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The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is slated to consider sweeping legislation to expand DC home rule at a markup session on Tuesday.

Casa Ruby, the troubled nonprofit that served homeless LGBTQ youth and shut down earlier this year, has more than $2 million in unpaid claims and should be dissolved, a court-appointed receiver said this week.

Nonprofit staff and mutual aid volunteers arrived to Union Station on Thursday morning before sunrise to welcome and support migrants bused into D.C. by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. But instead of being dropped off at the station — as has been…

Giovanni Love liked to spend time in the woods of Maryland. He liked trying to find snakes and bugs he hadn’t seen before. He fed deer with apples and crackers from the palm of his hand.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two buses of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border were dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in residential Washington on Thursday morning in the bitter political battle over the Biden administration’s…

A court-ordered assessment of the financial and operational status of Casa Ruby has determined that the once-famed LGBTQ+ nonprofit is not fit to continue operating, even if a new board of directors were appointed.

The weather outside is cooling, but debates in the Wilson Building are just about to start heating up.

With District officials having criticized the governors of Texas and Arizona for undertaking a political stunt by busing migrants to DC's Union Station, the choice of a different destination within the city has brought a new round of…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday inked a new four-year labor contract with the union representing 840 principals and administrations in D.C. Public Schools, guaranteeing them 12.5% in pay increases over the life of the contract.

Dr. Chelsea Van Thof still remembers that night in mid-April, standing on the Duke Ellington Bridge in Adams Morgan. Through the gates that line the bridge, she could see the police lights some 130 feet below in Rock Creek Park, and she…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser rebuffed criticism and defended the city’s 911 call center Wednesday against accusations that six people have died so far this year, after 911 call takers delayed sending help because of mistakes.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday signed a new agreement with the union representing school principals that District officials say will help them improve recruitment and retention efforts.

The agreement comes as the Washington Teachers’ Union enters its third year without a contract

The tech giant’s Housing Equity Fund is helping to build or preserve 1,260 units in D.C. area

D.C.’s Humane Rescue Alliance is offering a $7,500 reward for information leading to the return of six newborn puppies that were recently abducted.

Pity transit commuters in the Washington/Baltimore area. The average wait time for trains and buses — 17 minutes, according to Moovit, a widely used transit app — is among the worst in the United States, among the lengthier in the Northern…

Amazon is partnering with a dozen D.C.-area providers and developers to fund more than 1,000 affordable housing units — the tech giant’s latest attempt to blunt the economic impact of its second headquarters, a massive complex that…

As Amazon continues to build its HQ2 in Virginia, it’s also touting major growth in the financing of affordable housing projects.