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Seven candidates vying for two at-large seats on the D.C. Council debated topics from term limits to statehood at a debate on Wednesday, aiming to distinguish themselves as Election Day nears. As in previous debates and forums, political…

The request came after Metro and Washington Metrorail Safety Commission officials met with Virginia senators, where the agencies were told to cooperate

The District is beginning some experiments with new options for public transportation.

Three real estate firms will pay millions after settling in a housing discrimination lawsuit brought forward by the D.C. attorney general’s office.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine on Thursday announced that three related real estate companies and its executives will pay a “landmark” $10 million fine for illegally discriminating against low-income renters who use housing vouchers.

Children’s National Hospital is among local pediatric hospitals operating at or near capacity due to viral respiratory infections. A spokesperson tells DCist/WAMU that the volume at the hospital is changing hour to hour, but expects to be…

“Mountains” of evidence pointed to discrimination against Section 8 voucher holders, but AG Karl Racine is only beginning in the battle for equitable housing in the District.

Negotiations over a new contract between the Washington Teachers’ Union and the city are headed to arbitration.

Three real estate firms and some of their executives are required to pay penalties for turning away or imposing illegal requirements on renters with housing vouchers or other housing assistance

On Nov. 8, D.C. residents will go to the polls to elect two people to hold at-large seats on the D.C. Council representing the entire city rather than just one ward — and many residents are already voting, thanks to ballots that arrived in…

Bonds claims she’s crafted a version of the legislation that can pass right away. Cheh sees an election season ploy.

Children’s hospitals in the D.C. area have been full for weeks, with patients stacking up in emergency departments as a surge in respiratory illnesses exacerbates the strain of staff shortages and a dwindling supply of pediatric beds.

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…