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D.C. Councilman Kenyan McDuffie’s bid to remain on the ballot for D.C. attorney general may not be dead yet.

D.C.’s Department of Transportation is preparing for a potential strike of D.C. Circulator workers starting Sunday. That’s after nearly two months of unsuccessful negotiations with the union representing employees.

As work continues to pin down the root cause of a wheelset problem that sidelined many of Metrorail’s cars last October, WTOP has learned of a communication breakdown between Metro and the railcar manufacturer.

There will also be a bookstore crawl, book-signings, and tons of other fun pop-up events.

Metro trains famously have two types of flooring: carpet on older cars that inevitably gets gross over time and the speckled vinyl flooring on the newer 7000-series and revamped 6000-series trains.

When I sought elected office eight years ago as an advisory neighborhood commissioner in D.C., my goal was to stop the return of professional football to RFK Stadium. I was standing outside Payne Elementary School on Election Day 2014,…

A three-judge DC Court of Appeals panel ruled yesterday that Ward 5 Council member Kenyan McDuffie doesn't meet the statutory qualifications to run for attorney general, but his campaign is requesting a review by the full court.

D.C. Circulator bus drivers may strike starting on Sunday, which could impact service next week.

The National Park Service said that closures along the northern sections of Beach Drive, which kicked in during the early days of the pandemic, will not end on Saturday as previously expected.

As D.C. sees an uptick in pedestrian deaths over the last year, a group of researchers at the Urban Institute spent months tracking the challenges walkers face in the city.

School hopes to decrease cases in time for its first in-person commencement during the pandemic

The ruling leaves the outgoing Ward 5 councilmember, the presumed frontrunner for attorney general, out of the race.

Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie lost a court appeal to save his campaign for D.C. attorney general on Thursday, after a panel of judges unanimously sided with elections officials who ruled he was ineligible for the job because he is not an…

The D.C. Court of Appeals on Thursday dealt a fatal blow to Kenyan McDuffie’s hopes of becoming D.C. attorney general, upholding a ruling from the D.C. Board of Elections that knocked the Ward 5 councilmember off the ballot because he…

The D.C. Court of Appeals has agreed with the Board of Elections’ ruling that Council member Kenyan McDuffie is not qualified to run for the seat of attorney general.

It’s not surprising that D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is attempting again to increase the D.C. police force at the cost of real public safety. What is disappointing is the lack of scrutiny given to her claims.

The Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) says they are increasing their visibility on trains, buses, and in stations to help deter crime.

The Ward 8 councilmember will see a $282,000 windfall, but how closely are officials scrutinizing his reports?

The D.C. Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a Board of Elections ruling that knocked attorney general candidate Kenyan R. McDuffie off the June primary ballot, accepting a rival’s argument that McDuffie’s decade on the D.C. Council does…