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More low-income tenants facing eviction in the District will soon arrive in court with something that has been shown to keep families in their homes and, in some cases, ensure they don’t lose access to government housing assistance: a…

A coalition of legal services providers and law firms is relaunching a project to match low-income residents with free legal representation to help prevent eviction.

During a hearing Wednesday morning on new bills aimed at cracking down on dangerous driving, the D.C. Council expressed concern over a lack of enforcement of a current law to prevent drunken driving.

D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb said Wednesday that the city has sued a software company and 14 of the District’s “largest landlords,” alleging they colluded to illegally raise rents for tens of thousands of D.C. residents with a…

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb is suing 14 of the city’s largest landlords, alleging in a sweeping antitrust lawsuit filed Wednesday that they colluded with property management software company RealPage to artificially inflate rent…

The D.C. Attorney General’s office has filed a lawsuit against 14 of the District’s largest landlords and property management software company RealPage, alleging they used the technology to illegally raise rents for thousands of residents.…

The attorney general is targeting RealPage, which sells software to help big property owners set rent prices, and many of its biggest clients.

In Rock Creek Park, an iconic golf course was set to undergo a major renovation — that is, until, environmental advocates caught wind that 1,262 trees would be chopped.

Bowser is banning relationships between employees in the same chain of command, among other changes.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department this morning announced the launch of a new pilot program to distribute free digital vehicle-tracking tags to residents in six police service areas with increased rates of vehicle…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Tuesday unveiled a revised version of her administration’s 2017 sexual harassment policy, which she had been under pressure to review after her chief of staff and closest adviser, John Falcicchio,…

Mayor Muriel Bowser signed a new executive order Tuesday that would expand the definition her administration uses to investigate sexual harassment between D.C. government employees, aligning with a 2022 local law. It would also prohibit…

Hundreds of D.C. middle school students in Wards 7 and 8 will be getting educational and financial support from a $21 million U.S. Department of Education grant that officials say will boost college enrollment and graduation rates in…

The Education Department grant will fund coaching, workshops and $22,000 in scholarships for D.C. middle-schoolers

D.C. Public Schools has hundreds of migrant students on its class rosters, but is struggling to provide the high-quality help the students need.

When a robber pointed a gun at Stephanie Traub’s forehead and demanded her purse and car keys, she didn’t know a U.S. congressman had been carjacked at gunpoint an hour earlier.

Metro's leadership has spoken for months about the budget shortfalls confronting the area's transit agency starting with the next fiscal year, but DC officials today cited a need for the region to reach initial decisions by December at…

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser marked the milestone while addressing mounting public pressure for her administration to go further in its response to rising overdose deaths

D.C.’s first sobering center, or “stabilization” center, opens this week to provide short-term care for people experiencing a substance-use crisis or emergency.

‘Tis the season, when crews armed with leaf blowers and rakes roam the District, collecting nature’s bounty of compostable foliage. In other words, leaf sweeping season. This year, the D.C. Department of Public Works is trying out a new,…