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Children running a lemonade stand or other small-scale, limited time business in D.C. are technically required to get a business license and/or a vending site permit (and similar restrictions apply in most other states). But the D.C.…

Despite efforts to improve bus service in the District to make it a more attractive option for travel, it continues to be slow and unreliable, with some saying the situation has reached a crisis point.

Embedded inside the so-called 'Space Window' is a 3 billion year-old moon rock.

Taking the bus is too frustrating in D.C., and major changes are needed if the city is going to deal with significant problems facing commuters, a new Metrobus report card finds.

In a roll call vote Tuesday evening, D.C. Councilman Jack Evans cast the final vote needed to approve a $215 million sole-source contract with Greek gaming company Intralot that will bring online sports wagering to the District.

On a tumultuous day in the Wilson Building, Chairman Phil Mendelson was accused of trading committee assignments for votes.

It's the first urgent care facility in Ward 5, the center says

While parks bring a number of positive benefits to a community, one’s ability to access them is often shaped by income, race, and education. Despite the fact that parks can improve public health, serve as anchors for economic development,…

D.C. police complaints hit a record high in 2018.

At a particularly tense additional meeting Tuesday of the Committee of the Whole, the D.C. Council voted 7-5 to approve a $215 million, no-bid contract for Intralot to be the sole provider for the District’s legal sports betting app.

A National League of Cities task force is calling for a partnership among federal and local governments to resolve discrimination in housing policies, provide more affordable housing and boost cities’ goals.

The D.C. Council approved a sole source contract Tuesday for the Greek gaming company Intralot to manage a lucrative online sports betting and lottery program in the nation’s capital.

Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans is a man without a chair.

From bribery to sketchy contracts, some D.C. Council members have crossed lines over the years

Jack Evans is out of a job as chair of the D.C. Council’s Finance Committee.

If you’ve ever booked a Marriott hotel room while comparison-shopping online, there’s a good chance you’ve paid too much, and D.C. wants the Bethesda, Maryland-based company to be more transparent about its pricing and fees.

The D.C. Council removed member Jack Evans as chairman of its Committee on Finance and Revenue on Tuesday and agreed to hire an outside law firm to investigate his actions.

Phil Freelon, the renowned architect behind the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, died Tuesday at the age of 66.

One colleague wants him off the Council entirely.