehood until the fall to avoid a conflict with former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s planned testimony before two separate House committees.

From layered mango cake to jumbo lump crab rolls, the open food market known as Smorgasburg is now in the District. More than 30 vendors set up shop in the Navy Yard on Saturday.

Johns Hopkins University plans to remove the giant stone etching of the First Amendment that graces the exterior of the Newseum when it adapts the Pennsylvania Avenue building for its research and education needs.

If you’ve ever been to Washington, D.C., you may have noticed that D.C. residents have a pretty passive-aggressive license plate slogan—”Taxation Without Representation.” It’s well-deserved snark, because D.C.’s approximately 700,000…

In light of a recent attack of a gay couple on U St., Attorney General Karl Racine is holding several listening sessions.

Days before Laura Nuss left her position as the longest-serving director of the D.C. Department on Disability Services, a judge led a courtroom in a standing ovation for her.

Heated fights at the D.C. Council over how to discipline a lawmaker under federal investigation and whether to approve a controversial gambling contract have deepened a growing rift among city leaders.