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Advocates for D.C. statehood say they won’t let the recent defeat of voting rights bills in the U.S. Senate stop them from seeking to make the city the 51st state of the Union.

Requests Come Amid Calls for Tougher Penalties for Youth Crimes

If they make improvements, will you come? That is one of the many questions Metro is no doubt seeking to answer as the transit agency prepares to hold three public hearings for its FY2023 proposed budget throughout the region this month.

Union Kitchen employees who are leading organizing efforts at some of the food accelerator’s retail stores in D.C. say management is retaliating against them after their union drive went public.

For years D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said that if the team formerly known as the Washington Redskins ever wanted to return to its glory days in a new stadium in D.C., it would first have to change its name. And with that matter now settled,…

The organizers behind Initiative 82, the latest attempt to raise the District’s base minimum wage for tipped workers, said Wednesday that they had obtained enough signatures to qualify for the 2022 primary election ballot.

Metro’s general manager said Michael L. Anzallo had proven to be a problem-solver during the challenging pandemic

A new lawsuit alleges D.C. Police bucked the mayor’s commitment to transparency and created a list of reporters, activists and community members whose requests for information were intentionally delayed or dismissed.

The Meyer Foundation has found its new president and CEO after an eight-month search.

D.B. Lee Development has filed for a raze application to make way for a new hotel/residential/commercial project a block west of Nationals Park.

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration just announced funding for a slew of affordable housing developments, including the first in Ward 3 to be funded by the District’s Housing Production Trust Fund.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced that D.C. will sue a health care company that allegedly failed to pay staff the correct amount of overtime and hazard pay.

A D.C. public defender has filed a federal lawsuit against the District saying that a whistleblower alleges the D.C. police maintain a “watchlist” of reporters, advocates and public officials whose records requests are flagged for “special…

Police, neighbors, and city officials stood on the sidewalk snapping photos and filming, as a tree crew cut down a towering oak tree in D.C.’s Takoma neighborhood last week. The removal was illegal and will carry a hefty fine, according to…

Georgetown University is considering firing an academic over his tweets. If it does so, it will harm not only its own reputation but also the credibility of higher education in general.

It took years of bureaucratic battles, fundraising, and construction, but the nonprofit has finally sold off two homes.

Organizers of the latest campaign to increase D.C.’s tipped minimum wage met a crucial goal this week: With more than 26,000 petition signatures gathered, they’ve rallied enough public support to bring the tipped wage measure — also known…