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A heavily-debated proposal to redevelop the WMATA parking lot at Takoma Metro station is back on the boards nearly 16 years since initial plans were introduced.

Buzzard Point's massive power plant is on the path to historic status.

The District is expected to receive more than $31 million to help people recover from opioid addiction as part of a multi-billion dollar agreement with the Sackler family, the owner of OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma.

When the D.C. Council signed off on legalizing sports betting in 2018, one of the main drivers was the potential for tax revenue for city coffers. But new data is showing that while revenue is starting to come in, it’s only a fraction of…

D.C. will no longer report COVID-19 data every weekday. Moving forward, the health department will publish cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, along with other key pandemic indicators, every Wednesday. D.C.’s vaccination data will…

Unlike its six-month stay following the Jan. 6 insurrection, the fencing that surrounded the Capitol for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address has seen a much shorter life.

DC Health is replacing its daily data updates on COVID-19 cases with a weekly report that corresponds with the metrics outlined last week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

An oversight hearing also centered on the Corrections Information Council, which has not inspected the Correctional Treatment Facility since last March

President Biden is calling federal workers back to the office, a move that would provide a much-needed boost to D.C.’s economy.

This performance oversight season we compare them and attempt to determine a victor (or loser depending on your perspective) in a March Madness-style bracket.

“If you look at any of the development projects on public lands, there is no difference between what they’re doing today and what we were doing 15 years ago,” White says.

A joint lawsuit has been filed against D.C. police by activists who hope to uncover its surveillance practices and techniques on social media.

After nearly two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, D.C. will change the way it reports coronavirus-related data, the city’s Department of Health said Wednesday.

There were reasons for optimism as March arrived. The pandemic, once again, seemed to be easing. Masks were cautiously tucked away. Vaccinations rose. Infection rates plummeted. And the promise of baseball’s Opening Day, America’s annual…

A new lawsuit alleges that the D.C. government and the Metropolitan Police Department are withholding records about how police use social media to investigate crimes and monitor protests. The Brennan Center for Justice and Data for Black…

The former Council candidate faced questions about her ability to serve on the board due to those back taxes.

Donna Durante-Miller cautiously opened the doors to Elroy, her H Street NE bar and hookah lounge, as D.C. lifted its indoor mask mandate on Tuesday — and hoped for the best.