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The DC Council is poised to consider changes to DC law amid concerns about the potential for a future GOP-led Congress to reverse abortion rights in the District if the Supreme Court’s ultimate ruling follows the contours of the leaked…

The move ends a three-day strike and sets the stage for the return of regular service on the system

In 1974, Caroyln Stieff was 22 and training to be a member of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s first cohort of female bus operators when an older co-worker stopped her from entering work. He placed his foot gently on…

D.C. Circulator bus operators voted in favor of a new agreement with manager RATP Dev on Thursday, bringing an end to a three-day strike.

The Federal Railroad Administration is scrapping plans for an above-ground parking garage to serve a modernized Union Station as part of a major expansion of the landmark transit hub.

The closures come a few weeks before the same stations will close for four months for platform replacements.

D.C. officials this week announced a task force to come up with short- and long-term solutions to a health care worker shortage in the nation’s capital.

Experts drew blood, took a feather sample and measured the baby eagle. Based on its size, they believe it’s a boy.

D.C.'s struggling tourism industry has regained some of the ground it lost due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but still has a substantial amount of catching up to do.

The good news is that DC already has a car trip reduction goal. The bad news is that it’s definitely not going to cut it.

An IRL pop-up grocery store that looks straight out of an Instagram feed featuring innovative food, beverage and body products is coming to D.C. But get ready to stock up your pantry soon — because it’s going to be around only for a month.…

Local abortion funds have been preparing for a post-Roe world for years, in part because their work puts them in constant touch with people who can’t get an abortion, even if the law doesn’t prevent them, because they can’t afford it.

Students say recent events underscore a culture in which the needs of racial and religious minorities are often ignored

The union representing D.C. Circulator workers and their employer say the two parties reached a tentative contract agreement Thursday, after contentious months-long negotiations and a three-day strike. Union members will review the…

The three leading D.C. mayoral candidates made their pitch to voters and sharpened contrasts between each other during a lively 90-minute debate aired on WAMU 88.5 on Wednesday evening. Key differences emerged on whether the city should…

A tentative agreement may soon resolve the strike that has stymied DC Circulator service for much of the week.

A tentative agreement was reached Thursday morning between striking D.C. Circulator bus drivers and RATP Dev, which manages the D.C. bus service.

The bus drivers have been on strike since Tuesday over what they say are unfair wages and poor working conditions.