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The District’s population has been steadily growing since the mid-2000s, after half a century of decline. Now, for the first time in more than 40 years, it officially exceeds 700,000 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which…

A D.C. Superior Court judge has denied the District’s motion for an order to keep Providence Health System fully open, less than a week after the city sued the Northeast hospital for shutting down many of its services on Friday.

The Veritas Law Firm shepherds restaurants through the process of obtaining their liquor licenses.

WASHINGTON — The D.C. State Board of Education was told at a public hearing Wednesday night that the District government’s faulty investigation into families of students at Duke Ellington School of the Arts last spring has caused lasting…

Less than three months after they moved in to a brand-new homeless shelter in Ward 4, residents at The Kennedy, an “apartment-style” shelter on 5th Street NW, say maintenance issues have persisted in the building for weeks.

The last family who lived in the now shuttered DC General homeless shelter moved in to their newly remodeled row house Wednesday. 

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Government (COG) is kick-starting transportation changes in the region with a resolution directing local jurisdictions to develop policies on highway tolls and bike trail expansions, among goals set…

There’s no sign on the small house on Minnesota Avenue SE—no way to know that this isn’t a home, but a kind of school, specifically meant for charter school students who are being transitioned between different parts of D.C.’s special…

D.C. education officials are investigating a learning center operating out of a Southeast Washington house where charter schools temporarily send disruptive students and children awaiting transfer to other schools — even though the facility…

WASHINGTON — Crooks who steal things from cars have been busy in D.C.

D.C. lawmakers on Tuesday gave final approval to legislation that authorizes more than $26 million in property tax breaks for two companies that intend to move their current District headquarters to new developments in the city: EAB, a…

Sandwiched north of the Anacostia River and south of the U.S. Capitol, Navy Yard earns media attention most often for its ballpark, where the Washington Nationals strive each year for an elusive spot in the World Series.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is suing Facebook Inc. for what he says is the social media giant’s failure to protect the privacy of its users and deception about who has access to user data coming out of this year’s Cambridge Analytica…

The volume of office building sales in the D.C. region is set to finish 2018 down from last year by roughly 20%, a trend brokers attribute to rising interest rates, a shrinking foreign buyer pool and sellers waiting for the Amazon HQ2…

A couple of District bar owners are cautiously optimistic about the prospect of bringing sports gambling to their respective venues.

The D.C. Council capped off its year by legalizing sports betting, banning bump stocks and taking a step toward the creation of a new hospital in Southeast Washington.

George Washington University Hospital said Wednesday it will resume talks to work toward a definitive agreement with the District to operate a new hospital in Southeast — a major win for the project’s supporters who feared its departure…

Garnering national headlines again, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is suing Facebook, alleging that the social media behemoth failed to protect its users’ private data.