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Kelly Mack wasn’t surprised when the taxi she booked over a week in advance for her Sept. 26 doctor’s appointment never arrived. There’s a 50/50 chance of a no-show, says Mack, which is why wheelchair users like herself can’t rely on…

If the measure passes, fares would be waived for all passengers boarding a Metrobus within city limits, starting July 1.

For its budget year beginning July 1, the transit system is also considering a low-income program that would halve fares for qualified riders

Metro General Manager Randy Clarke’s first budget proposal takes care of the agency’s $184 million deficit while delivering more service and other long-hoped-for items like simplifying fares.

If you’ve ever cursed your jerky Metro train as it comes into a station, take comfort in the fact that those days may soon be over.

It was a game of legislative chicken, and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser blinked first.

The DC Council is slated to consider 50+ bills this afternoon at its second-to-last legislative meeting of Council Period 24, but a controversial nomination for the director of DC's 911 call center won't be among them.

A new expansion is in the works for the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus, home to more than a dozen arts and cultural organizations in Ward 8.

Public housing tenants, legal advocates and D.C. Council members scrambled Monday to keep up with a rapidly changing proposal by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to replace the city’s housing authority board, a plan that she introduced late last…

As STEM becomes more of a focus for D.C. students, the public school system is looking for interesting ways to teach science lessons.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine said his office has filed a lawsuit against online orthodontics company SmileDirectClub over its customer refund policy.

D.C. housing advocates, public housing residents, and some members of the D.C. Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners are scrambling to block a bill the D.C. Council will take up Tuesday that would dissolve the current board and…

Cats may be cute, but they’re also cold-blooded killers. Scientists tell us these fluffy brutes may be responsible for the slaughter of billions of birds and mammals each year.

The D.C. government is starting over on its effort to redevelop the Frank D. Reeves Center, a government building at the center of the U Street corridor whose revitalization has been years in the making.

The Southeast Neighborhood Library turns 100 this week. D.C.’s second-oldest library, located at 403 7th Street SE, opened on Dec. 8, 1922 — the year F. Scott Fitzgerald released only his second novel, The Beautiful and Damned, and the…

Metro is running trains more often on the Red Line during rush hour starting Monday. Trains will now operate every eight minutes, up from every 10 minutes, during those peak periods.

In advance of a key vote at tomorrow's legislative meeting, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson has tweaked the proposed new DC Housing Authority oversight board, including the addition of two more members.

People who depend on the Housing Authority, or work with families who do, are concerned about the mayor’s effort to create a governing board of her choosing.

Meanwhile, only about a quarter of public and charter school students are participating in a citywide program that allows them to ride for free