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A new report based on 14 months of research highlights the various ways that DC agencies turn to automated systems to help make decisions on matters ranging from housing and human services to policing and education.

“While the Councilmember is seeking Re-election in the November 8, 2022, General Election as an At-Large Member of the Council who is elected citywide, she chose to expend Fair Election Funds on a poll regarding a Ward Primary Election in…

For years, D.C. has debated the merits of renaming a major thoroughfare in Southeast Washington in honor of Marion Barry, the four-term leader known as the “mayor for life” who died in 2014.

The 11.5-mile extension has been delayed by more than four years of construction issues.

Police and court officials say some proposals would strain a court system that is already stretched thin

For many Americans, the transaction seems simple: Eat a meal at a restaurant or order a drink at a bar, then tip your server.

Metrorail has begun the process of considering changes to how fares are charged and collected, as a growing post-pandemic ridership is using the system in different ways.

Metro’s extension of the Silver Line to and beyond Dulles International Airport will open Nov. 15, the transit agency said Monday.

The long wait for Metrorail service to Dulles International Airport, western Fairfax County, and Loudoun County is almost over. Metro announced Monday that the Silver Line extension will open on Tuesday, November 15.

A week’s worth of in-person early voting kicks off Monday in D.C.

The D.C. Office of Campaign Finance completed an investigation of D.C. Council member Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) just before the upcoming Nov. 8 elections, finding that Ms. Silverman, who promotes herself as a good-government advocate…

The DC Council is entering the final weeks of its two-year council period, with a busy legislative agenda facing members in November and December.

Muriel E. Bowser shows no false modesty when she talks about the prospect that she will soon be decisively reelected to lead her city for a rare third term as mayor — only an eager grin.

EmpowerK12′s list of Bold Performance Schools includes elementary, middle and high schools

Veteran co-anchor started at the Washington station in 1989 and helped lead the local ratings for decades. Her last newscast will be in November.

Piney Branch is one of those lovely urban streams in D.C., where if you tune out the sound of car traffic and ignore the smell, you can easily imagine you’re deep in the wilds of Appalachia.

The man charged with driving while intoxicated after crashing a school bus full of D.C. students in Fairfax County, Virginia, Thursday shouldn’t have been behind the wheel of any vehicle, much less a school bus, the police chief said…

Metro’s new general manager, Randy Clarke, faces daunting challenges as he assumes his new role. The agency’s financial woes are no secret. It is hurtling toward a $185 million fiscal cliff in fiscal 2024 when federal pandemic relief runs…

A bus driver is accused of driving while intoxicated and running his vehicle off the road while taking 44 students from D.C.’s Murch Elementary School home Thursday from a field trip in Virginia, Fairfax County police said.

After a fire at Blues Alley in Georgetown shut the jazz club down temporarily on Tuesday, the owner of the famed venue is giving an update.