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Helbert Morrison is one D.C. resident who wants to see more guaranteed-income programs.

A former employee says Rodriguez pushed for changes to performance evaluations to force older, Black employees out.

Another budget provision blocking abortion funding in the District also remains

Washington, D.C. would remain barred from legalizing the sale of marijuana under a congressional spending plan released Wednesday.

Even with a love of reading and writing, 19-year-old Joy Ugwu never imagined that she would co-author a children’s book over the span of a summer break. Ugwu was born in Jamaica to Nigerian parents, and it was hard for her to envision…

Reina Moreno and her 9-year-old son Luis had been homeless before. The memory of those days – when D.C.’s pavement acted as a mattress for her small family – still hurts for Moreno. The day she had a roof over her head again and was able…

Congressional leaders unveiled a draft appropriations bill early this morning that preserves the 7-year-old budget rider that has barred the District from regulating recreational marijuana sales.

Learning of a possible link between an empty World War I shell, found in 2020 during construction of a trail through Fort Totten Park, and the decadeslong Spring Valley cleanup of chemical weapons was concerning to D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes…

A draft federal spending bill unveiled by congressional leaders on Wednesday maintains a seven-year-old prohibition on D.C. legalizing recreational marijuana sales, again frustrating local efforts to tax and regulate sales that many states…

A wide-open race to succeed Ward 3 council member Mary Cheh has produced a political frenzy in this sleepy neighborhood, with four residents of Palisades, in addition to a few not far away, running for the seat.

A federal appeals court panel has revived class action lawsuits against two major D.C. universities that seek tuition and fee refunds over campus closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A federal appeals court has revived a pair of lawsuits against George Washington and American universities seeking refunds after the schools switched to online learning and halted on-campus activities during the early months of the…

Six of the candidates registered for the June 21 Democratic primary appeared before hundreds of residents and virtually at the Ward 7 Democrats mayoral forum on March 5, expressing their views on issues affecting the ward and the city.

In years past, DC Public Schools employees running for the State Board of Education had to officially leave the classroom by submitting a Declaration of Intent to Not Return .

DC Health released updated COVID-19 guidelines for schools Tuesday, recommending masks only when D.C. is experiencing high community transmission.

The District lifted its indoor mask mandate for schools Tuesday afternoon, giving the school system, charter schools, private schools and day-care facilities the option of whether to require masks on their campuses.

A Metro train nearly hit a group of workers late last year, and the transit agency is making changes to keep its employees safe.