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For the last three years, Aliyah McNeely has had neither a properly working smartboard or strong internet connection in her classroom. Without it, she has found it difficult to explore math and science content with her fourth graders.

The Washington, D.C. electronic benefits program was hacked, taking a still unidentified amount of cash away from low-income families.

A small crowd of employees from WMATA and DC Circulator gathered in the heavy rain in downtown D.C. on March 17 to demand equal pay and benefits for all the city’s transit workers.

Some of the biggest corporate power players in the D.C. region are pledging billions of dollars to benefit minority-owned businesses in the area — a move that Vice President Harris on Wednesday touted as a model for metro areas nationwide.…

The D.C. Council’s Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery voted Wednesday to approve a set of recommendations aimed at reducing economic inequity, helping small businesses and raising educational achievement.

President Joe Biden revived a years-long debate on where to relocate the FBI headquarters in his proposed $5.8 trillion budget for 2023.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief of the U.S. Capitol Police told lawmakers Wednesday it was his recommendation to move forward with a phased-in reopening of the U.S. Capitol as his agency works to overcome attrition after the January 6…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine people were charged with federal civil rights offenses after they traveled to the nation’s capital and then blocked access to a reproductive health center and streamed it on Facebook, federal prosecutors said…

The National Park Service says it plans to clear two homeless encampments located on federal land in D.C. in May, one in Columbus Circle outside Union Station and the other at the intersection of New York Avenue and I Street NW.

Habitat For Humanity is accelerating its housing equity mission in Greater Washington thanks in part to a donation from MacKenzie Scott — and a merger of local branches.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced investments totaling $19.5 billion with the goal of improving access to housing for D.C. seniors, as well as health care and technological opportunities.

D.C.’s police chief says District residents are feeling the effects of staffing shortages in his department, including waiting for officers to arrive during emergencies.

This time, problems followed her to the already-troubled DCRA. The two have now parted ways.

Demonstrators who were arrested in D.C. while protesting the police killing of George Floyd in 2020 plan to file an appeal after a federal judge dismissed their lawsuit against D.C. police.

A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed by Swann Street protesters over their treatment by DC police in the summer of 2020, but the attorney who brought the case is vowing to appeal.

D.C.’s Catholic University of America appointed a new president to lead the school: Peter Kilpatrick.

Democratic insiders have wondered for months whether Jack Evans would run again — for an unpaid Democratic Party gig known more for its cachet than its actual influence.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by demonstrators arrested in D.C. during racial justice protests following the death of George Floyd.