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The Barclay, a 56-unit rent controlled apartment building near Dupont Circle, was sold three times in the last 20 years—most recently in 2021. I wanted to see if and how tenants used the District’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA)…

Greater Washington Partnership CEO JB Holston is stepping down, with Thursday as his last day, though he’ll stay on as a senior adviser to the board and leadership through the end of the year, per the leadership's request, the organization…

The kids have been saying it throughout the pandemic: They’re not okay.

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has called for a vote next Tuesday on emergency legislation that would allow the city to close down virtually any business that gives gifts of marijuana starting in mid-May, while at the same time…

A wealth divide in D.C. has resulted in far fewer families of color making the leap into homeownership. The city’s mayor hopes to change that through a new homeowner initiative.

Mayor Muriel Bowser wants D.C. to have 4,000 police officers, but her police chief detailed on Wednesday the challenges of reaching that goal. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee told the Council during a budget hearing that…

D.C. public schools were in disrepair. Textbooks took forever to move from warehouses to classrooms. New teachers’ paychecks got lost in the system, and daily student attendance went largely untracked. There was no uniform curriculum and…

Under a best-case scenario, D.C.’s crime lab might not be cleared to handle DNA and seized drugs until next spring — nearly two years after a national board pulled the lab’s accreditation to perform forensic casework amid allegations lab…

A proposed spending increase for the Metropolitan Police Department — an aspect of Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget submission that she frequently highlights at public appearances — is likely to draw particular focus as the DC Council crafts…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) will launch a “strike force” this summer to bolster Black homeownership, she plans to announce Thursday — marking the city’s latest effort to help longtime residents amid growing disparities in who can…

Despite big promises in the wake of the George Floyd demonstrations, progress on many reform measures has stalled.

Mikey Payne takes a short running start, propelling his skateboard quickly forward along the clay-colored granite surface on the eastern edge of Freedom Plaza.

A small piece of the nation’s decaying infrastructure is wreaking havoc beneath Barbara Lanphier’s yard in Northwest Washington, where water leaking from a badly deteriorated, nearly century-old pipe is collapsing the earth above it.

A new campaign has been launched to encourage more girls in the D.C. area to participate in sports, and the first step is to help girls in underserved communities get what they need to play the game.

For Reginald Black, the recent assault and murder of unhoused men in D.C. and New York has further brought to light the reality of homelessness in the U.S. and what must be done to guarantee truly affordable housing for every District…

Over the last few months, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has poured resources into public education and public safety as a show of her commitment to curbing violent crime and improving the quality of education in the District.