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Neil Albert, the head of the Downtown D.C. Business Improvement District and a longtime D.C. government official, has stepped down from his post as chair of the D.C. Housing Authority’s governing board.

Three Black former D.C. police cadets are filing suit against the department accusing a sergeant under scrutiny of retaliating against them for participating in an internal investigation.

Senate Democrats removed a provision from its appropriations proposal that for years has prevented D.C. from legalizing the sale of marijuana — but significant hurdles remain before D.C. can start opening up recreational pot dispensaries.…

D.C.’s Puzzle Huddle took off through the pandemic, taking its puzzles depicting diverse, career-driven characters to homes across the country, riding momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement — and even landing a spot on Oprah’s…

The D.C. Council has introduced a measure that would rename Woodrow Wilson High School in Northwest Washington to Jackson Reed High — an unusual objection to the Bowser administration, which proposed renaming the school after playwright…

On Sunday night, WMATA announced they were pulling all of their 7000-series trains out of service Monday morning as part of the ongoing investigation into the Blue Line train derailment last week. The 7000-series trains make up about 60%…

A new audit of D.C.’s emergency call system finds that the people tasked with answering 911 calls in the city sometimes struggle to pinpoint a caller’s exact location and fall short of national standards for dispatching services in a…

Neil Albert, the chair of the D.C. Housing Authority’s board of commissioners, will resign, according to a source familiar with Albert’s thinking. Albert’s resignation comes after revelations that he approved contracts worth millions of…

Like the periodic invasion of cicadas, the blooming of the cherry blossoms, and dashed hopes that a certain football team will eventually do better, a predictable cycle in D.C. is upon us: elections.

A package of spending bills unveiled by a U.S. Senate committee on Monday evening does not include language that had prohibited D.C. from legalizing the sale of marijuana for the last six years, lifting a significant roadblock to the…

D.C.’s 911 system has been hampered by inconsistent handling of calls, difficulties in determining the location of emergencies and has not met national standards for getting prompt help to callers, according to a new report by the Office…

Reforms are urgently needed so the District's 911 system can handle emergency calls quickly and efficiently, according to a new study from DC Auditor Kathy Patterson.

The public is getting its first glimpse at the project expected to bring the first full-service grocery store to Buzzard Point.

A new traffic safety investigation dashboard will enable people in the District to report a potential problem, and stay apprised of the D.C. Department of Transportation’s investigation, research and safety solutions.

Metrorail’s reduced service pattern will continue through the weekend as investigators probe the derailment of a 7000-series Blue Line car.

The largest public high school in the District, Woodrow Wilson High School, will have a different name in the near future, but it likely won’t be the name that was proposed by the D.C. Public Schools chancellor.