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Changes to allow parking enforcement officers to mail tickets to drivers who take off before the ticket can be placed on their windshields or handed to them are on track for D.C. Council approval.

Earlier this year, the District government missed a deadline to reapply for federal AmeriCorps funding, leaving $3.5 million requested by the nonprofits Reading Partners, Literacy Lab and City Year in jeopardy. When this error came to…

It’s been over four years since D.C. residents approved Initiative 71, which allows adults to both possess marijuana and privately use it for recreational purposes.

When Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she was making the D.C. Circulator bus free to ride, she said it would promote transit equity and give people an incentive to ditch their cars.

From high-rise office buildings to affordable housing projects, D.C. property owners are installing more and more solar panels on their rooftops.

Almost a decade after the District’s last great soda tax debate, the D.C. Council will once again consider implementing a hike on the cost of sugary drinks.

Several members of the D.C. Council’s transportation committee think the $35 residents pay each year for most residential street parking is way too low. They’ve proposed raising the fee to $50, with additional vehicles costing more.

Events D.C., the District’s official convention and sports authority, has approved a 35,000-square-foot retail and entertainment space and potential sportsbook at Nationals Park, as the city prepares for legalized sports betting.

Driving into part or all of D.C. could require paying a toll in the future, under a $480,000 study proposed by the D.C. Council.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser pitched legislation Thursday to allow for the sale of recreational marijuana in the city.

The location at 14th and U streets NW closed mid-March

Unsuck DC Metro, with the help of Judicial Watch, has sued the agency over a customer survey

Happy Thursday. It’s a green day for Muriel Bowser, with the mayor announcing her legislation to legalize the sale of marijuana in the city. The news was laid out in the Post this morning.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is introducing her plan to make it possible for recreational marijuana dispensaries to open in the District.

In 2016, the plans to redevelop the McMillan Reservoir and Sand Filtration Site were about to get started. However, an appellate court decision put a halt to the project later that year, and it has been stuck in limbo ever since.

The complaint says embattled former director Melinda Bolling fibbed to the Council twice.

As the District of Columbia and its suburbs grapple with a shortage of housing — particularly affordable homes — a new and controversial strategy has gained support among elected officials, the nonprofit sector and developers alike.

Some participants mopped floors rather than receiving the training they signed up for.

Providence Health System has officially shut down the remainder of its acute-care services in Northeast D.C., ending a long battle to close its struggling hospital in the face of political and community opposition.