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Dance Loft on 14 founder Diana Movius observed a pattern over the years as, one by one, she watched other dance rehearsal and performance spaces in D.C. shut down.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dressed in full fatigues, Sgt. Michael Ray Forbes stuck out on 14th Street, a bustling and deeply gentrified strip of downtown Washington dotted with restaurants and clubs.

The District plans to invest $92 million to address health disparities in the city — but first, it needs to secure those dollars from the federal government.

Online learning will no longer be an option for some students across the D.C. region as school leaders try to get kids back in the classroom.

D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie’s fight to stay on the ballot in the race for attorney general may be over after a judgment handed down by the D.C. Court of Appeals.

The D.C. Court of Appeals on Saturday denied attorney general candidate Kenyan R. McDuffie’s request for a full rehearing in his fight to get back on the June ballot, just days after a panel of three judges unanimously upheld a Board of…

A report commissioned by Peace for D.C. found gun violence in the city cost taxpayers $1 billion in 2021 alone

D.C. Circulator bus drivers seeking wage increases and improved working conditions could go on strike as early as next week, District and union officials said Friday.

As the D.C. Board of Elections pulled names out of a hat Friday to determine the order of candidates on the June 21 Democratic primary ballot, one name was notably missing: Kenyan R. McDuffie.

Online learning, already offered only to students with medical needs in many D.C.-area schools, will shrink even further in the Washington region next academic year — and will be eliminated entirely in some schools.

On Capitol Hill, African American residents and a Japanese American grocery store

Greater Washington’s hospitality market is showing sharp signs of improvement after months of trailing its peer cities across the U.S., according to a top executive at one of the region’s largest publicly traded real estate investment…

Tailwind generally operates between Manhattan and Boston, promising quick trips starting at $395

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,…