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The hundreds of millions of dollars intended to help struggling renters in the District pay overdue bills and avert eviction amid the pandemic is running out so quickly that the city will stop accepting applications for aid on Oct. 27.

D.C. Council member Charles Allen said he is considering rewriting the legislation that formed the District’s independent crime lab, and the D.C. Attorney General’s Office and federal prosecutors are making plans to launch reviews of past…

The shuttered Fletcher-Johnson Middle School and Recreation Center located in the Marshall Heights neighborhood of southeast Washington remains in the early stages of its transformation to a mixed-used development, Mayor Bowser’s project…

In efforts to reduce food insecurity, a prevailing problem in several D.C. communities, Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Southeast recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the expansion of its highly touted…

As community members rally around a father and his two daughters severely injured after being hit in a crosswalk while on their way to school, the D.C. Department of Transportation (DDOT) continues to receive criticism for its inadequate…

As states continue to implement a federal child welfare reform law, local organizers have joined a national movement to compel local and state child welfare agencies to stop the removal of children from homes that could benefit from…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser never reached out to the governors of Virginia and Maryland to negotiate reciprocity for automated traffic camera tickets, despite a District government report — signed by the mayor and submitted to the D.C.…

Metro will embark on a series of renovations to a 1970s-era bridge spanning the Potomac River and nearby tunnels next year, resulting in an “extended shutdown” of Yellow Line service between L’Enfant Plaza and the Pentagon.

The accreditation for the firearms examination unit may take longer than others.

Despite its spot at the heart of D.C.’s bustling U Street corridor, the Grimke School has sat largely empty for a decade. Until now.

Focus on traffic safety comes after four kids were hit by drivers in less than a month.

When the Uptown Theater closed in March 2020, it was a gut punch to D.C. moviegoers.

Not just one, but two, DC Council members announced plans yesterday to run for mayor.

Six months ago, Property Group Partners submitted a second-stage planned unit development (PUD) application for the next phase of the Capitol Crossing development. Now, that phase could be close to approval.

Campaigners to raise tipped minimum wage began collecting signatures yesterday for a similar ballot initiative that voters approved in 2018 — only to be overruled by council members.