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AG Karl Racine today announced a $10 million settlement that he called the country's largest civil penalty ever in a housing discrimination case.

Metro could open the long-delayed Silver Line extension to Dulles International Airport in time for Thanksgiving travel, but transit executives say there aren’t enough trains. Rail cars have become so crowded at times that conditions…

Hiring police officers right now is hard. But D.C. police say the revival of the MPD Cadet Corps program has proven extremely popular, and is providing a new source of recruits who can help fill the ranks of an understaffed department…

A D.C. Council committee is expected to vote on the first overhaul of the District’s criminal code in more than a century by the end of the month. There’s broad agreement that it’s necessary, but disagreements become apparent when delving…

It’s been a bitter yearslong fight over insurance coverage for a third of D.C. residents.

The Navy hopes to build a massive new museum along M Street SE to replace a smaller one inside the gates of the Washington Navy Yard as part of a land swap that would set the stage for a larger private development of another part of its…

Back in the good old days (pre-2017), D.C. recycling brochures said it was just fine to put plastic bags in curbside recycling bins. The problem was, many of those bags weren’t really getting recycled, but were instead getting tangled up…

CareFirst and other insurers waged a behind-the-scenes battle over city procurement rules that burst into public view.

The DC Council voted yesterday to approve three new Medicaid contracts worth $8.8 billion over the next five years after a protracted, contentious procurement process that spawned a highly visible lobbying and social media campaign…

Few were satisfied with the overall process, but on Tuesday D.C. lawmakers approved large contracts for three companies to offer health insurance to hundreds of thousands of low-income residents. They also took a first step towards…

The D.C. Council has unanimously passed emergency legislation to reform the city's troubled Housing Authority.

Ward 4 Council member Janeese Lewis George and several other members of the D.C. Council are taking action to make sure maintenance issues are resolved before a repair order is closed.

The apartment is a time capsule. In the fridge, still plugged in and running, sits a mostly empty package of Oscar Mayer deli meat dated May 2019. The freezer holds a 16-pound turkey — best if used by June 29, 2019.

One D.C. police officer was fired after he was found guilty of exposing his genitals to women in a grocery store parking lot. Another was terminated after her guilty plea in a case involving child abuse. Yet another officer was fired after…

The coveted award includes a $7,500 check and the chance to compete for the National Teacher of the Year award

D.C. will receive $16.6 million in federal funding over five years to build out the city’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

D.C. officials are staring down a stark reality: Our criminal justice system is a mass incarceration mess. Seven in 10 imprisoned Washingtonians are serving sentences of a decade or longer. These lengthy punishments do little to help…

A popular Rock Creek Park trail near the National Zoo reopened this month, but there’s a catch: it closes earlier than before.