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As a former police officer with the D.C. police, I’ve seen the fallout of the “war on drugs” and tough-on-crime policies. I’ve seen firsthand the problems they cause in our communities, ranging from family destabilization to the heartbreak…

Some of Metro’s sidelined railcars might finally go back in service this summer, along with cheaper rail fares for late-night riders, under a new budget.

A proposed initiative that would let voters decide whether to eliminate the tipped wage in D.C. remains in limbo as election officials scramble to check whether it will qualify for the June 21 ballot. The initiative’s fate hangs on the…

Siroc Restaurant, an Italian place near McPherson Square in downtown D.C., used to have anywhere between 60 to 80 patrons for lunch on Fridays before COVID-19 hit. Despite the weather being unseasonably warm on this particular Friday in…

The Tidal Basin gets a lot of attention for a certain tree species that has showy blossoms this time of year. But few of the thousands of tourists who descend on the Tidal Basin each spring appreciate it for the marvel of 19th century…

The greater Washington region is slated to receive at least $18 billion for roads and transit over five years

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson finished her testimony Wednesday in confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. If confirmed in April, Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court…

It’s never been easier to get tickets to Hamilton at the Kennedy Center. Well, at least that’s how it seems when you compare the current ticket-purchasing experience for the show’s upcoming 10-week run to the nightmarish ticket frenzy of…

Over the next five years, D.C. will see $3 billion come in from President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure law, and billions more in funding will be up for grabs in the form of grants.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine’s office filed a complaint Wednesday against Pepco for allegedly mishandling community solar energy projects.

The 11th Street Bridge Park project picked up a $3 million earmark in the recently adopted federal budget, bringing the ambitious development to within only $14 million of its capital campaign goal.

Spread out over a section of grass between 3rd and 4th streets Southwest on the National Mall in D.C., purposely within the shadows of the U.S. Capitol, are hundreds of black body bags — about 1,100, actually.

D.C. Council member Robert C. White Jr. had the prime seat at an education-focused mayoral debate Wednesday evening. Alone, mostly.

The D.C. Department of Corrections agreed late Wednesday to improve housing policies for transgender people at the D.C. Jail, according to a news release.

The D.C. Department of Corrections will end a policy that places transgender people in shackles when they are first processed at the jail, after a settlement filed in court on March 23 concluded a months-long dispute over gender housing…

D.C.’s Department of Corrections has agreed to alter its policies for housing transgender people in the D.C. Jail as part of a settlement with a transgender woman who filed a class action lawsuit against the jail for holding her in a men’s…

A new task force will look to maximize the District's ability to obtain federal funds for "transformative, equitable and sustainable" projects through President Joe Biden's bipartisan infrastructure law.

Metro now says the 7000 Series rail cars that have been sidelined since a derailment last fall are not expected to return to service until this summer at the earliest, under a plan laid out by Metro General Manager and CEO Paul Wiedefeld…