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At a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Arboretum neighborhood, residents witnessed the grand opening of a new northeast D.C. community center that “has been a long time coming.”

David and Alicia Magby were loyal Tropical Smoothie customers for years before deciding to get into the business. Last week they opened their third franchise in Southeast with help from D.C.’s latest round of grants from the Food Access…

District leaders are conducting a review of transportation companies and asking schools to complete safety checklists before trips

D.C. voters will get to decide if the city will raise the minimum wage for tipped workers such as servers, bartenders and salon workers at the ballot box on Tuesday.

The last Open Streets event of the year is underway Saturday morning in Northwest D.C.

Decades ago, Hassan Abdus-Sabur left Howard University before he could get his degree. He now helps raise money for current HBCU students.

Women and Latinos deserve better than getting squeezed into the unsuitable locations proposed by the Smithsonian

The D.C. Board of Elections ruled Friday that city council member Elissa Silverman’s due-process rights were not violated when the Office of Campaign Finance determined that she misspent public campaign funds on polling for the Ward 3…

D.C. voters on Tuesday will determine the city’s mayor, several council seats and whether tipped workers should receive the full minimum wage. While Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is likely to win a third term, other contests are more heated,…

The pandemic and the economy have partnered to deal American cities the most transformative blow since the 1960s when urban renewal policies tore through urban neighborhoods with freeway construction. Workers today are abandoning their…

Silverman had argued that an investigation into her Ward 3 polling violated her due process rights.

Nearly five years ago, the Republican-led legislature in Virginia joined forces with Democrats who dominated Maryland and D.C. to establish an earmarked annual subsidy of hundreds of millions of dollars for Metro, the capital’s transit…

Election Day likely won’t bring drastic change to the Washington this year, with Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) nearly assured of a third term leading the capital city. But voters will have a second chance to weigh in on whether businesses…

In 2025, D.C. will host WorldPride, one of the biggest LGBTQIA+ celebrations in the world. The selection comes after InterPride, an international association representing more than 400 organizations from 70 countries, had to cancel their…

D.C. has been selected to host WorldPride 2025, on what will be the 50th anniversary of the local celebration of LGBTQ+ diversity, but the District was not the first choice.

These dual roles for a prominent staffer invite more scrutiny of the Department of Small and Local Business Development.

After more than a decade, the federal government might soon announce a new site for the FBI headquarters.