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The District is so heavily Democratic, general elections can seem like an afterthought. Not so this year. On the ballot Nov. 8 are spirited contests for seats on the D.C. Council and the State Board of Education, and the stakes are high.

Over the summer, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser convened a group of local advocates and city officials and tasked them with an ambitious directive: to come up with suggestions to increase the number of Black residents who own houses in the…

D.C. wants to make 20,000 additional Black Washingtonians homeowners by 2030.

Many drivers in D.C. have laid on the horn at a food delivery driver who parked in the middle of the street to grab a meal from a restaurant, but those drivers may soon have to find a parking spot.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration has set yet another ambitious housing goal: 20,000 new Black homeowners by 2030.

Seven D.C. officers have been removed from the Metropolitan Police Department’s specialized crime-suppression team and placed on administrative leave or desk duty due to alleged misconduct, Chief Robert J. Contee III announced Friday…

Growing up in the Foggy Bottom/West End area of Northwest D.C. in the late 1940s, we heard about cops assigned to the 3rd Precinct, then located at 21st and K streets NW, who sometimes confiscated criminal proceeds — gambling money,…

Mayor Muriel Bowser is setting a goal of 20,000 new Black homeowners in DC by the time of the next census in 2030.

One D.C. man in a federal facility describes a ‘revolving door of death and depression’ in a new report that offers a unique look into the nation’s prisons

Without so much as a “Thanks but no thanks” this week Congress ignored the request of D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and several of her House Democratic colleagues to provide $50 million in additional humanitarian assistance for migrants…

Evasion has proliferated during the pandemic and is a visible reminder to many riders of revenue Metro is not collecting

Seven D.C. police officers have been accused of misconduct after an internal investigation reportedly found they confiscated illegal guns without trying to arrest the person who had the weapon.

D.C.'s police chief said seven officers were believed to have been involved in seizing guns from suspects, but not arresting them.

Fanone, who was seriously injured defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump.

D.C. Council chair Phil Mendelson pushes back on Mayor Bowser’s picks to lead the two new agencies.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday announced her picks to head the new city agencies that will replace the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, which was broken up by the D.C. Council over years-long concerns that it was too big…

The District has sold a 25-acre plot of land in Northwest for $17.3 million.