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The latest hang-up: Technicians didn’t know whether to pass or fail a railcar if its wheels moved precisely 1/32 of an inch

Mayor Muriel Bowser withdrew her nomination of Christine V. Davis to lead D.C.’s Department of Public Works.

When the pandemic hit in March 2020, the subsequent lockdown threw millions of American families into hunger, including across the Washington region.

Tom Faust, who served as director from 2011 to 2016, will replace Quincy Booth

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) revoked her nomination on Thursday of Christine V. Davis, who worked as the general counsel of the Department of Public Works for 20 years, to permanently head the agency.

There’s a leadership change at the D.C. Department of Corrections — and it’s a familiar face taking over.

The Georgetown Business Improvement District recruited a D.C. community planner and a former newspaper publisher to bolster its economic development efforts as the nonprofit seeks to combat office and retail vacancy rates that have risen…

After a herculean effort to get D.C. kids tested ahead of their return to school this week — for all of one day, thanks to winter weather — the District said it isn’t planning to test them again ahead of their second return Monday.

Neighbors concerned about noise and supporters of the queer cafe and danceboutique squared off, but there’s hope for compromise.

An election modernization bill would also address voting access for incarcerated residents, those with disabilities, and those from underserved wards.

Dr. Tollie Elliott had been at Northeast D.C.’s now-defunct Providence hospital for more than a decade when the chief medical officer position opened at Mary’s Center in 2015.

With 40 traffic fatalities, the District had its deadliest year on the roads since 2007. The upward trend included two kids who hadn’t even started 1st grade yet, one elementary school student paralyzed, and two others seriously injured.

DC officials note that just 5.2% of people with COVID-19 are ending up in the hospital, one of the only improving metrics right now on DC Health's summary dashboard that compares today's numbers to those a month ago.

Health officials in D.C. are continuing to ask the public to not visit the hospital if they need a COVID-19 test or if they have mild symptoms. It’s adding stress onto a health system that’s starting to see an uptick in capacity.

A Congress Heights apartment complex once owned by a notorious landlord is getting a new life after the conclusion of a years-long legal battle with tenants and the District government.

The Shaw pipeline is starting the year off hot.