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Earlier this year, WMATA applied to rezone the site of its downtown DC headquarters as it began planning to relocate. Now, that map amendment has been approved opening the possibility for mixed-use development on the site.

As 2018 draws to a close and we pause to reflect on all that happened this year, the memories can be daunting. From battles over the Supreme Court to elevated anti-immigrant and racist sentiment, it became hard at times to focus on the good…

Central Union Mission, which runs a shelter in D.C. for men experiencing homelessness, serves about 500 Thanksgiving meals each year. But in the past, they’ve had just as many volunteers as people eating, and that can make things a little…

Some D.C. firefighters have been using their own money to buy auto parts and perform minor repairs on their vehicles themselves at their stations to avoid lengthy delays and shoddy workmanship at the fire department’s garage, five…

The D.C. Council gave overwhelming preliminary approval Tuesday to a sweeping campaign finance reform bill.

The George Washington University Hospital has the District over a barrel. And the D.C. Council is thinking of giving away one of the city’s biggest bargaining chips.

GET READY to ride, D.C. — but not too fast, and not too many of you. That is the message the city has sent commuters with its updated rules and permitting process for dockless shared e-scooters. The regulations, which apply to dockless…

Late this summer, UrbanTurf previewed the proposal to redevelop the former site of Town Danceboutique in Shaw. Now, the project is breaking ground.

Two months after the fire took everything, a group of seniors gathered in a District ballroom to break bread and give thanks in the spirit of the holiday.

In a District neighborhood with “Black Lives Matter” and “Immigrants Are Welcome Here” signs displayed proudly on many of its front lawns, the revelation that two avowed Neo-Nazis lived among them has Bloomingdale neighbors reeling.

WASHINGTON — A number of surprises marked the Washington Capitals’ visit to a Southeast D.C. elementary school Tuesday.

Emily Annick named her sweets company, 440 Confections, after her home address in D.C. It’s not just that she really loves her condo: Annick runs her business entirely out of her home, and is the first food company to do so under D.C.’s…

The incentives may have totaled more than $1 billion in value, Mayor Bowser’s administration told the company

The D.C. Council gave preliminary approval to sweeping new campaign-finance regulations Tuesday, including restrictions on government contractors’ political contributions, bringing a potential sea change to a city that has witnessed…