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The long-running development dispute over the McMillan parcel along North Capitol Street remains a contentious matter, but the bulk of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site is no longer owned by the DC government.

After almost two decades envisioning a new life for the McMillan Sand Filtration Site, stops and starts, protests and repeated court battles, the District announced Thursday it has launched "full-scale development" with the property's…

Problems with the reliability, reach or management of Metro’s various communications systems have been identified since 2010

DC Health announced that it will partner with Children’s National Hospital to offer free childhood vaccinations at five clinics across the city. The initiative is meant to ensure any child who is non-compliant with D.C.’s school health…

Hundreds of thousands of private-sector workers in D.C. will be eligible for expanded paid leave benefits starting on Oct. 1.

Metro paid $1.3 million to a company that federal prosecutors said was involved in the conspiracy

D.C. officials have been struggling to get lead out of the city’s drinking water since at least 2004, when one of the nation’s worst-ever crises of lead-contaminated water was uncovered here. Now, the city may not be able to meet its goal…

Like a beer and a shot or peanut butter and jelly, D.C.’s hottest recent pairing seemed to be the COVID-19 bivalent booster and flu shot — so much so that the city now says it’s run out of free doses of the flu shot.

For even the most devoted D.C. politics junkie, it can be difficult to keep up with each and every campaign endorsement. And while voters probably shouldn’t entirely rely on what any single person or group suggests, endorsements can be…

D.C. Council members Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5) and Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) rolled out high-profile endorsements this week in the race for the District’s two at-large seats as the November election nears.

The chairman of the D.C. Council’s public safety committee called for a “fundamental cultural shift” at the city’s 911 call center.

Two sitting DC Council members are spotlighting new endorsements from high-profile politicians as they seek to mobilize support in the hotly contested at-large DC Council race.

A day before Lizzo’s public performance, she spent a private afternoon at the Library of Congress, playing several flutes from its impressive collection

Advocates are urging the Council to protect struggling homeowners ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline.

It only took ten seconds to cut the ribbon on a project that was more than 10 years in the making.

Legislation that would allow noncitizens to vote in local elections in the District quickly gained momentum Tuesday as a committee approved the bill, sending it to the full D.C. Council for consideration.

A Lidl food market opens Wednesday morning in the Southeast D.C. neighborhoods of Hillcrest and Penn Branch.

More than 40 years ago, a young woman — she had just graduated from college — jumped 125 feet to her death from the Duke Ellington Bridge over Rock Creek Park in Adams Morgan. Her death spurred her parents to push the city to erect an…